The following are all suggestions for maintaining instructor presence in an online course. Post announcements at least 2-3 times per week. Use announcements to post … [Read more...]
Importance of Introductions
One of your first activities in your courses is also one of the most important: introductions. Students in our courses are asked to introduce themselves during the first … [Read more...]
Instructor Roles
Space planner, pacesetter, host, connector, and mirror. These are a few of the online instructor's roles that strengthen instructor presence. In these roles, … [Read more...]
Online Interactions
Communication. This is the number one concern we hear from instructors who are new to the online environment -- that they will not be able to communicate with their … [Read more...]
Instructor Bio
Here at iDocs, we talk a lot about social presence. We love social presence. Social presence is essentially the way instructors and students insert themselves as … [Read more...]
Social Presence
It's critical for the instructor to foster social presence (the feeling that there is a real person behind the keyboard) in any learning environment. With the absence of … [Read more...]
A Word on Words
Much of the theory of teaching online and deepening your presence in an online course is based on the Community of Inquiry, an influential model pioneered by three … [Read more...]
Introducing the Fundamentals Series
We will be publishing a new series of blog posts that cover the fundamentals of online teaching. Master these tips, and you will have a great foundation on which to base … [Read more...]