planning and setting the curriculum, organizing the learning space and resources

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 “the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educational worthwhile learning outcomes” (Garrison et al., 2001).
 It consists of three categories: design and organization, facilitating discourse and direct instruction.

Teaching Presence

Design and Organization

sharing meaning, focusing the discussion and identifying areas of agreement and disagreement

Facilitation

 presenting questions, explaining, providing constructive feedback, summarizing ideas and providing content knowledge from diverse resources

Direct Instruction

Teachers are able to create their class structure in a way that gives students small deadlines throughout the year in preperation for the completion of their final paper or assignment. The teaching materials can be broken down into step-by-step processes to lower the difficulty between steps and keep students in an active state of learning. It also serves to keep students on track and lowers the procrastination and stress levels of the students.

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