Online teaching has become more popular and accessible for students. As such, more instructors are teaching online courses. Asynchronous online courses can create barriers for instructors to connect with students, but instructors can implement small and significant changes to their online courses that can help build community, connection, and relationships. Ideas for manageable connection principles […]

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I don’t know any of my students. For 20 years, in our experience learning and teaching online, we knew no one. Like a chapter out of Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man, we passed through life unnoticed with no meaningful connection to another living soul. We tasked ourselves with a constant comparison of our experiences. The […]

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The online classroom can be challenging when it comes to engagement and presence. Students often enter the online classroom nervous, not just about content but about the practicalities of learning in the online environment. As an instructor, it is important to know that your students are motivated to attend your course and eager to learn […]

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Principle #1: Build community to foster engagement online A sense of community fosters a sense of belongingness and is critical to student engagement.  Building a sense of community is a first step in ensuring that students are engaged in their classes, especially for historically minoritized students (Pacansky-Brock et. al 2020; Plotts 2019; Brown and Burdsal; […]

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One of the biggest challenges I have as an educator in interior design is to prepare all of my students for success in an industry with no shortage of inherent biases. Interior design has a narrow funnel to success, and plenty of people on the margins face challenges being successful in this industry. Black design […]

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