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Engaging Online Students: Practical Interaction Strategies to Enhance Learning
Abstract: “It seems like more students just want to do the bare minimum.” Have you heard statements like this (or made them yourself)? Minimal student effort coupled with what some perceive as an isolating online learning experience make it more important than ever to identify strategies for engaging students online. In this session, presenters will review a variety of synchronous and asynchronous interaction strategies with a particular focus on designing and facilitating meaningful online discussions. Ideas and concerns of on-site and remote participants will be solicited. e focus of this session is constructive and practical dialogue. This 30-minute session will be held at 11am (ET) on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.
Effective Online Assessment: Scalable Success Strategies
Abstract: In the face of larger numbers of students in online courses and the challenge of designing effective assessments in an online environment, the need is greater than ever to implement scalable strategies that mitigate academic integrity issues. In this session, presenters will review a variety of assessment techniques applicable to many disciplines. Ideas and concerns of on-site and remote participants will be solicited. The focus of this session is constructive and practical dialogue. This 30-minute session will be held at 2pm (ET) on Thursday, January 27, 2011.
UCF Copyright Guidelines Updated!
The Copyright page has been updated with links to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between UFF and the UCF Board of Trustees, and UCF’s Use of Copyrighted Materials policy (2-103.1) located on General Counsel’s website.
Online Faculty Ambassadors
Online Faculty Ambassadors are seasoned UCF Web veterans from various disciplines whose successful experiences teaching online have given each of them a unique perspective on the joys and challenges of teaching in this modality.
Dr. Maria Blanes
- Child, Family, & Community Sciences
- College of Education
- Teaching Online since 2003