What better way than online learning to support the student motivated to gain an education who is unable attend a traditional classroom. Thanks to the growing accessibility of the Internet, we can reach out to students residing in the remote corners of our world as well as those in the military or in the resource industries.
As educators we have the opportunity to provide education that is meaningful, relevant and readily available. Students studying online need our support on how to navigate our courses and participate in the discussion forums. We have the capacity to assist students to build their own online communities that will enhance and enrich their learning experiences.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide strategies and promote discussion that will facilitate online teaching skills based on the findings of a larger study undertaken to explore and describe the strategies and resources that nursing students used in their online learning. The students in the research study identified what they perceived as effective teaching that supported their learning. This presentation will address these findings, such as how to get your students connected online, how to develop discussion forums that stimulate learning and how to manage the online environment to enhance and support your teaching.
Of Interest to: Online and distance education, Post-secondary education, Researchers, Educational technologists
