Best Practices
Responding to every single discussion post
What is something not to do?
This person considered school an integral part of community life
Who is John Dewey?
Online learning is “teacher-less”
What is a common misunderstanding?
A great introduction message
What does an online instructor start with?
All about communication
What is Instructor presence?
This person identified the zone of proximal development.
Who was Vygotsky?
Clear understanding on how and when to communicate.
What is a communication plan?
Constructivist principles rooted in educational theories of Dewey, Vygotsky, and others.
What is Community of Inquiry?
Allowing students to direct the conversation
What is good social teaching?
In 1993, Moore described what he called the first theory of distance education.
What is transactional distance?
Chickering and Gamson are known for this important educational theory.
What are the Seven Principles for Practice in Higher Education?
Design and facilitation
What are two primary functions of teaching presence?
Highlighting the focused and sustained deliberation that marks learning in a community of inquiry.
What is discourse?
Frequent student-faculty contact in and out of classes is the most important factor in student motivation and involvement.
What is the first principle from the Seven Principles for Practice in Higher Education?
Letting students know how they are doing in the course.
What is feedback?
Deliberate elements of interaction by the instructor.
How can the space and time gap be closed.
Thinking through the process, structure, evaluation and interaction components of the course.
What is building the course in a digital format?
This person stated that optimal education is achieved through both a teacher's guidance and peer-interaction.
Who was Vygotsky?
Providing intellectual and scholarly leadership and share their subject matter knowledge with students.
What is direct instruction?
Heighten the sense of the instructor’s presence in an online course.
What is the single most effective online classroom intervention for nontraditional students?