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OWI Principle 10: Students should be prepared by the institution and their teachers for the unique technological and pedagogical components of OWI.
Improve Access with a Course Orientation
by Jason Docktor
In an attempt to help all students access an online class and feel comfortable moving into the first module of the class, this example uses videos that are purposefully brief with each video aiming to accomplish a specific aspect of orienting students to a particular online class, preparing them to begin the work of the course in a confident manner.
by Jason Docktor
In an attempt to help all students access an online class and feel comfortable moving into the first module of the class, this example uses videos that are purposefully brief with each video aiming to accomplish a specific aspect of orienting students to a particular online class, preparing them to begin the work of the course in a confident manner.
OWI Principle 11: Online writing teachers and their institutions should develop personalized and interpersonal online communities to foster student success.
Improve Access with a Course Orientation
by Jason Docktor
In an attempt to help all students access an online class and feel comfortable moving into the first module of the class, this example uses videos that are purposefully brief with each video aiming to accomplish a specific aspect of orienting students to a particular online class, preparing them to begin the work of the course in a confident manner.
by Jason Docktor
In an attempt to help all students access an online class and feel comfortable moving into the first module of the class, this example uses videos that are purposefully brief with each video aiming to accomplish a specific aspect of orienting students to a particular online class, preparing them to begin the work of the course in a confident manner.
Video Welcome Announcements in the LMS
by Jason Snart
This example demonstrates how to create a video welcome announcement for students in an asynchronous setting.
by Jason Snart
This example demonstrates how to create a video welcome announcement for students in an asynchronous setting.
Conversation Starters: Orchestrating Asynchronous Discussion to Build Academic Community among First-year Writers
by Dan E. Seward
This practice includes a sequence of discussion assignments developed to build academic community and develop academic literacies among first-year college students.
by Dan E. Seward
This practice includes a sequence of discussion assignments developed to build academic community and develop academic literacies among first-year college students.
A Conscious Craft: An Approach to Teaching Collaborative, Computer-mediated Composition
by Ruth Li
This practice includes collaborative playwriting assignments using Google Docs.
by Ruth Li
This practice includes collaborative playwriting assignments using Google Docs.
OWI Principle 12: Institutions should foster teacher satisfaction in online writing courses as rigorously as they do for student and programmatic success.
OWI Principle 13: OWI students should be provided support components through online/digital media as a primary resource; they should have access to onsite support components as a secondary set of resources.
OWI Principle 14: Online writing lab administrators and tutors should undergo selection, training, and ongoing professional development activities that match the environment in which they will work.