Ben Austin

My biggest concern with fully online learning is attrition. It can be more difficult without face-to-face interaction to gauge which students are struggling since she/he could be submitting assignments, etc. but be under considerable duress with the combination of work, family, and school, so I am looking improve my ability to identify those struggling students in a fully online environment. 

In my experience with online learning, timely feedback is significant for students. The same feedback received a few days later may have much less impact. 

For fully online courses it is easy for students to feel there is no "real" person behind the course, so finding ways to convey personality, presence, and authority is crucial for student success. In 2020 there are virtual ways to create the same student/instructor relationships we would in an on-ground course.

With regard to EL102 content so far, I feel that "presence" is the crucial term for student success. We have many tools to make ourselves present to students, including but not limited to video. Finding meaningful ways to give feedback and increase instructor presence is my goal for this portion of the course.