Patricia Peterson

Patricia Peterson

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I have tried to put them into action. I agree with the engagement part, some students show up regularly in email and phone and we have a good relationship - I can find out why they are late or just not applying themselves, but other students are basically silent and I don't get to know their personality at all. Any tips for better engagement with extremely quiet students?

After several instances of "I don't get the rubric..." I pulled some old student work (de-dentified of course) and posted the three papers in the online course. Here is an example of a report that received an A, a B, and a C - see if you can identify each, and comment for each what led you to that decision. It really helped to open their eyes as to how difficult it is to be objective in the grading process. After this intro, we worked on a "class rubric" for discussion boards what do you need to do to get… >>>

Any tips or advise on how to reduce the walk-away factor in online learning? I know I'm up against work schedules, raising children, household chores, and TV viewing time. Do you have any specific tips you can share on how to keep student engaged throughout the term?

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