[First published Feb 7, 2017 at Engaged Learning blog.] Live sessions (LS) offer opportunities for interaction between students and with the instructor in an online learning environment. Download PDF   7 Things to Know When Facilitating Live Sessions (text-only format) Acknowledge your students’ presence. Call them by name. Cultivate a sense of community. Start and stop the session on time. Show how the live session topic is relevant to the course and students’ work. Don’t repeat what’s in video lectures. Provide real life, current examples / cases / situations. Help…