Fostering Online Discussion

Staying actively engaged with learners is one of the most common challenges online instructors face — but it’s also one of the greatest opportunities to elevate your course from ordinary to exceptional.

In this course, you’ll learn directly from the originator of the continual engagement approach to online instruction. Discover proven strategies for building student success through meaningful interaction, delivering effective feedback, and communicating clearly on everything from course content to sensitive topics and grading.

You’ll gain practical, advanced how-to techniques for fostering dynamic online discussions and maintaining a strong instructor presence throughout your course. And best of all — your instructor will model these principles in action so you experience great engagement firsthand.

Walk away with the tools and confidence to create a richer, more connected, and more impactful online learning experience for every student you teach.

This class is included in the Certificate in Online Teaching and Certified Online Instructor COI course.

Mary Dereshiwsky
Mary Dereshiwsky

Mary Dereshiwsky is an expert in online teaching and creator of the online teaching technique “continuous engagement.” She is a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches graduate courses online. She has taught other instructors how to teach online for more than five years.

Dereshwisky has also been on the graduate faculty of Capella University, written on the topic of online teaching, and given presentations at national educational conferences on the topic. She critiques online courses for other instructors and is Chair of the Advisory Board for the Certified Online Instructor (COI) designation for the Learning Resources Network.

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Price: $195.00 Min Age 18 yr.
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Price: $195.00 Min Age 18 yr.
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