Getting to know you: The first week of class and beyond

Citation
Dunlap, J. C., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2011). Getting to know you: The first week of class and beyond. In P. R. Lowenthal, D. Thomas, A. Thai, B. Yuhnke, M. Edwards, & C. Gasell.(Eds.). The CU Online Handbook, 2011 (pp. 67-72). Lulu Enterprises.

Abstract

Getting to know you and other types of introductory activities are important in online courses. In this paper, we describe a number of different getting to know you activities we use during the first week of our courses and beyond to build social presence and community.

Keywords: Social presence, community, getting to know you, relationships, connection, online learning, online teaching