We know that successful online students have well-developed self-regulated learning strategies (SRLS), and a strong sense of learner self-efficacy. These strategies and beliefs are essential for online learner success. This session will present practical things online faculty can do to support online learner success using an SRLS framework.
We know that successful online students have well-developed self-regulated learning strategies (SRLS) and a strong sense of learner self-efficacy -– the belief in themselves that they can succeed. These strategies and beliefs are essential for online learner success. Online learners need to develop these skills and this sense themselves, but there are things online faculty can do in how they design and teach their online courses to support and reinforce the development of these skills and strategies in learners. This session will present practical things online faculty can do to support online learner success using SRLS as a framework.*
This session will demonstrate, share, and invite discussion of specific suggestions that online faculty can implement to help students succeed in an online learning environment. SUNY Online Teaching has developed a free and openly licensed online resource to assist online faculty and instructional designers understand how to support online learners to develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to be more successful online learners. Suggestions for course design, and online instructional practices, as well as tools and tips to support online learner success, will be discussed, demonstrated, and shared.
In this session you will:
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Review general suggestions to support online learner success in your online/remote or blended course.
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Receive a brief overview of the SRLS framework, adapted for online teaching and learning, to explain and clarify the self-regulated learning strategies used by successful blended/online learners.
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Explore and discuss the demonstration of tools, resources, practices, and approaches that online faculty and instructional designers can use to support online learner success.
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Leave the session prepared with practical ideas on how to support online learners to develop success strategies in Goal-setting and Planning, Organizing & Transforming Instructional Materials, Structuring the Learning Environment, Help-Seeking, Self-Monitoring & Record-Keeping, Self-Reflection, Self-Efficacy and Goal Orientation, Interests & Attributions.
Session participants will also:
- Become a SUNY Online Fellow in the "Friend of SUNY" role, so we can continue the conversation started in the session.
- Receive a Community Participation badge.
- Be invited to join the SUNY Online Teaching networking community group.