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Online Communication: Get to know me interactive activity

on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 16:47
Teaching online poses many challenges to instructors, many of them related to communication. While instructors are often used to being in front of the classroom, speaking in a mediated environment is a different experience. This activity is one example of how to communicate with your students in an online, mediated environment.
 

Online Communication: Voice Announcements

on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 21:53
One of the challenges that online instructors face is communicating with their students. Something as simple as a voice announcement can add a level of interaction in your online class that your students appreciate. This short video is a sampling of a voice announcement used in one of my online communication classes.
 
 

Improve Communication in Your Online Courses

on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 16:59

Recently The Guru was featured in a Faculty Focus Email from Magna Publications.  Here is an excerpt:

Mediated Speech Assignment

on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 14:27

This assignment is from my Introduction to Human Communication (COM100) course at Chandler-GIlbert Community College. One of the course competencies of COM100 is that students gain the ability to communicate via public speech. In an online environment, however, replicating a face-to-face public speaking environment is not possible...but we're close! The video below is what my students watch for their instructions for their mediated speaking assignment, which is a precursor to their public speaking assignment later in the semester.

Featured Online Presenter Interview with Magna Publications

on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 00:30

The Guru was interviewed by Rob Kelly at Magna Publications prior to her April 6, 2011 workshop Five Ways to Improve Interaction in Your Online Course

Read the Communication Strategies for Online Instructors interview at Magna's site, or view the transcript below.

Winning Webinars Recording

on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 00:22

In May 2010 the Guru visited Northern Arizona University for the 2010 Southwest Institute for Learning with Technology conference.  Her session, Winning Webinars, was recorded and archived.  While the recording is not intended for a webinar audience (as the session was delivered in person) participants were able to log into individual portals and participate in a webinar format while simultaneously attending an in-person seminar.