{"id":1118,"date":"2026-04-02T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:51:03","slug":"rsi-framework-for-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/2026\/04\/02\/rsi-framework-for-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"RSI Framework for Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Interaction Type<\/th><th>Category<\/th><th>Primary Function<\/th><th>What It Looks Like in a Course<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Regular Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>A \u2013 Course Structure &amp; Presence<\/strong><\/td><td>Establishes predictable instructor communication and course organization<\/td><td>Weekly announcements, pacing reminders, course updates, module introductions, instructor availability statements<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Regular Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>B \u2013 Engagement Monitoring &amp; Support<\/strong><\/td><td>Responds to patterns in student engagement or participation<\/td><td>Outreach to students who miss work, early-alert messages, progress check-ins, feedback surveys, encouragement messages<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Substantive Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>A \u2013 Live Instruction<\/strong><\/td><td>Provides real-time instructor-led teaching aligned with course outcomes<\/td><td>Live Zoom lectures, instructional office hours, concept explanations, breakout activities with debriefs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Substantive Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>B \u2013 Individualized Feedback<\/strong><\/td><td>Advances learning through personalized feedback on student work<\/td><td>Comments on essays, audio\/video feedback, revision guidance, rubric-based qualitative feedback<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Substantive Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>C \u2013 Course-Level Instructional Response<\/strong><\/td><td>Addresses patterns in student understanding across the class<\/td><td>Clarification announcements, assignment debriefs, mini-lessons responding to common errors<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Substantive Interaction<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>D \u2013 Embedded Activity Facilitation<\/strong><\/td><td>Provides instruction during active learning activities<\/td><td>Instructor participation in discussion threads, probing questions, clarifying misconceptions during activities<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interaction Type Category Primary Function What It Looks Like in a Course Regular Interaction A \u2013 Course Structure &amp; Presence Establishes predictable instructor communication and course organization Weekly announcements, pacing reminders, course updates, module introductions, instructor availability statements Regular Interaction B \u2013 Engagement Monitoring &amp; Support Responds to patterns in student engagement or participation Outreach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rsi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1119,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/seamypath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}