How do you engage and motivate the online learner

1. Show Enthusiasm

2. Easy Access

3. Provide a fun atmosphere

4. Helpful Tools

5. Visual Examples

6. Stay involved with the student and ask specific questions

7. Promote student envolvement with each other.

8. 5.4 Students took at least 1 online class in 2012

9. National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014023

10. •Use video of exciting topics in your course

11. •Use discussion boards to create a sense of community and promote active engagement with the course topics

12. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2010, pp. 1 – 13.

13. https://www.iupui.edu/~josotl/archive/vol_10/no_2/v10n2dixson.pdf

14. Why you should use a Virtual Learning Environment

15. http://www.bbcactive.com/BBCActiveIdeasandResources/WhyyoushoulduseaVirtualLearningEnvironment.aspx

16. Oxford University Press

17. http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/learnvle