Utilizing the same master shell between multiple faculty is a great way to ensure students have the same experience regardless of who is facilitating the course. When developing and facilitating
We spend many hours planning and designing our courses, but once the course begins, how do you plan for facilitation? The Student Success Guide and Student Success Worksheet provides templates, checklists, worksheets, and strategies instructors can use to help their online students succeed in their accelerated course and persist throughout their program.
After your course has concluded, use this checklist to review your course. Prepare for the next course offering by making important tweaks and adjustments that help avoid curriculum drift. You’ve
What is Quality Feedback? Feedback is key for student learning and must be prompt and meaningful so to correct issues and reinforce strengths (Ericsson, Krampe, &Tesch-Römer, 1993). Effective faculty use
Review some of the checklists, templates, and examples to learn more about how you can impact student melt.
With the proliferation of AI tools, it can often feel overwhelming as new ones seem to emerge daily. Determining where to begin when integrating these tools into your course development,
During this session, you’ll learn more about what causes melt rate and collect strategies and practical tips to engage with students in weeks zero and one of your online courses.
In the online, constructivist learning environment, rich and robust collaborative knowledge construction occurs on the discussion board. The constructivist approach shifts the focus from the instructor to the students, and
Here are some strategies you can consider when planning for how you’ll communicate with your students on discussion boards.
Good Grading! A Guide to Giving Great Feedback This special edition webinar series provides guidance to faculty seeking to improve their course retention rates and student persistence. By the end
Identifying Student Individuality with Engagement Analytics This special edition webinar series provides guidance to faculty seeking to improve their course retention rates and student persistence. By the end of this
Making Meaningful Connections With Students This special edition webinar series provides guidance to faculty seeking to improve their course retention rates and student persistence. By the end of this webinar,
Students will be using AI this school year and with learners suggesting that nearly 70% of schools have not integrated
The dynamics of communication between instructors and their students have changed significantly over the last couple of decades. Before the
In an accelerated online program, weeks fly by quickly. For adult learners who balance work, family, and school, the pace
Online learners are navigating a rapidly evolving professional and educational landscape. In the 2025 Risepoint Voice of the Online Learner
Time on task is the amount of time that learners spend, with both direct and indirect instruction, engaged with learning
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