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Online Learning

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Helping Online Learners Assess Potential Distractions

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou can help reduce distractions so students can stay focused on your presentations. However, a unique set of potential distractions awaits the online learner. Despite their best efforts to concentrate fully during...
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Creating Online Activities that Align to Your Outcomes

As an instructor, you’ve probably seen (or employed) many of the exciting — and research-based — techniques and principles you can use to engage and motivate students in the online environment. However, you...
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Challenging to Champion: Working with Difficult Online Students

Author Shawn Orr, Adrian College I’ve had the privilege of teaching thousands of enthusiastic, motivated, successful online students. I’ve also had the frustration of working with online students that display what I...
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Clearly Communicating Information About Your Online Course

When you’re teaching online, it’s essential for students to become comfortable with the setup of your course’s Learning Management System (LMS). Though you may go about communicating this information via different means...
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Success Strategies for Teamwork in the Online Setting

Group assignments teach students far more than simply what they glean from the research they conduct and the project they complete. Astute students will also learn important lessons about communicating clearly, establishing plans and...
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Get Plugged In: Ten Attributes of a Successful Online Student

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThough students increasingly opt for online courses, many of them are unprepared to work in this environment. This infographic, highlighting the “10 Attributes of a Successful Online Student as listed Joel...
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How to Make Introductions in Your Online Classroom

College students today have a whole new realm of get-to-know-you activities to master — those directed specifically at an online classroom. There are many ways to break the ice and make introductions,...
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How Do You Feel About Online Learning Tools? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKatie Montgomery is the Executive Manager of Marketing Content at Cengage. She’s got a passion for animal rescue and loves providing content to help make teaching life a little easier for...
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