Share Paper: Providing Learner Support in Digital Distance Learning: Considering the Human Factor

  1. David Del Pino Kloques, University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business, United States
  2. Emese Felvegi, University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business, United States
Tuesday, March 30 11:15-11:45 AM Keynote Room

Abstract: Migrating all College activities to digital distance education brings a context where all activities become formal; thus, if something is not explicit and schedule on the online course, it does not exist. Faculty accustomed to reading students by direct observation in classes are missing those face to face sessions. This session shares methods for operationalizing and obtaining that missing information for the online-only college faculty. The formal nature of the digital course interaction does not render enough information for a faculty to assess the students' success conditions. By including simple additions to the digital course syllabus and activities, we could ...