Heidi Allen

Professional development is important so that the teacher can be a reflective practitioner, evaluating and adjusting to best improve student learning.

It's really important to give private, weekly feedback to each learner regarding his or her grade.

Planning ahead, managing administrative tasks, discipline, and keeping organized can help reduce the overworking for the teacher.

Time management is important in order to be successful. Good organization is essential in order to prevent being overwhelmed.

There are a lot of pitfalls students might find, such as procrastinating, asuming the course will be easy, or underestimating the time needed to complete a course. By communicating with students, the teacher can help them to avoid these pitfalls.

There are a lot of different tecnological tools available for use. It's important to assess them to find the tools that will best work for the purpose.

It's important to teach good digital citizenship practices. Good comunication skills are extremely important, both for the content and to build the relatonships with the learners.

it's important that online learners are self-motivated and can manage their time well in order to succeed in the course. It's important to give a self-assessment at the beginning of the class to determine how students learn best.

I like the idea of using a rubric to assess the students' communication within the course. Different types of assigned posts can help students to feel a sense of community within the online classroom.

I found the first part of this section to perpetuate several stereotypes.

Students need several skills in order to be successful in an online class.