Melanie Lavelle

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Media Strategies & Instructional Systems Design (ISD) | Origin: EL101

written assignments, presentations, concept maps and quizzes are great examples of ways to assess students and are effective in an online learning environment

Melanie Lavelle

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Course Components | Origin: EL101

The use of quizzes allows for learners an opportunity to learn the course content and have an assessment of what they learned.

Melanie Lavelle

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Learning Activities | Origin: EL101

I like the explanation and ideas for synchronous and asyncronous courses. It's important to identify the needs of the students and how much time a synscronous session will take in designing the course.

Melanie Lavelle

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Characteristics of Quality Online Courses | Origin: EL101

it is important for learners to find it easy to locate and access information in the course. Utilizing links assists with this- navigational simplicity

Melanie Lavelle

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Social Networking

I found that by incorporating social networking techniques and using Blogs are a helpful tool to use with students. They allow for student engagement in the course material, as well as promoting a deeper discussion of ideas and problems.

I love the idea of incorporating virtual reality simulations in online classrooms. It involves a lot of activities simultaneously and provides for continuous assessments. I would need more help in incorporating this in the classroom.

Melanie Lavelle

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Active Learning

By incorporating active learning techniques in the online classroom it allows for students to be engaged and test their knowledge.

Melanie Lavelle

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On-Line Instruction

I agree. However, I do believe it is possible by utilizing tools that are avaialble in an online format. As well as providing various forms of communication and feedback to the students.