The document discusses strategies for making online courses more student-centered and engaging. It recommends allowing students to direct their own learning, set goals, and learn at their own pace. It also suggests creating virtual counseling hours, using multiple communication platforms and teaching approaches to engage different learning styles. The document advises incorporating some student-recommended topics while keeping 80% teacher-selected content. It provides examples of giving positive feedback and praise to students to build confidence and engagement through techniques like weekly awards, highlighting shy students' work, and encouraging discussion participation and group competitions.

1. Presented by:
Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer, Department of English
Daffodil International University
E-Teacher, Alumna, U. S. Department of
State, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2. 1. directing their own learning
2. setting their own goals and
3. studying material at their own pace on
their own terms

3. creating virtual counseling hours
creating more than one platform for
communication
providing examples, case studies, multiple
approaches to conveying information
about a topic to help reach different
strengths, learning styles, and interests

4. Incorporate FEW of the topics they
recommend while keeping enough theory
and practice to satisfy the goals of the
course.
Asking for students’ opinions regarding
content.
80% =Teacher
20%= Student interests

5.  considering weekly awards for positive
contributions to class discussions, forum
discussions, responding to feedback, students’
efforts or completion of tasks
 bringing up a more shy student's viewpoint from
any written assignment/presentation and praising
for that
 calling on them in the discussion forum and ask
the student to agree with or contradict another
student's response and give reasons to support
the argument to encourage interaction between the
class.

6. Responding to each other’s queries
Encouraging group competitions
Engaging highly intelligent students to
provide constructive feedback to those
who need and giving incentives for this for
example, giving 2 marks for 10
constructive feedback.
Reflection of feedback in the next attempt

7. Engaging with students by name
Asking each person a question at least
once
(we may keep a pen and paper with us
during the classes so that can remember)

8. Praise helps build self-esteem and self-
confidence
being specific while giving negative
feedback, but avoid being demeaning
Offering them extra credit/scores for
completing all course activities and exams
in time
(I have provided them with 5 marks this
semester for this)

9. Any Questions???