Standard C: Facilitating interactions and collaboration to build a supportive online community that fosters active learning.

The Online Teacher:

Employs learner-centered instructional strategies and current practices that leverage technology for learner collaboration.
Creates expectations for appropriate interaction among learners, including establishing netiquette requirements, modeling implementation, and enforcing the requirements.
Develops a community among culturally diverse learners by providing opportunities for interaction that are conducive to active learning.
Promotes learner to learner interaction in online groups in order to foster collaboration and promote higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation.
Is able to meet the learning needs of all learners, regardless of cultural background and perspective.

Source: National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, 3rd Edition, 2019, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance

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