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Description:
This course is designed to equip educators with the skills and strategies necessary to create supportive and inclusive virtual classrooms. It focuses on humanizing online learning environments by fostering socio-emotional connections that enhance student engagement and participation. Students will learn to implement practices that support learner independence and cultivate a community through effective communication, welcoming language, and interactive activities. Special emphasis is placed on overcoming barriers to online student success by designing welcoming introductions, supportive system integrations, and community-building exercises that are mindful of cognitive loads and equity-based expectations. Through practical applications, students will develop and share resources such as introduction videos and engagement plans that demonstrate their understanding of humanizing online education.
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Prerequisite:
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Corequisite:
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Advisory:
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Repeatability:
Not Repeatable.
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Hours:
3 hours lecture per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
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Foothill GE Area:
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Transferability:
CSU
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Transfer GE:
Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
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Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
For complete course descriptions, access www.foothill.edu/KCI/linc
