Building a Positive Climate

Katherine Harris Brooke Moore

What Students Want: Characteristics of Effective Teachers

ONLINE FACE-TO-FACE1. Respectful 1. Respectful2. Responsive 2. Knowledgeable3. Knowledgeable 3. Approachable4. Approachable 4. Engaging5. Communicative 5. Communicative6. Organized 6. Organized7. Engaging 7. Responsive8. Professional 8. Professional9. Humorous 9. Humorous

Delaney, J.G., Johnson, A.N., Johnson, T.D., & Treslan, D.L. (2010). Student’s Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education. St. John’s, NL: Distance Education and Learning Technologies

“Instructors and students work together to create and sustain an environment in which everyone feels safe, supported and encouraged”

Saunders & Kardia – University of Michigan

First Step

Getting To Know Each

Other

Digital Selves/Digital Communities

Courtesy Paurian's Art Textures

F2F vs. Online: Opportunities/Challenges

Common Ground

iConnectweConnect

Promoting Ownership

Exercise?

During Class

Building Community

What threatens a community?

Give me your community

Success