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Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Online Courses
Regular and Substantive Interaction is a United States Department of Education regulation that outlines the requirements for instructor interaction in online courses. These requirements help distinguish online courses from correspondence courses. Learn more about RSI...
WesternOnline Presents Build Bits!
We know it’s difficult to balance daily work activities with finding the time to squeeze in professional development around online teaching and learning. That’s why WesternOnline is announcing Build Bits! Build Bits are 30-minute bite-sized trainings that combine...
WesternOnline: Classroom Management in Video Facilitated, Synchronous Courses
Organize your presentation file(s), websites, or other digital resources that you plan to share via the share screen feature or as links in the chat. Explore:...
WesternOnline: Mixed Modality: Face-to-Face and Online Synchronous Students
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Planning for a course that has students attending both face-to-face and via synchronous video conferencing should be planned with your synchronous,...
WesternOnline: Online Best Practices
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about online basics, student engagement, accessibility, and equity... Explore: Online Best Practices WesternOnline Resources for Online...
WesternOnline: Student Engagement
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about strategies and methods that can help you increase student engagement in online courses--and with any course modality using online...
WesternOnline: Teaching and Learning Hub
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU's Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. In order to learn more about how to create high quality and engaging online courses, visit: Explore: Western Online Teaching and Learning Hub...
WesternOnline: Teaching Synchronously with Video Conferencing
WesternOnline is a resource created by WWU’s Outreach and Continuing Education to help build online courses effectively. Learn more about strategies and methods for teaching synchronous classes. Explore:...
WesternOnline: Using Canvas Course Templates
Have you ever wished you had the basic framework all set up for a Canvas course so you could just fill in your course content? Created by WesternOnline designers in Outreach and Community Education, these templates were created in an effort to provide an organized and...