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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.
 

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.

Injecting Personality! Five Ways to Connect with Your Students Online

on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 00:25

The Guru will be running a workshop at the 2010 Student Success Conference on October 29th, 2010.  The conference is free to educators in the Maricopa County Community College District, and other educators and academic administrators may also attend. 

Communication Skills for Online Educators Workshop