The Power of Personalization


Stephanie Maher Palenque is an associate professor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She has been an online fulltime faculty member at GCU since 2013. Her scholarship focuses on writing education, online instruction, and faith integration in the online classroom. She is working on her dissertation for her PhD in Psychology with focus on Cognition and Instruction. She lives in Anthem, Arizona with her husband and three daughters. She enjoys powerlifting in her spare time and is eagerly anticipating competing during the next year.


Abstract

Research indicates that online students drop classes up to 40 percent more than their onground counterparts, and almost always within the first two weeks of class. The top two reasons students give for withdrawing from their online classes are they did not like the instructor, and they did not like the class. Making the online class more engaging and inviting is in every educator’s best interest. In this presentation we focus on personalizing various parts of class including the instructor bio, the welcome post, and hosting face-to-face Zoom meetings. We will also review my themed website that houses my online booking system for 15 minute private Zoom sessions students are invited to schedule.

            Keywords: Zoom, face-to-face, online booking system, onground

The Power of Personalization by Stephanie Maher Palenque

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