I have learned that it is important to be more personable to students and to provide biographical information,
reaching out to the students and connecting with them to let them know that I'm there for them .There are no stupid question there is always a way to get the message across and putting up a bio of my credentials and interests will let them know that I am human and have other interests outside of my field
Students need to have faith in their professor in an online environment. We establish this faith with our biographies (creditionals), participation in synchronous/asynchronous discussion, our availability via email and office hours, and with by initiating contact with students that may need special assistant. All of these aspects are neccessary for the student to feel comfortable that a real, qualified, and compassionate person is leading their learning experience.
Matt Wilkerson
This creates a more personal approach to the relationship established with your students.
Online teaching and learning are very complex entities. One way to ensure success on both sides is to be open and communicative. Establising an open line of communication wil greatly facilitate the learning environment.
The welcome message with a short bio and picture was an idea I may wish to integrate in future. I had been doing the welcome message, but no bio
Instructor and students should know each other from the very first day. Instuctor must provide a guideline to students regarding posting material on the discussion board. Instructor must project and his/her presenece from a distance and also maintain his/her authority.
It is important to get to know your students. I plan to use the example about having students post a short biography so everyone can learn about every student. I will also post a short biography so they can learn about me.
I never really thought about the projection of your authority from afar while online, but it makes sence. To facilitate sharing, opening up and influencing students.
Creating a relationship with students, even though it may be only online, is still as important for an online course as it is for an in-person course.
Introduction of each person to develop a personal relationship with each student is a crucial part of the online learning. On line presencce is important to maintain authority and to make students feel like someone is there to assist them in this environment. This is easily done through an on line presence and clear expectations.
It is important to share a biography to students because they are entitled to your accreditation, experiences, and qualifications to teach the course. it also allows them to learn more about the instructor that they can use to initiate conversation with the instructor
In our new CMS I plan on making a bio clip of me with the printable narration page available. I'll have the other culinary instructors do the same for their classes.
I like the idea of having the students write an extended bio to share with the other members of the class We do that now but there were a few prompts for thte students to get them writing that I found helpful.
I also just saved a MODEL nutrition project I shared with the other class members. Good idea and I'll get more examples for when we have a our written projects.
I really liked the portion of how your studetns get to know you, and how to get insight of what they expect from you.
I enjoy having my students give a little bio and I give one of myself. It helps some communication between us and gives me something to identify so I can remember their names. It also gives my students an opportunity to ask questions about my background, which will hopefully give them more confidence that I am knowledgeable in the area of this course.
I have been teaching online since March. It was reassuring to learn that I have been establishing bonds with my students from the first week of introductions, and that has been crucial to building strong relationships of trust with my students which makes their learning environmnent a more successful experience.
I actually learned quite a bit about how to get a little more personal with
students via the personal biography. I will definately be using that idea
in the future.
In this last section we learned the importance of establishing a person relationship with each student and to find out the needs that will help the student with this learning process. Be there and be present.
A good start to student engagement is by introducing yourself and your resume to your students while also engaging them by having them share a small biography about themselves and their experiences. These are essential first steps to a positive learning atmosphere and getting your class off to a good start.
I learned that the students need to feel comfortable with the knowledge that their instructor is an expert in his or her field
