{"id":1500,"date":"2020-08-06T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2024-07-23T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:13:05","slug":"student-engagement-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/student-engagement-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging students in the online classroom is our passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bw_BaI2F72k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a myth that learning online means that students are disconnected from their instructors and classmates.<\/p>\n<p>When you learn online with Oregon State University, it&#8217;s just the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon State faculty who teach online work in partnership with the OSU Ecampus staff to provide students with an authentic sense of community. They&#8217;re focused on one thing: making student engagement feel as easy as logging in to classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to find those ways to make the online classroom space a place where students feel like they can connect with each other and with me,\u201d says Clare Braun, a writing instructor in the College of Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n<p>At Oregon State, we develop innovative solutions, conduct research and implement best practices in order for students like you to have collaborative learning experiences no matter where you live.<\/p>\n<p>And all of that is to say one thing: <strong>You belong here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Take the next step in your academic journey and learn more about the Oregon State online programs or courses that interest you most.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"rfi-button\" class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/contact\/form\/\">Request information<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>There&#8217;s a myth that learning online means that students are disconnected from their instructors and classmates. When you learn online with Oregon State University, it&#8217;s just the opposite. The Oregon State faculty who teach online work in partnership with the OSU Ecampus staff to provide students with an authentic sense of community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,672,676],"tags":[169,24,30],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ecampus","category-learning-experience","category-why-osu","tag-online-degrees","tag-online-learning","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/eric-broadfoot-student-engagement.jpg?fit=744%2C496&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-oc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1099,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/online-student-instructor-interaction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1500,"position":0},"title":"Despite distance, online learners build lasting connections","author":"Julie Cooper","date":"January 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon State University\u2019s online learners do what many say can\u2019t be done: form genuine connections in the digital classroom. 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