Ensuring students have good technical skills or access to gain those skills will help students succeed in an online teaching environment.
Using social networks can be beneficial to online learning vs social media
How to use social networking in course
Master your LMS. Give students a wide array of options to learn. Help assess their technical skills and give the opportunities to enhance those skills.
Faculty need to be constantly learning how to better deliver their course materials. We cannot become complacent with how we do things. We need to move away from our comfort zones and get more in touch with how students learn best and utilize tools that they know to help them learn better.
Having the proper tools to help students have clear knowledge for what they are being taught.
Technolgy has become one of the most intricate parts of our world over the years. So to equip and incorporate our students with the knowledge of technology is important. So much of what we do is centered around the language of technology. I have found this section helpful and reassuraning to alot of the processes that I already incorporate and plan to use.
I am going to utilize social media. Mayb e Facebook will be the first.
William Myers
A lot of info all at once
When teaching online, instructors tend to assume students have technological skills and this assumption is wrong. Instructors need to be clear and helpful when incorporating different methodologies for conveying information. Students need to be able to ask questions if they are unsure about these formats and instructors must give clear, concise instructions to help students.
it is best to undestand the student and the course you are teaching. Helping them undestand the differeence between the networking system. keeping th estudent focused
The value of social media. It was not a tool when I was a student but current students are familiar with social networking sites. Using social networking sites can allow students to use existing skills and adapt to the environment quickly. As a teacher, I need to adapt to allow students the greatest potential success.
It is very important to ask the students what can they and cnat' do in order have a clear knowledge of the ability of the student to engage on the online learning
Although students state they feel comfortable with technology always check to make sure which online technology they are referring to.
Knowing how to professionally use the various socail network platforms can be beneficial to an online learning enviroment.
I do not agree with the points on social networking. There seems to continue to be an idea that individual instructors have creative rights to the LMS format where at my university, these are standardized. The idea that I want students to exchange their work with each other makes it hard in my mind to assess whose work I'm scoring at the end.
I realizie I need to become familiar with multiple social networking sites for all different types of learners. I also need to be aware of technicle requirements and cost.
It is important to use both asynchronous and synchronous tools in the LMS.
Utilizing different online tools to assess your students is key to their success.
The use of technology tools in the online class is constantly changing and improving. It is essential to be both aware and wary of tools that improve learning and those that don't. The challenge is knowing the difference between the two.
