Communicate 2.1.3 – Ongoing Communication Quest

Integrating the ideas presented in Communicate: Stakeholders quests, create a blog post in which you discuss reasons why effective communication remains an essential part of online instruction. In the blog post, create an example of an ongoing communication that could be sent to all stakeholders. Ensure the product is creative, informative, and adheres to FERPA guidelines

Ongoing communication can be the key to a successful online course experience. Instructors need to keep in touch and keep the lines of communication flowing throughout the course and not just at the beginning and end. Ongoing communication for an online class can be implemented in various modes: 

* weekly newsletters

* reminder posts

* Group email or email blasts

* Remind 101's

* Phone calls

* Conferences- phone, virtual, facetime, or face to face

* Posts on Social Media

* Updates on websites

* Home visits

* Feedback emails- privately 

* Progress Reports- can not be posted publicly.

* Grade updates- remember that grades can not be posted in public domain!