229 Improving and Facilitating Communication, While Maintaining Rigor in Online Health Classes

Thursday, April 3, 2014: 7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Convention Center: 123
School Health Education: Professional Preparation/Post-Secondary
Intended Audience: Post Secondary Instructor/Faculty, Adult
Speakers: Adele S. Smith; Johan Adendorff; and Elizabeth Lapointe, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
This PowerPoint presentation will focus on creative, effective, and captivating methodologies used by certified online instructors and course designers to stimulate a dynamic online classroom to increase student engagement and success. Personalizing specific feedback, establishing a sense of community through expressive activities, and developing 'netiquette' will be explored in this lecture with examples drawn from Quality Matters-certified and Sloan Consortium-based online courses. Computers are not provided/required for this session, but attendees may bring their own devices (wireless internet available for $12.95). (CEU) (CHES)