According to Bill Phillips of the University of Central Florida, it’s the three Cs: clarity, creativity, and compassion. Not surprisingly, Phillips says that successful online instructors have many of the same characteristics of their counterparts in the traditional classroom. Read the entire article in eSchool News.

Online learning is all about the experience, and the instructor, or moderator, plays a key role in ensuring all participants have a great experience, one that encourages students to engage, discuss, interact, and collaborate. And isn’t that what makes any teacher successful?

Here are Elluminate’s “Top Ten Habits of Highly Effective Moderators.” We hope they help you to be more clear, creative, and compassionate in your online classroon.

Here’s something else that may interest you. Want to know more about how digital games and simulations can make you a better instructor? Check out this upcoming Elluminate webinar on 12/11 at 1PM ET, “Teaching with Online Games,” with Dr. David Gibson. Seats are going fast, so register now.

Keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication