{"id":2087,"date":"2018-10-08T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2018-10-08T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:52:30","slug":"how-to-spot-disengaged-students-and-what-to-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/2018\/10\/08\/how-to-spot-disengaged-students-and-what-to-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spot Disengaged Students and What to Do About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fall term is in full swing, and right now students are at their best in terms of motivation and anticipation of a good term and academic year ahead. In a few weeks, however, the motivation that students started out with in September may change to disengagement as the term progresses. Some students, for example, have the misconception that online courses are easier than face-to-face courses. This misunderstanding can cause them to feel overwhelmed and disengaged when they realize that their online courses are just as rigorous as their face-to-face courses. Now is the time to get a jump on ways to spot disengaged students &#8212; and what to do about it &#8212; before they give up and drop that fabulous online course that you are working so hard on. Here are some key takeaways from a recent workshop on this topic that I attended through the Online Learning Consortium: Strategies for Increasing Interaction &amp; Engagement Self-Paced Workshop<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Signs that a student is disengaged:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion posts are too short<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The student rarely logs into the course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Little or no time spent participating in activities or interacting with other students <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missing or late assignments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Disengaged students may feel isolated and reluctant to reach out for help. Here&#8217;s what you can do:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connect with students early and often at the beginning of the course.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In your communications with students or in your welcome video, convey to students a sense of community and that the course is a safe space for learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage students to post their own introductory videos to help everyone get to know each other better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assign tasks that involve teamwork, which can encourage the development of student relationships that keep students engaged and are essential for learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remind students of the many resources that they have through Ecampus, such as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/services\/student-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Success Team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which include student services, exam proctoring, and success counseling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What have you experienced in your own courses? What has helped keep students engaged, and what have you done when you have noticed disengagement?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Resources on this topic:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1538512304331_66\" href=\"https:\/\/olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org\/index.php\/olj\/article\/view\/1092\/371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engagement Matters: Student Perceptions on the Importance of Engagement Strategies in the Online Learning Environment<\/a>\u00a0(Martin &amp; Bollinger, 2018)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institute.onlinelearningconsortium.org\/course\/index.php?categoryid=102\">Online Learning Consortium, Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/services\/student-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OSU Ecampus Student Success Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiftelearning.com\/blog\/bid\/334167\/The-eLearning-Dilemma-Engaged-vs-Unengaged-Learners\">The eLearning Dilemma: Engaged vs Unengaged Learners<\/a> by Karla Guitierrez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall term is in full swing, and right now students are at their best in terms of motivation and anticipation of a good term and academic year ahead. In a few weeks, however, the motivation that students started out with in September may change to disengagement as the term progresses. Some students, for example, have&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/2018\/10\/08\/how-to-spot-disengaged-students-and-what-to-do-about-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156127,50450],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-tools-trends","category-tips-tricks"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/inspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}