The 5 C’s of Advising Students in Uncertain Times |
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The following post can be found on The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators dedicated to enhancing quality and leadership in digital education. Morehead State University is now a member of the OLC and has access to many resources. If you are interested in learning more, visit the OLC and explore. Share your finds with us at fctl@moreheadstate.edu.
As many students continue to receive all or part of their education online, it’s important to reflect on effective ways to advise them and help them remain engaged in their courses.
While there is plenty of research about online learners’ demographics and behaviors, little information has been shared about how to academically advise online learners specifically. While numerous advising models exist, they emphasize face-to-face communications, which do not translate well for online students.
An important element of OLAM is the five Cs: Connect, Create, Challenge, Collaborate & Commit. These are the steps we take to provide the solutions necessary to keep learners on track until graduation. Just as importantly, however, these steps can be adopted and applied by both advisors and faculty members as they interact with their students.
It is also worth noting, that as we are in the third semester of teaching through a pandemic, we have seen the toll that living with uncertainty has taken. The five C’s below offer opportunities to both ground and empower learners and educators as they continue to navigate our current climate.
Connect
- Send a message to check-in
- Listen to the student’s concerns
- Ask follow-up questions
- Paraphrase and check for understanding
These gestures may seem simple, but you shouldn’t underestimate the impact they will have. Just reaching out to a student shows them they have someone to talk to. By asking follow-up questions and paraphrasing, students know that you are actively listening, and it makes them feel heard.
Create
- Focus on what is in the student’s control
- Emphasize the strengths the student possesses
- Ask about the student’s ideal outcome and what they would like to see happen next
When times are uncertain, it can feel like everything is out of our control. Talk to students about their futures and remind them to focus on their individual goals. By setting up a plan, students can feel that their success is in their control.
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– by Julie Delich, Vice President of Retention and Student Support Services.
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Building and Scaling an Institutional HIPs Initiative
Building and scaling an institutional high-impact practices (HIPs) initiative
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Moving to Digital: The Faculty Experience in how COVID-19 Brought Us Online
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Research Ethics in Practice
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"What I Have Learned" Statement |
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"I learned new ways to engage with my students in a socially distanced classroom."
Topaz Butler, Degree Completion Coach/Lecturer
Share your short statement/blurb of a positive thing/practice/idea you have learned teaching during COVID.
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What I Love About Teaching |
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Ciao, Hello, Howdy, Salute,
We are asking for your response to the question "What I Love About Teaching". Your response can be short, long, a bulleted list, or an image to offer up a few suggestions.
To share your response, click here.
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Hello Fellow Educators,
In an effort to get to know the students in the classes I teach, I share and ask for the students' Song Of The Day (SOTD). Now, we are asking you to share your SOTD by clicking here.
My SOTD is a classic....click this link to have a listen.
We are looking forward to hearing your selections and may create a "MSU Educators Spring 2021 Playlist"
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Notification Options for Students
Help your students meet deadlines and succeed in your course by making them aware of the Notification Options in Blackboard.
When students activate this feature, Blackboard automatically sends alerts to the students’ course homepage, email address or mobile device. This YouTube video demonstrates how this feature works (see thumbnail, below).
Students will can receive alerts when:
- new content is posted;
- new discussion board postings are submitted;
- tests are available;
- and much more.
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