From a presentation to the Distance Ed department at Citrus College March 2012.

1. Increasing student engagement
in the virtual classroom:
some great tools for your digital toolbox
Lori Fuller Rusch - lrusch@citruscollege.edu

2. Regalpony.ca

3. Make everyday a field trip?

4. Our Reality

5. What they really want is you!

6. Relationships Matter…

7. More Latino Student Fail Online
• Grade gap between non Latino and Latino is 44% wider in
On Line course than in traditional courses
• 72% of students at Rio Hondo College are of Latin decent
• 98% of my students are of Latin decent
Raymod Kaupp, The Gap Between Latino and White Student Achievement in On line Classes,
The Journal of Applied Research in the Community College

9. Things to try!
✔ Spruce up your syllabus
✔ Beef up your Blackboard
✔ Speak via SKYPE office hours
✔ Face up to Facebook
✔ Voyage into short video clips
✔ Venture into Voicethread

10. Bring Your Syllabus to Life!

11. Beef Up Your BlackBoard
• Enhanced Banner
• Start Here!
• Quick read syllabus
• Group by learning units
• Make video announcements
• Student Lounge
• Instructor & Skype office hours
Art 105 Virtual College

12. Speak via Skype
n Cal ling!
Londo
• Virtual interviews
• Office hours
• Group work
Interview with Dr. Nigel Spivey via SKYPE
Presentation to Mobile Ed Think Tank

13. Face up to Facebook
• Communication
• Current events in your discipline
• Planning

14. Venture into Voicethread
• Ice breaker
• Foster discussion
• Group presentations
• Assessment
Voice thread demo Prehistoric Art History

15. Things to try!
✔ Spruce up your syllabus
✔ Beef up your Blackboard
✔ Speak via SKYPE office hours
✔ Face up to Facebook
✔ Voyage into short video clips
✔ Venture into Voicethread
Adapted from work shared by Michelle Pacansky-Brock http://mpbreflections.blogspot.com.

16. Thanks for listening!
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Lori Fuller Rusch
By Karen Kuo