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Designing Engaging Online Events. Considering issues of design to ensure educational success Presentation by David Wizer, and David Robinson, EdTL/COE @Towson University, Spring 2014. Topic- Online Events. Design Elements for Engagement Interactivity Feedback Timely replies
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Designing Engaging Online Events Considering issues of design to ensure educational success Presentation by David Wizer, and David Robinson, EdTL/COE @Towson University, Spring 2014
Topic- Online Events Design Elements for Engagement • Interactivity • Feedback • Timely replies • Personalize the discussion • Transactional distance- close the gap
Interactivity • Involving all participants • Exchange of ideasback and forth, debate • Varying forms of dialogue • Changing formats • Consider all modes of learning
Feedback • Verbal and Non-verbal Important feedback elements include- • Detailed • Relevant • Corrective • Positive • Instructive*A complete slide on Timely replies follows.
Personalize the discussion Connect to students via these approaches • Direct • Individualize • Meaningful From the Faculty viewpoint • Humanize • Lesser degree about you
Transactional distance • The distance between the learner and the teacher • Space between content/ presentation & understanding • Facet of any learning environment • How to eliminate the divide
Timely replies • Immediate is best • Within a reasonable time frame • What is reasonable, how fast? Online Success is time consuming and requires on-going involvement by both faculty and students