When teaching or meeting online, traditional cues often get lost in translation. It’s time to bridge the gap and ensure every student/participant stays engaged and motivated. This free guide, “Black Boxes and Sensory Deprivation: How to Adapt Cues When Teaching Online,” helps you address the challenge of black boxes on your screen.

Understanding Sensory Deprivation: Learn why it is important to read cues when interacting online.

Adapting Non-Verbal Cues: Learn what you can do to enhance your presence online.

Using Online Cues: Find out what cues you can use from students, participants, or colleagues to inform your decision-making as you reflect-in-action.

Why This Guide is Essential

In the absence of physical interaction, students, participants, and colleagues often feel disconnected and unmotivated. This guide provides practical strategies to overcome these challenges, ensuring your virtual meeting space remains engaging and effective for you and participants.

Download our “Black boxes and sensory deprivation: How to adapt cues when teaching online” now and discover some simple steps you can take to enhance communication when online, whether when teaching or for other online meetings.


Cynthia Korpan, PhD
Director
ITeach: Certification in Higher Ed Inc

About me

I have over 18 years experience in Educational Development in Higher Education and over 35 years related to workplace learning. As the former Director of Teaching Excellence at the University of Victoria, I garnered significant experience in developing programs and courses, teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and professors, and mentoring many about learning and teaching in higher education. In 2017, I was honoured with the Educational Developers Caucus Leadership Award for my national work related to educational development. My research focuses on early career academics’ first teaching in the academic workplace. This work and my expertise has been and continues to be shared with institutions around the world, such as Canada, the United States, China, Uganda, Pakistan, and Ghana.

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