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Table 3 Meta-category: course structure and pace

From: An examination of teachers’ strategies to foster student engagement in blended learning in higher education

Main category and related strategies

Description

Course_Structure

Teachers presenting a clear, continuous, and unified course structure

Indications_WhenWhatWhere

Clear indications about activities (when/what/where)

Connections_SyncAsync

Explicit connections unifying asynchronous and synchronous modes

Continuity_ThroughoutSemester

Continuity between activities throughout the semester

Course_Pace

Teachers ensuring a sustained pace throughout the course (synchronously and asynchronously)

Async_DiversificationActivities

Diversity of asynchronous activities

Sync_NoDowntimeHighInteractions

Busy, dynamic synchronous meetings

*SyncOL_ShortDynamicMeetings

For BOL, BSL, short and very dynamic meetings

  1. Boldface: meta-categories and categories of teachers’ strategies
  2. Regular text: teachers’ strategies inside a category
  3. *Sign: a strategy for a specific blended modality or at a specific university level