Tina Stavredes

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Hi Angela, I encourage my faculty to pick up the phone and talk to learners. Many times it can alleviate a lot of issues in a much shorter amount of time! Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Instructor Presence

Hi Cindy, we are trying to do more synchronous meetings to help learners with the course activities and we are trying to determine activities to keep everyone actively involved during the meetings. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Instructor Presence

Hi Angela, I agree, it moves the role of the instructor to one of a coach and facilitator of learning, which is much more individualized. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Providing Feedback

Hi Angela, we also use grading rubrics in all of our courses. Not only does it make for consistent grading from student-to-student, but it also allows students to review the criteria their work will be graded on. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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The Optimal Online Student-Instructor Ratio

Hi Angela, yes, I agree that the smaller group can make it very difficult to get a discussion going. We will only offer a course if it has at least 10 learners; otherwise, we offer it as a directed study. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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The Optimal Online Student-Instructor Ratio

Hi Cyndy, a week turnaround time is never acceptable. I ask my faculty to respond to all learner communications within 24 hours. Sometimes that is even too long because learners only have small amounts of time to study, so the sooner they can get answers to questions, the sooner they can complete their work. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Providing Feedback

Hi Cyndy,Kathy's issue may also relate to motivation,so encouraging her that she can succeed and you will be there to support her is important. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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The Responsibilities of Teaching Online

Hi Cyndy, yes, I agree, the asynchronous nature of interactions allows you to have a lot more interactivity with learners. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Faculty Expectations

Hi Elizabeth, these are expectations. I also include information on how I will participate in the course discussions and specific expectations for how many days they need to be in the oourse each week, the number of interactions they need to have in discussions with other learners and when they have to post their initial discussions to be able to extend the dialog. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Faculty Expectations

Hi Emily, are there specific expectations that you feel are important to set at the beginning of the course? Tina