Enhancing Social Engagement in Your Courses

Rainbows do need rain.  Is social media just a distraction from formal learning for college students, or can it be channeled to enhance learning?

Are you wondering how to foster greater student engagement in your courses?  Vexed that some of your students in the classroom appear more engaged in social media than in the class?  Then consider using social engagement to facilitate teaching and learning.   Check out 15 Ways Online Educators Can Improve Social Engagement.  These ideas are applicable whether you teach traditional on-campus courses, hybrid courses or fully online courses.

And if you’ve tried some of these strategies, comment here to let us know how they’ve worked.