Feedback is important and should be done in a timely manner. It should also include positivity and encouragement.
Consider varied teaching delivery to ensure the majority of students are reached, and provide engaging discussion boards that are varied to maximize participation and momentum.
I will ensure I maintain good practices in my online discussions.
Both synchronous and asynchronous teaching can be beneficial for allowing students to be expressive
Asynchronous encourage reflection and critical thinking involvement. Synchronous is not to teach critical courses unless it's one student at a time.
The course is great I better learned about asynchronous and synchronous and how to give and ask for feedback.
In online courses it is essential to achieve student participation in synchronous activities, but especially for asynchronous activities, it is important to promote participation by generating feedback. It is also important to detect students who do not participate in order to communicate with them and engage them in the development of learning activities.
I learned the difference between asynchronous and synchronous meetings. I learned to keep the conversation going and how to engage students in conversations.
The route of communication is important when considering how the student should be approached about a topic or potential feedback on an assignment. An instructor needs to gauge what route is most appropriate to communicate with a student and how their information can be best received.
What i learned about during this section was about asynchronous and synchronous in an online classroom setting. One being affective for whole group discussions in form of a discussion board and the other more so effective one on one, more personal. I intend to use this knowledge for setting up more effective interaction and discussion for my future classes.
I believe that adding valuable information to the responses will help students see our enthusiasm to keep the conversation going!
I have learned the importance of knowing that not all students can participate synchronously or asynchronously
I feel that having synchronous discussion with students gives them more personal one on one commentary needed for understanding of certain content in a course. I have never heard of asynchronous discussion until just reading about it today. Most online classes I feel use asynchronous discussion, especially with larger classes. But most instructors require you to respond to other classmates post as well.
The takeaway from this module is to make sure I am using different teaching styles to be more inclusive to my students.
The LMS used at the school I work for is a time clock based program. The students log in and out and receive clock hours each day.
The instructor has to be available to the students at all times. If the students are working on their assignments independently, is this considered to be asynchronous learning? All classes are in real time.
When to address students as a whole in a Synchronous setting and address students on a one one setting in a Asynchronous forum. I also enjoyed the topic of how students can over participate or withdraw from an online platform.
Discussions in real-time are best suited for small groups via video chat.
I learned the difference between Asynchronous and Synchronous and how I can manage them durning the online classes. I also learned the characteristics of online learning styles - avoidant, competitive and dependent. It is very important to identify learning styles for online students and provide appropriate interventions to facilitate learning.
It is important to implement new topics on the discussion board for students to learn and engage actively. Synchronous discussion should be started with caution.
That synchronous teaching should be done preferably with one student in the on-line platform. Additionally, asynchronous teaching requires planning for discussions and feedback in order to foster student participation.
