Information Technology Services
Date of this Version
2018
Document Type
Article
Citation
Presented at Innovation in Pedagogy and Technology Symposium, University of Nebraska, May 8, 2018.
Abstract
Students spend the first 13 years of their schooling learning how to be good students in the physical classroom, but receive little to no direct instruction in how to be successful online students. By developing a “Learning to Learn Online” module for students new to online learning at UNO, the Office of Digital Learning is helping prepare students to be successful online learners and freeing up faculty to focus on course content rather than instruction in the use of digital tools or study skills. This session will introduce strategies for developing and implementing similar online student-readiness programs to prepare students for success in online courses. The “Learning to Learn Online” resource developed at UNO will serve as a model for illustrating these strategies. Extensive collaboration and consultation with online students and instructors, shows that the 90% of students at UNO who take at least one online class during their course of study need support in order to be prepared for online classes. This session invites faculty to take advantage of the currently available resources and encourages digital learning administrators, advisors, and student support service providers to develop their own schoolspecific resources.
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Higher Education Commons, Instructional Media Design Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons
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