Rolling With the Flow: Online Faculty and Student Presence in a Post-COVID-19 World

Source Title: Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design

ISBN13: 9781799882756|ISBN10: 1799882756|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799882763|EISBN13: 9781799882770

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch019

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McCleskey, Jim A., and Rebecca M. Melton. "Rolling With the Flow: Online Faculty and Student Presence in a Post-COVID-19 World." Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design, edited by Sunil Ramlall, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch019

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McCleskey, J. A. & Melton, R. M. (2022). Rolling With the Flow: Online Faculty and Student Presence in a Post-COVID-19 World. In S. Ramlall, T. Cross, & M. Love (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design (pp. 1-22). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch019

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McCleskey, Jim A., and Rebecca M. Melton. "Rolling With the Flow: Online Faculty and Student Presence in a Post-COVID-19 World." In Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design, edited by Sunil Ramlall, Ted Cross, and Michelle Love, 1-22. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8275-6.ch019

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Abstract

COVID-19 created a paradigm shift in higher education (HE), speeding up a process that was already underway and forcing institutions and instructors to develop the competencies necessary to offer effective delivery and resources online. Student reflections on Spring 2020 suggested that institutions were not always successful in their transitions. Students saw gaps in crucial areas, including online instructor presence, social presence for instructors and peers, and instructor immediacy. The purpose of this chapter is to propose best practices for instructional practice and technology in the online virtual education space to increase student engagement, instructor immediacy, and online social presence. HE institutions must embrace or enhance a variety of techniques that will improve the student experience. HE continues its shift toward cutting-edge technology to scale, streamline, and improve student engagement and interaction while creating new ways of establishing instructor presence and immediacy.