Welcome to the official podcast for the Instructional Design team at McLennan Community College, MAC TALKS!Building relationships in a classroom is a big factor for student success.  It works great in a face to face classroom, but how do we do that online?  In this episode, we discuss how to build those relationships in your online classes.We also talk about what our walk-out song would be...I think teachers should have their own walk out or walk in songs for the classroom.  If you want to skip ahead to the content, skip to If you're interested in us covering a topic about course design, or if you'd like to guest star...or both, shoot us an email: [email protected]Follow us on Instagram, send us your comments or suggestions - https://www.instagram.com/mcc_idi/Research Article - Importance of Strong RelationshipsJournal Article - Building Relationships and Increasing Engagement in the Virtual Classroom: Practical Tools for the Online InstructorEffective Online Teaching: Foundations and Strategies for Student SuccessBlasterjaxx - NarcoJohn Ghazzagh - Instructional DesignerClaire Wilkison - Instructional DesignerKatherine Beech - Instructional Designer