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Emily: Hi I'm Emily

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and this is Alan

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and today we're going to give you

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some tips on preventing

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the disengaged online student.

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Alan: [sigh]

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Tip #1: Call them or maybe even text them.

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This will take some groundwork at

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the beginning of the term.

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You'll need to gather some

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good phone numbers.

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A survey in ANGEL or a form in Google

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might be useful for this.

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Emily: Tip #2: Make logging into class

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a regular necessity.

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No one likes busy work, but if there's

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a regular expectation of practice built into

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your online course, students will find

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themselves in the habit of logging in.

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Alan: Tip #3: Find out who is not

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logging in. With ANGEL an agent

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can be created to alert you as to

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who has not logged in recently

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say, the last week or so.

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Then you can decide what needs to be done.

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A first step would be to let

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the college's retention specialist know.

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Emily: Tip #4: Make assignments relevant

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and meaningful. Talk about your course

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outcomes with your students.

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One activity might be to invite students

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to discuss or submit to a drop box

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all the ways they could prove to you

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those course objectives have been met.

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Alan: Tip #5: Explain expectations.

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Expectations require explanation.

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Yours are different from your students.

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Students might enter an online course

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expecting to soak in knowledge, while

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the instructor expects them to explore

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and seek out knowledge.

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Emily: Tip #6: Pre-assess your students'

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readiness for online learning.

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Provide them with a short pre-survey or

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provide tutorials for elearning and online

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learner success.

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Alan: Tip #7: Include a time management

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activity. Online learners often struggle

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with making time to study and prepare for

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their online courses. Help them establish

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realistic and regular study habits.

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Emily: Tip #8: Introduce variety and

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ownership into your assignments.

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Allow for self expression and creativity

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through multimedia tools like YouTube,

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Prezi, Audacity, and others that we've

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featured here in the past.

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Alan: Tip #9: Add a regular webinar

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element to your course. We still

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want our online courses to appeal

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to those who work full time or

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otherwise have real world schedules,

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so these would need to be recorded and

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available asynchronously as well. The

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idea that your course is more than a

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canned set of materials establishes a

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culture of communication and study.

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Emily: Tip #10: Whenever possible,

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personalize your communication with

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students. Good feedback is often

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where the learning happens. They want

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to hear from you.

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Alan: We understand some of these tips

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may be controversial or prove difficult

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for your discipline.

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Emily: You might even feel that these

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disengaged students have the right to

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disengage and it's up to them, not

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you, to re-engage. You make a good point.

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However, student engagement is a predictor

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of student learning. The more your

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students feel part of the course, the

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more likely they are to succeed.

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Alan: Thanks for watching.