Strategies to Engage Online Learners & Promote Deep Learning

Featured Higher Education Presenter:
Caterina Valentino

Online education continues to grow rapidly, but quality is not always keeping up.

At too many institutions, technology takes a front seat in course design rather than student learning.

If that’s what is happening at your school, you can reverse this situation and develop improved online programming that places student engagement first.

One effective solution is to move beyond the Providing Academic and Relational Support (PARS) Model to grab and hold onto student interest in an online learning environment.

In Strategies to Engage Online Learners & Promote Deep Learning, Caterina Valentino, Ph.D. explains what the PARS system is and how you can use it to improve the online educational offerings at your school.

This seminar covers:

• Transcending surface learning to foster deeper engagement
• Adapting and moving beyond the PARS Model of online instruction
• Beginning course design with the end of the course in mind
• Working effectively with online designers
• How the instructor’s role shifts throughout the course
• Using a story arc as a teaching and learning model
• Upbeats and downbeats in course design and flow
• Building support between student and instructor
• Transferring relational support from instructor to fellow students
• Moving from being a subject matter expert to a learning facilitator
• Getting students to help with writing and creating an online course

Your presenter

Caterina Valentino, Ph.D. is an adjunct professor at the School of Health Services Management at Ryerson University. She is an independent thinker and innovator in the delivery of online education. Her reputation as an engaging online instructor has led her to receive accolades and awards from her students and peers.

Who will benefit from this seminar

• Professors
• Course Designers
• Instructors
• Online program administrators
• Faculty trainers