I always believe in doing discovery and not approaching students roughly or with accusations and this module helped validate that. It gave specific techniques and examples to utilize and I think we can make small tweaks to our communication as an organization to perhaps have increased retention. 

Our program has some video/face-to-face elements, but I really like the idea of instructors taking video of themselves out in the world to humanize themselves. I think this can be a great relationship tool and make the students feel more at home with the instructors, generally. 

So far, there is not a lot of new information for me in this course. Our students are all over the map, demographically; some 18-24, some 35-65 working full-time, on disability, parents, whomever. Many do not have the needed tech skills to be successful and we have two people on staff who work with them as their main job.  We reach out when we don't see submissions in Canvas after 5 days, ask if they need a tutor, etc. and our retention is still not great. I'm waiting to hear the "secret sauce" here because we have excellent support and… >>>

I learned how to determine the correct technology devise

I don't use social media in my classes, so this course helped me to realize I could use it and hopefully improve engagement with my online students.  There is much to learn.  I am not a big social media user, more of an observer, so to increase the use of it in my classes, I need to increase my use of it in more areas than just personal relationship.

Autonomy supportive learning supports positive learning outcomes.

I believe that incorporating several teaching modalities supports transfer of knowledge.

The assessment reminds me of psychogeometrics as well.

Each individual (instructor and student) plays different roles in the learning environment. As such, having a better understanding of an individual's traits will allow for individualized teaching and ensure the class meeting progresses in a positive manner.

Social media can certainly be useful; however, I always have my students look at the facts. Can what was found on social media be backed by research? Or is it more of an opinion piece?