Create a Champion Course Program to Enrich an eLearning Community

Increasing social activity within a course, such as liking or commenting on submissions and asking questions in the discussion boards, can help build positive momentum in your course on NovoEd and foster a collaborative learning space. Often, the facilitation of social activity is led by the teaching assistants or course instructor. However, if your teaching team is small or has limited resources to facilitate your course, we encourage you to start a course champion program to help support peer-to-peer interaction within a course.
What is a course champion program? A course champion program recruits former students of your course or program (for repeat courses), or existing students who are highly engaged in a course, to enrich the community aspect of the course experience for learners (check out how NovoEd builds an online community with Program Space). Here are some examples of tasks you can ask your Course Champions spend time on each week:
The following are some steps to think about before implementing your own course champion program for your course.
Is the course champion program right for my course? In both small and large courses, course champions programs can help encourage learners to generate social activity and peer feedback, leading to higher learner satisfaction and completion rates. This program can be particularly useful for courses with limited resources. However, if your course is looking for more opportunities for professional feedback or mentorship, we encourage you to look at NovoEd’s mentorship feature which will allow you to recruit professionals to mentor specific teams of learners during a course.
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