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Teaching Tips of the Week: Student Access to Learning 

Posted on January 6, 2021

The Virtual Learning Task Force has published its report and compiled a list of Teaching Recommendations for winter term 2021. As you prepare your course for winter term, you may consider making some of these changes to help address common challenges identified by students and instructors.  

Teaching Tips of the Week #5: Student Access to Learning

Many students reported various barriers to their online/virtual learning and expressed feeling that they could benefit from more opportunities to share their learning experiences and needs with instructors.  

  • Conduct a survey at the start of the course to collect information about students’ access to technologies and course materials, remote learning environments and motivations for taking the course. 
  • Give students a grace-period following assignment deadlines. 
  • Provide students with opportunities to provide feedback about their learning experiences with formative feedback throughout the term. 
  • Consider enhancing the accessibility of your digital course content and digital course delivery.

Looking for additional resources?

Check out the following upcoming webinars

  •  Course Clinic: Fostering Connections on Jan. 7 from 11am – 12pm. This session will provide simple strategies to enhance student-student, student-instructor and student-content interactions. 

  • Improving the Usability of your Avenue Course on Jan 12th from 12:00 – 1:30pm. This session will provide easy-to-integrate strategies to improve the usability and navigation (for you and your students!) of your Avenue to Learn course. 
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