Online learner

Research & Best Practices to Engage the Online Learner

Dr. Patricia DickensonAssistant ProfessorNational University

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Presented At CUE CONFERENCE:

Napa, CaliforniaOctober 26, 2012

Hello Teachers...

Source: INACOL

Who are online learners?

What do we know?

● Engagement is the intensity and quality of students' involvement in initiating & carrying out tasks (Wellborn, 1991).

● Linked to academic achievement, school dropout & student motivation

● It is malleable & not fixed; dependent on the classroom context

● Engagement is measureable by the students o Behavior: how he/she actso Emotion: feelings and reactionso Cognitive: Thinking

Why Engagement?

Behavioral Engagement

Model Strategies

http://www.screenr.com/hygs

Set Clear Expectations

http://youtube.com/v/6o-q6iXkTlU

Questioning

http://wallwisher.com/wall/differentiateascd

Self Regulation

https://sites.google.com/site/secondarymathucsc/

Emotional Engagement

Interest

https://pinterest.com/drpdickenson/assessment-in-education/

Community of Learners

http://voicethread.com/share/2873812/

Share your Perspective

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2012/01/justice_for_english_language_learners.html

Meaningful Feedback

Cognitive Engagement

Knowledge

http://chthnguy.blogspot.com/

Understanding

Present

http://prezi.com/dgfkkcfs4awn/educ-206-presentation/

Apply

http://voicethread.com/share/3573245/

Synthesize

http://portal.sliderocket.com/BOUFN/Copy-of-Social-Cognitive-Theory-(2)-(2)

Create

http://youtu.be/NAGY0ykMQME

http://youtube.com/v/NAGY0ykMQME

Collaborate

http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/395409

Model

http://teachingandlearningforteachers.blogspot.com/

Demonstrate

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/subtracting-fractions/2193453/?ref=link

Where to Begin?

Improve Your Practice

Reflect on your Practice

Student Teacher Feedback

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RZ5JC6D

Share your Experience

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RZ5JC6D

BloggerVoicethreadGoogle Sites PreziPoppletSurvey MonkeyScreenrXtranormalEducreations Pintrest

Resources

http://blogger.com/

http://voicethread.com/

http://sites.google.com/

http://prezi.com/

http://popplet.com/

http://surveymonkey.com/

http://www.screenr.com/

http://www.xtranormal.com/

http://educreations.com/

http://pintrest.com/

Online learner

Education

cognitive engagement

behavioral engagement

emotional engagement

classroom context engagement

students o behavior

reactions o cognitive

online learners

student teacher feedback