Make a Deeper Connection with Virtual Student Check-ins!

Connection is a key factor to student success in an online environment. Do your students feel connected to you, the instructor, the learning material, and their peers? Connection in a physical classroom is facilitated by real-time face-to-face interaction several times a week. Online learning is mostly asynchronous; it rarely takes place in real time and we rarely have the benefits of making connections and relationship building through nonverbal communication and verbal communication. As you approach online teaching think about ways you can create opportunities for students to connect in a rich way with the teacher, material, and peers. One way is through daily student check-ins. Below are several options to meet several types of learning situations and requirements. Choose the one that best meets your students’ needs and begin connecting in a rich way!