Open AccessThree tips for creating an online course for nontraditional student populations
Author(s) -
Forman M. Rebecca,
Chapman John A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecology and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.17
H-Index - 63
ISSN - 2045-7758
DOI - 10.1002/ece3.7841
Subject(s) - online course , course (navigation) , covid-19 , certification , distance education , massive open online course , medical education , asynchronous communication , computer science , world wide web , psychology , engineering , mathematics education , medicine , telecommunications , political science , disease , pathology , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , aerospace engineering
In spring 2020, the University of Minnesota Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program temporarily ceased in‐person workshops due to the spread of COVID‐19. Twenty workshops were canceled, and the 1,233 attendees (all adult learners) were moved into asynchronous online course sections. These online workshops were the first remote courses that many of the attendees had ever attempted. Here, we provide tips for successfully creating online classes for nontraditional student populations.