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Start Date
18-6-2020 12:00 PM
End Date
19-6-2020 5:00 PM
Presentation Type
Event
Description
Even in traditional in-person classes, building a relationship with students that encourages the free flow of ideas and motivates them to communicate with peers and teachers is challenging. Add technology and physical distance to this equation, and it can seem insurmountable. But it does not have to be. In this session, I will provide practical tips and information on how you can build rapport with your students in a virtual setting. According to Moore's theory of transactional distance, effective online learning is predicated upon narrowing the transactional distance between students and instructors, students and other students, and students and the materials. This session focuses on one side of this triangle: establishing rapport between students and instructors. Establishing this kind of rapport requires more than just timely feedback and informative lectures; it requires professors to "humanize" themselves and their courses. Every professor will have a different path to building rapport with their students, and it is important that they plan ahead of time to build an authentic approach to establishing rapport.
Building Virtual Rapport: Real Relationships for Effective Online Learning
Even in traditional in-person classes, building a relationship with students that encourages the free flow of ideas and motivates them to communicate with peers and teachers is challenging. Add technology and physical distance to this equation, and it can seem insurmountable. But it does not have to be. In this session, I will provide practical tips and information on how you can build rapport with your students in a virtual setting. According to Moore's theory of transactional distance, effective online learning is predicated upon narrowing the transactional distance between students and instructors, students and other students, and students and the materials. This session focuses on one side of this triangle: establishing rapport between students and instructors. Establishing this kind of rapport requires more than just timely feedback and informative lectures; it requires professors to "humanize" themselves and their courses. Every professor will have a different path to building rapport with their students, and it is important that they plan ahead of time to build an authentic approach to establishing rapport.