Okay, so everything is online now. My classes are all on Canvas, and the due dates are scattered across syllabi, modules, and even announcements. It’s a total mess! I’m a college student taking five courses, and I’m constantly missing assignments or submitting them late because I lose track of when things are due. I’ve tried…
Okay, so I’m a college student, a sophomore now, and this is my third semester doing mostly online courses. Last year, it was all just temporary because of COVID, right? But even now, a lot of my classes are still online, and honestly, I’m starting to feel incredibly isolated. It’s not just the classes themselves….
Okay, so I’m teaching an online course, and I’m really struggling to keep my students engaged. I think a big part of the problem is they don’t really see how they’re doing, and when they do well, it just feels like another assignment done. In a physical classroom, you can see the progress, and there’s…
Okay, so I’m taking three online courses right now: Introduction to Psychology, College Algebra, and Intro to Programming with Python. It’s all asynchronous, which means I can watch lectures and do assignments whenever, but I’m finding it REALLY hard to stay motivated and actually learn the material. I’m falling behind in Algebra especially. I think…
Okay, so I’m a student, and I’m taking more and more online classes. It feels really isolating compared to being on campus and actually seeing professors in person. I miss being able to just pop into office hours after class or ask a quick question before the lecture starts. It’s much harder to build that…
Okay, so I’m really struggling with this online learning thing. I feel like I’m drowning, and I know I can’t be the only one. It’s just so different from being in a classroom. What resources are out there to help students who are having a tough time with online learning? Specifically, I’m thinking about things…
Okay, so I’m really struggling to focus during my online classes. It’s so different from being in a physical classroom, and I’m constantly getting pulled away by… well, everything!I’m taking three classes this semester: Calculus, Intro to Psychology, and Western Civilization. The Calculus lectures are brutal – they’re early in the morning, and it’s so…
Okay, so I’m taking this online course, it’s Introduction to Sociology, and honestly, it feels so isolating. It’s just me, the lectures, and the discussion boards. Everyone just posts their required responses and then disappears. No one seems to actually talk to each other. It’s not like a real classroom where you can chat before…
Okay, so I’m teaching an online course this semester – it’s Introduction to Sociology, and I’m trying to move away from just having students passively consume content. I really want to foster a sense of community and get them engaging with the material and with each other. I’ve set up discussion forums for each week’s…