Continuing Education

Fostering Online Discussion

Course Detail

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Being engaged with your online learners throughout the course is one of the three biggest weaknesses of online teachers. It is also one of the three biggest ways to take your online course to the next level, making it a superior learning experience for your learners.

Come experience how to do it from the creator of the concept and practice of ‘continual engagement’ in teaching.  Discover how to build student success through your interaction, how to give online learners feedback, communicating with them about everything from subject matter to delicate issues to grading.

You will come away with advanced, practical, how-to tips from one of the foremost authorities on fostering online discussion. And you will see how your instructor models great interaction and engagement in the online environment.

Course length:  One month
Number of hours:  16
Cost:  $195
Course start dates:  4/1/24, 6/3/24, 8/5/24, 11/4/24


You may also take this course as part of the 
Online Teaching Certificate.

**Graduate credit is available from the University of South Dakota at an additional $40 fee paid to the University of South Dakota. *There is, of course, no discount for the graduate credit.