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9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement

WBT Systems

A good introductory video could also serve as a promotional trailer, like this one from another Coursera MOOC, Modern & Contemporary American Poetry —a course we’ve discussed before on this blog because of its creative and effective instructional design. #2 Writing a short essay or opinion piece. Providing examples or scenarios.

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Balancing innovations and implementation

Janet Clarey

Take Twitter for example: I get right into it - try it, think about how it’s being used, research it, look for people using it in the workplace, talk to them about how they are using it and how they ‘did it’ and finally write about so you can make some sort of informed decision based on your situation. impatience issue].