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Jodi Krausman
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I was suprised when I read in the course material that if a student makes a suggestion or recommendation, the course should not be modified. It takes multiple feedback and multiple sources in order to make changes to the course.
I have had students make recommendations or suggestions that I thought were good ideas and I have implemented these items. I do think the course material is probably a better recommendation.
Has anyone else experienced this situation? I'm curious what others think.
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I have used a new approach to grading my online courses. I now take the requirements of the assignment and let the students know that they did or did not meet each requirement and why.
This is pretty standard language between students and then I made the feedback more specific to the student and their work.
I've received very good feedback from students on the course evaulations and I've specifically been told that my feedback is very complete and address them individually.
Has anyone else found strategies that work for providing meaningful feedback to students?
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I had never heard this term before but it makes a lot of sense. I think students need structure as students build on their previous experience, skills and knowledge, they can continue to learn and grow. I need to develope a new course and I plan to use the eight tasks: • Provide clear instructions • Clarify purpose • Keep students on task • Offer assessment to clarify purpose • Direct students to worthy sources • Reduce uncertainty and disappointment • Deliver efficiency • Create momentum in oder to allows student learning with technology instead of learning from technology. Has… >>>
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I am in a position in which I need to develop a course that will be blended (classroom and online component). I'm having a terrible time getting started. I think it is a bit overwhelming getting started so I'm going to use the ideas from this class to break it down into managable pieces. I have experience in project management and that is what they teach us, it is overwhelming to think of the whole thing but if you break it down into manageable pieces, that makes it easier to get started. Has anyone else experienced this? Please feel free… >>>
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I have never built an online class from scratch but I am looking at developing one and so the information on the three main questions before getting started will definately help me. They were:
1. How will content be delivered?
2. How will students receive the content?
3. How will students be assessed in their knowledge of the content?
a. What do students know?
b. What can students do?
Does anyone else have any suggestion on how to approach getting start with a new course. It feels a bit overwhelming a the moment.
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In the learning material they mentioned not to provide unrelated web links to students and I agree with that but I do provide a number of links to articles that are current events, related to the topics that we are studying. I find that students really enjoy this because we are applying concepts in our textbook to things happening in the econony, many times with companies that they recognize. I have found that the discussion postings increase because the students are interested.
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The course gave us many good strategies for providing feedback to students and one thing that I do in every class is post in the announcements when I will complete grading. I typically let them know via announcement and chat sessions, that I plan to grade by Wednesday and if there is any problem and I'm not able to grade by Wednesday, I'll post an announcement. I also post announcements when I'm done grading so students don't wonder and worry. I've notice that this cuts down on the number of emails I receive. Are there strategies that you've developed in… >>>
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During the instruction I read the challenges with online instruction and noted the following list: 1. Lack of in-person contact with students. 2. Lack of interaction amongst students. 3. Little pride in work. 4. Limitations in some LMSs effectively discourage any form of critical thinking. 5. Too much grading and too much responsibility 6. Limited technological skills of students I really wanted to comment on #5 because I find grading to be very time consuming. I know how important substantive feedback is to students but it takes so long to grade individual assignments. I teach accounting so typically if the… >>>
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I really liked the idea of starting a FATQ - Frequently Asked Technology Questions. The suggestion in the training material included if a course is being taught for the first time, as students ask technology-based questions, the instructor should post the question and answer in the FATQ section. The second time the course is taught, the instructor can simply refer the students to the FATQ section to review questions; however, if additional questions occur, they can be added at that time. This is easy to do and would be a great time saver over multiple classes. Has anyone used this… >>>
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I agree that it is much more difficult to address issues in an online format vs a traditional classroom. I like to check in with students when I notice they are not participating, they are turning assignments in late, they are not posting regularly, etc. In these situations, I've sent emails to the student asking if everything is okay and if there is anything I can do to help them. This opens up discussion and I think shows the student that their instructor cares about them.
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