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Introductions are a good way to quickly get a sense of the characteristics of the class and one way to allow students to know you as more than a name and title. Introductions are two-fold; providing context, and early visualizations for who the people behind the names the names are in a distance course. The conversations generated by introductions are another way to establish your online persona and a way for students to establish their online identity.
| Fictionalize the student introduction process. Have students introduce themselves to the class... | through the eyes of a child; through the top ten books that I have ever read;"I bet you didn't know that I can..." |
| Provide a small amount of extra credit for a "test" over their classmates' introductions. | Who lives in _____? Who works at ______? Who wants to be a ______? |
Once participants begin to reveal parts of themselves to others, some degree of trust is built and some degree of community is established. Your job is to encourage this development so students begin to feel a part of something larger than themselves. This reduces isolation and provides opportunities for collaborative learning activities and open exchange of ideas and opinions.
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