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10 Ways to Motivate and Engage Your Online Learners

Motivation and engagement play a central role in student success and satisfaction. However, the online learning environment poses special challenges. Without proper course design and facilitation it's all too easy for online learners to feel isolated, bored, and unengaged with the materials. The following are motivation and engagement strategies that Paul Beaudoin, assistant humanities professor at Fitchburg State University, has found to be effective in the award-winning online courses he teaches.

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