TAPP Radio Episode 23
EVEN MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses
Quick Take
0:42 | Medical mitochondria
4:44 | Syllabuses: I need your help
5:55 | Review of first two parts of this series
8:47 | Featured: EVEN MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses
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1 | Miracle Mitochondria
4 minutes
New research proposes using mitochondria isolated from healthy tissue in a patient’s body to treat ischemic heart muscle and perhaps other dysfunctional tissues or organs.
- Dying Organs Restored to Life in Novel Experiments (New York Times article)
2 | Syllabuses: I Need Your Help
1 minute
Syllabuses, syllabi. Whatever. It’s almost time to think about tweaking our course documents for the fall semester. I’ll cover that in an upcoming episode, so I need you to send your contributions now!
- Please share your syllabus ideas, questions, or comments at:
- 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6336
- podcast@theAPprofessor.org
3 | Introduction to Part 3
3 minutes
It’s too long for one episode, so it’s a series of three episodes: 21, 22 (previous episodes), and 23 (this episode).
If you’re not teaching online now, you will be someday! Most of these tips apply to face-to-face courses, anyway.
In the previous two episodes, Kevin suggested:
- It’s all about connections.
- Cultivate a friendly, informal, and supportive “online teaching persona”
- Express empathy, don’t just have empathy.
- Use customer-service skills when communicating with students
- Use our own pain points and frustrations to tap into how our students might feel
- How we can literally make our online course a face to face course
- How to use faces, voices, and scheduled course announcements to enhance the connections necessary to retain students and promote student success.
3 | EVEN MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses
18.5 minutes
Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates and high failure rates, compared to traditional face-to-face classes. Kevin continues to share even more strategies he has found to work in creating and nurturing the kinds of connections that help retain students and support their success in the course.
This episode focuses on:
- Why reaching out to individual students who may be at risk is important–and how to do that.
- Why feedback to students is important in nurturing connections.
- Some final thoughts.
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Last updated: February 24, 2023 at 16:12 pm