Teaching Online: How To Connect With Students

Help students succeed, build authentic connections, and make teaching and learning more rewarding!

What you'll learn
Why connection is critical to student learning
Practical strategies for making connections with students
Use mail merge to easily reach out to many students simultaneously
Create your own authentic connection style
Use technology to make connecting easier
Avoid burnout by using connection to spark the joy of teaching
Leave inspired and ready to start making connections!

Requirements
Whether you have been teaching online for years or you are getting ready to move into the online teaching space, this course will give you the skills you need to connect with students and be successful!

Description
If you want to learn about teaching online, come to an online teaching expert! Dr. Rebecca Glazier has been teaching online since 2009, wrote the book “Connecting in the Online Classroom” (John Hopkins, 2021), and her research is regularly featured in Inside Higher Ed, the Chronical of Higher Education, and EdSurge. One of EdTech’s 30 Higher Ed Influencers to Follow in 2023, Rebecca’s teaching insights are engaging and useful.This course will focus on connecting with students, an element of online teaching that is often neglected but that research shows is most likely to contribute to student success. This course is designed for educators who want to elevate the online teaching and learning experience—to help their students, to improve their own work life, and to send a signal to employers of their commitment to high-quality teaching.But it is not just educators who will benefit from this course! So much of both work and learning takes place online these days. By connecting with your audience online, teachers, managers, team leaders, and even student presenters can all learn how to be more successful. What You’ll Learn in this Course:Why connection is critical to learningPractical strategies for making connectionsHow to create your own authentic connection styleHow to use technology to make connecting easierThe magic of mail merge to personalize outreachHow to avoid burnout by using connection to spark the joy of teachingRebecca has taught professional development seminars to thousands of professionals across the United States and around the world. And she is not just a talking head! You will learn about connection as she teaches–modeling connection techniques throughout this online course. These are just some comments from people who have attended Rebecca's seminars: “The communication tools, methods, and style options shared in the training were not only incredibly useful but also easy to implement.”“I hadn’t realized just how many places I could add communication that might reassure and engage students, things that carry the subtext ‘I care about your success.'”“I loved all the ideas and examples you shared with us, especially because they are based on years of teaching experience and research. Every single idea shared in your presentation and the group discussions has been useful and doable.”“I can’t wait to learn how to use the Mail Merge with Attachments add-on. It’s going to save me so much time and still enable me to send personalized feedback to students. Thank you so much for providing us with specific examples of mail merge emails.”You will leave well-equipped to teach online classes, or to lead any kind of online meeting or collaboration. You will finish this course inspired and ready to start making connections!