{"id":32705,"date":"2025-06-27T14:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/?page_id=32705"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:45:06","slug":"establishing-a-welcoming-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/establishing-a-welcoming-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing a Welcoming Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">A warm smile. A friendly hello. A wave of the hand to welcome someone into a space. Students new to&nbsp;your class value that immediate sense of belonging and welcome to the physical or digital space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quick-reads\">Quick Reads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\" id=\"quick\">Quick reads are short articles and videos that reflect on or summarize current thinking, research, or experiences related to the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/what-is-swift-trust-and-why-do-i-want-it-in-my-classes\/?st=FFdaily;s=FF190403;utm_term=FF190403&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=What+is++Swift+Trust%2C++and+Why+Do+I+Want+it+in+My+Classes\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>What is &#8216;Swift Trust,&#8217; and Why Do I Want It in My Classes?<\/h2><p>This approach to building community and engagement can work well in online courses where students have less opportunity to engage informally.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/acue.org\/online-teaching-toolkit\/#sec1\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Welcoming Students to the Online Environment <\/h2><p>From ACUE&#8217;s Online Teaching Toolkit are three different strategies  to welcome students to your online class.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A warm smile. A friendly hello. A wave of the hand to welcome someone into a space. Students new to&nbsp;your class value that immediate sense of belonging and welcome to the physical or digital space. Quick Reads Quick reads are short articles and videos that reflect on or summarize current thinking, research, or experiences related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4701,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-32705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32706,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32705\/revisions\/32706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}