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Methods to enhance community through messaging in the online classroom

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  • Gebhardt, Karen

    (Department of Economics, USA)

  • Mckenna, Kelly

    (School of Education, USA)

Abstract

This descriptive educational practice paper details how instructor-initiated messaging can be implemented to enhance community and student–instructor connection in the online classroom. Messaging such as e-mails, announcements, alerts or phone calls is often used as a way to inform or clarify course content or expectations, remediate or encourage student performance, or to build community. Messaging is a deliberate form of instructor-initiated one-way communication that is not included in the body of the course content when the course was designed. In this paper, various types of instructor-initiated messaging will be described. Dimensions of messaging, such as level of personalisation and whether the message is public or private, will be explored. Additionally, a use case will be presented from an economics department in a large public university. Instructors and online administrators can use this information to systematically develop and integrate messages into online courses to enhance community.

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  • Gebhardt, Karen & Mckenna, Kelly, 2024. "Methods to enhance community through messaging in the online classroom," Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 3(1), pages 6-15, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:aoe000:y:2024:v:3:i:1:p:6-15
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    Keywords

    online education; community; teaching methods; online interactions; messages;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics

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