Online Course-in-a-Box

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Student Connections

Synchronous Sessions

Synchronous teaching allows online students to interact with instructor and peers in real time. Several research studies have indicated synchronous sessions in an online course improve students’ sense of community and social presence (McBrien, Cheng & Jones, 2009; Oztok, Zingaro, Brett, & Hewitt, 2013).

Best Practices

Below are links to best practices we suggest reviewing before hosting your synchronous sessions.

Zoom Event Best Practices

Collaborate Event Best Practices

10 Guidelines for Running Synchronous Web Teaching Sessions

RESOURCES

Collaborate Session Planning (Word)

Virtual Office Information (Word)

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REFERENCES

McBrien, J. L., Cheng, R., & Jones, P. (2009). Virtual spaces: Employing a synchronous onlineclassroom to facilitate student engagement in online learning. The International Review ofResearch in Open and Distributed Learning, 10(3).

Oztok, M., Zingaro, D., Brett, C., & Hewitt, J. (2013). Exploring asynchronous and synchronoustool use in online courses. Computers & Education, 60(1), 87-94.