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Michael Pry
Activity
A key take away from this course is that I will post an announcement at the beginning of each term discussing active learning and the students and my roles and responsibilites to the prcocess.
Discussion
I noticed throughout the training that much of the content was repeated. Do you find repeating content to be an effective instructional technique and why?
Discussion Comment
With regards to the concept of active learning and the use of chat sessions, one idea taught in this course is for the instuctor to post material that the student would read and then they would come to the class to discuss it. I think this is a great idea but wonder how many students would actually attend the chat sessions and also how many students would be needed in the chat to have an effective discussion.
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Do you find grading rubrics can constrain your ability as an instruct to provide fair feedback to students that may do an exceptional job on one part of their paper while missing segments within the other parts?
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Michael.
I think that your proposal of 48 hours is reasonable for a small to mid size classroom. What are your thoughts on large class sizes of 35 students and your proposed 48 hour turn around time for grades?
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David
Although it would be impossible to watch a students body language in an online class, I do find as an instructor grading papers I can get a "read" on the student by getting a feel for the quality of the papers they are submitting. Does their paper show high energy and engagement (like when someone leans forward during your face to face lecture) or are the disengaged with weak writing or low quality like a student stairng out the window in class? Do you also find this to be true?
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I think my biggest lesson learned from this course is the importance of setting the correct tone for effective communication at the beginning of the course while reflecting generational and personality differences.
I have found the weighting of elements within a grading rubric to be a challenge. No one wants to set a student up to fail and I have seen many rubrics that do just that. With one or two letter grades being wiped away by a single mistake or deficiency. What techniques have been used in the past to assure fair weighting of each element in the rubric while providing the instructor enough latitude to apply their discretion to the quality of the students work?
Discussion
Recognizing generational differences is an important part of the communication cycle as is recognizing if someone is an introvert or extrovert. Should online Universities develop a software tool that would be used in the early on boarding of students that would serve as a personality type indicator (similar to Meyers Briggs but with the addition of generational differences in the use and attitude toward technology) ? Then with your generational attitudes and other personality traits identified , map you to a list of critical success factors you will be responsible for while progressing through the online courses. I would guess… >>>
Discussion Comment
Recognizing generational differences is an important part of the communication cycle as is recognizing if someone is an introvert or extrovert. Should online Universities develop a software tool that would be used in the early on boarding of students that would serve as a personality type indicator (similar to Meyers Briggs but with the addition of generational differences in the use and attitude toward technology) ? Then with your generational attitudes and other personality traits identified , map you to a list of critical success factors you will be responsible for while progressing through the online courses. I would guess… >>>
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