Fostering Student Success in Online Courses
About
The pandemic had a disruptive impact on teaching and learning in higher education. For many, the transition to online learning presented enormous challenges, individually and collectively. Many of us sought immediate strategies to support student learning and success in an online context. We experienced many successes and failures along the way. This Guide provides an inspiring collection of scholarly reflections and approaches to supporting meaningful course learning opportunities for students and postsecondary educators, in online environments.
The guide contains nine chapters contributed by members of the Teaching Academy from across disciplines involved in undergraduate and/or graduate instruction, writing solo or with collaborators, to highlight an aspect of their teaching that leverages the online environment to enhance student learning. Each of these chapters offers sage, pragmatic descriptions of course contexts, design considerations, and implementation, for online assessments (Chapter 1, 4), for innovative learning activities (Chapter 2, 6), for flexible course design (Chapter 5, 7), for engaging large classes (Chapter 8), for facilitating group work (Chapter 9), and for intentionally addressing the need for students to flourish (Chapter 3). Importantly, for the reader, each chapter shares the wisdom of practice of the author/s, discussing implications of use and giving concrete recommendations for those who are thinking of applying similar strategies.
About
Fabiola E. Aparicio-Ting, PhD | Director, Health & Society, Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours Program and Associate Professor (Teaching), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio, PhD | Professor (Teaching), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Heather Bensler, EdD | Assistant Dean Academic Partnerships and Associate Professor (Teaching), Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
Barbara Brown, PhD | Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Tracey L. Clancy, PhD | Assistant Dean Faculty Development and Associate Professor (Teaching), Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
Patti Dyjur, PhD | Educational Development Consultant, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary
Scott Radford, PhD | Associate Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Chene Redwood, PhD(c) | Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary
Verena Roberts, EdD | Adjunct Assistant Professor & Sessional Instructor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Soroush Sabbaghan, PhD | Associate Professor (Teaching), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Meadow Schroeder, PhD | Associate Professor, School and Applied Child Psychology, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Mindi M. Summers, PhD | Associate Professor (Teaching), Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
Annette Tézli, PhD | Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Sociology, University of Calgary
Leighton Wilks, MBA | Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Alysia C. Wright, PhD | Educational Development Consultant, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary
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Recommended Citation
Aparicio-Ting, F., Arcellana-Panlilio, M., Bensler, H., Brown, B., Clancy, T. L., Dyjur, P., Radford, S., Redwood, C., Roberts, V., Sabbaghan, S., Schroeder, M., Summers, M. M., Tézli, A., Wilks, L., & Wright, A. C. (2023). Fostering student success in online courses (M. Arcellana-Panlilio, P. Dyjur and A. C. Wright, Eds.). Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Guide Series, University of Calgary. https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/ resources/fostering-student-success-guide.