The Joyful Online Teacher
Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes
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Flower Darby's The Joyful Online Teacher draws on decades of teaching experience and research on learning, emotion, and motivation to help instructors find satisfaction in asynchronous online courses.
The book focuses on building rapport, designing organized and accessible courses, and using emotion-informed strategies to foster student engagement and persistence.
Darby presents pragmatic, small-teaching tactics—warm announcements, brief welcome videos, meaningful discussion prompts, timely responses—that make online students feel seen and supported.
She emphasizes instructor well-being, boundary-setting, and designing for competence, autonomy, and relatedness to boost motivation and completion.
The book positions joyful teaching as a lever to improve both instructor fulfillment and student learning outcomes.
The book focuses on building rapport, designing organized and accessible courses, and using emotion-informed strategies to foster student engagement and persistence.
Darby presents pragmatic, small-teaching tactics—warm announcements, brief welcome videos, meaningful discussion prompts, timely responses—that make online students feel seen and supported.
She emphasizes instructor well-being, boundary-setting, and designing for competence, autonomy, and relatedness to boost motivation and completion.
The book positions joyful teaching as a lever to improve both instructor fulfillment and student learning outcomes.
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