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Fostering Online Discussion


Adult / Professional Development -
2025-2026 CE School Year

Being engaged with your online learners throughout the course is one of the three biggest weaknesses of online teachers. It is also one of the three biggest ways to take your online course to the next level, making it a superior learning experience for your learners.
Come experience how to do it from the creator of the concept and practice of ‘continual engagement’ in teaching. Discover how to build student success through your interaction, how to give online learners feedback, communicating with them about everything from subject matter to delicate issues to grading.
You will come away with advanced, practical, how-to tips from one of the foremost authorities on fostering online discussion. And you will see how your instructor models great interaction and engagement in the online environment.

This class is included in the Certificate in Online Teaching and Certified Online Instructor COI course.

 November 2025 
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Instructor

Mary Dereshiwsky


Mary Dereshiwsky is an expert in online teaching and creator of the online teaching technique “continuous engagement.” She is a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches graduate courses online. She has taught other instructors how to teach online for more than five years.

Dereshwisky has also been on the graduate faculty of Capella University, written on the topic of online teaching, and given presentations at national educational conferences on the topic. She critiques online courses for other instructors and is Chair of the Advisory Board for the Certified Online Instructor (COI) designation for the Learning Resources Network.

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  Mary Dereshiwsky


Online
Sun-Sat, Nov 3 - Nov 28
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Price: $ 195 00
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  Mary Dereshiwsky


Online
Sun-Sat, Apr 6 - May 1
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Price: $ 195 00