Online Interaction
Rubric standard V.4 reads: The course design provides a variety of opportunities for interaction between instructor and learner.
Opportunities for interaction will vary with the discipline of the course, but students do need to feel that the instructor is close at hand and is, of course, approachable.
Examples that would meet this standard:
- An instructor-facilitated question/answerforum on the class discusson board.
- An invitation forstudents to email and/or page the instructor with individual concerns related to the class.
- Optional “electronic office hours”? provided in the chat room.
- Posted turn-around time for responses to email/pages.
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Peer Review.
Comments: 2
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Comment from Betsy Diver
Time: September 8, 2007, 6:42 am
Since so many of our students also take on-ground classes, perhaps we could also include in the rubric that there is the opportunity to meet face-to-face with their instructor during “actual” office hours, not just “virtual”.
Comment from Susan
Time: September 8, 2007, 10:27 am
I agree that face-to-face interaction between online students and the instructor can be valuable. Instructors who also teach on campus and hold regular office hours there should most definitely let their online students know when they hold on-campus office hours. Excellent point.
Although I teach entirely online, I live in the Duluth area and let my students know that I’m willing to meet with them in the LSC Virtual Campus Center, if requested (I do not have an office on campus). Still, to add a statement to the rubric making this a requirement, would not be fair to the online faculty members who do not live in this region and do not regularly travel to campus.
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