When moving to online format an instructor cannot simply create presentations and hope students will review them. Instructors will need to consider the most effective way in achieving student engagement and outcomes.
Keep the content engaging, make sure the layout is easy for the students to follow and quickley. Make sure to use tools that are appealing to the students laearning process
It will take dilligence in setting up a great learning environment.
I agree with Jennifer and Lawrence in that it's important to develop a good layout in terms of the four O's, and the key to learner success will be organizing the content so that learners can find what they need quickly and easily. It's key to remember that the layout I choose will be best for the students and for them to accomplish their learning goals. I cannot just duplicate content from a face2face enviroment. Student's expect to be engaged. And engagement is the key to learning.
It's important to use a variety of relavent tools and teaching methods without being overwhelming. The use of technology and the course layout need to be consistent so students can have a level of predictibility in the online learning environment.
I learned that when designing online learning units that it is necessary to be organized so your students understand how important it is in the knowledge of spedific things moving forward.
Engagement with the students is important to keep them active and interested in learning.
ORganization and communication are vital
I appreciated the comments about facing your fears when adapting to an online learning model. I have never taught online and I am realizing that there are many things to consider. I am concerned about how to transition or transform hands on learning to the online system. Organization is important to the online environment.
mportance of consistency when building a course and its layout.
I learn that it's ok to show your personality when providing introductory but be minful to omitt anything personal. Online learning should use short concise modules and minimze lectures, deliver relevant and crticial information to support performance based skills.
This module is very important since it deals with the design of the course to be taught online and presents a series of very good recommendations to continue learning. however, there are several administrative details over which, as a teacher, I have no control over them. For example; I teach my courses according to a syllabus, but the institution that hires me is the one who decides which courses and when they are taught.
As a teacher prepares a course he or she has to fallow simple and basic guidelines in order to prepare a user friendly course not to overwhelm the student and promote a good rapport between students and teachers.
When going from F2F to online teaching, teachers need to consider a variety of learning stategies and types of instruction in order to engage students and meet their needs as learners.
Face-to-face lessons cannot be translated exactly into online lessons. I will need to evaluate all types of information sharing technologies and make sure that I am not sidetracked by the latest fad or bells and whistles that don't help me deliver the learning objectives to my students.
Try to eliminate any fear the students may have with doing the work, espically tests / exams. Try to add things to help make it more fun and engaging plus will help promote the work being completed on time.
Online learning is very important process that must be organized. Students must be engaged and provided feedback on their performance. Instructors must us different strategies to keep students attention.
The plan is to make sure that the plan is consistent and all those materials are relevent to the module being taught. Once the students get into the rountine of howto meet the objective and what the expectation is then that will help ensure their success. Basic planning helps students succeed and instructors progress fromorganization to completion.
It is important for students to be able to find information for the course easily. Thus it is important to organize the information in a consistant manner.
Need to wrap the course in opening and ending communication.
