After reading the course material, it is apparent that all course participants can easily integrate many active learning strategies in our classrooms. By doing so, we are greatly enhancing the student experience and making our day a lot more fun. We, as instructors are vulnerable to falling into ruts at times. We should empower ourselves to include both low risk and high risk activities in our classrooms as the course material dictates and include mitigation strategies in case things go wrong.

As instructors, we have to overcome the Barriers to Active Learning. We are all resistant to change but we… >>>

I have had a student in the past that coud not read or write. It was a challenge for me in class. This course would have helped me a great deal had i taken it earlier.

Being aware of your own learning style is extremely important.  As instructors, we often tend to teach to the type of learnign we enjoy.  Performing an assessment in the beginning of a class will help instructors be familiar with the type students they are teaching to.  It is necessary to address all styles of learning, as well as, evaluation methods. Each student deserves to be evaluated fairly.  

It is essential to stay current, in both content and delivery.  By injecting personality and experiences, teaching can be fun and exciting (which allows our students to enjoy learning!!)  It can be tempting, when teaching the same courses over again, to use "old" materials, however, it can also sound old.  Instructors can learn from one another or even utilize social media, to regain momentum for reteaching the old materials.

I will be lecturing the second course of my career this week. I have a very strong background in lesson development. It was exteremely helpful to conplete this course as a refresser prior to class. I have completed a course syllabus, lesson plans, assessment tools which are required and I will allow for  18-20 minute breaks allowing my students to constantly stay engaged in their learning.

I have started to have my students draw images of the parts that we have talked abougt in class

Having completed this Course has given me several new resourses (locations) to get help when I need it when trying to find the best way to get thru to a student or group of students when they aren't quiet understanding the "process".  I was totally unaware of how many locations were available online to get help not only for myself but also my students.  Guess it's time to come out of the stone-age and look around.  Thank you for all the information.

autotomotive instution is a balance of hands on and lecture that is some times difficult to manage

The training course met my expectations to the fullness.  Reflecting back through the course, it gave a hole new out look to teaching.  When I think back through the training, i  realize I have been equipped with new strategies, helpful tips when lecturing, guidelines for lesson plannin and tools be a better instructor. 

I have learned different ways to deal with students’ issues. The student that arrives late, the student that is disrespectful, and the one that wants to defy me. I am planning to incorporate in my workplace the following measures:

a) Use the "I" language instead of "you" language. Using the 'you" language will creates a disruptive behavior and/ or a possible confrontation instead of focus on the attention in the class.

b) Focus on a student’s conduct instead of the student.

c) Use certain techniques like: ask a disruptive student to meet immediately after class or to “take 10”.

The section on teaching students with disablities was interesting. I learned some new strategies and gain some new awareness on issues related to disablities.

I felt like this course has helped me learn more about dealing with students with disabilities. Learning disabilities can hinder the success of the students and if there is anything I can do to help them overcome it, I will gladly do my best. The student has to be willing to speak up and let the instructor know they have a learning disability. If I see that the student is not comprehending the material, I will strive to find out why and what I can do to help. It's very easy to forget about learning disabilities when teaching adults but… >>>

i HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ME WHEN I PREPARE FOR MY FUTURE STUDENTS

I currently use some of the content of the flipped classroom by providing online videos for my students to learn hands on techniques prior to implementing them in the clinic setting.

How many people believe that discussion forums are beneficial for students?

Using the tools and ideas for implementing the diversified learners I will have students to use different modalities for recall and testing of materiels. All individuals learn in a variety of styles and I have practiced with my students many of these skills. It is important for student and teacher to understand and appreciate their particular style of learning. This should be established on the first day of class.

Retention is a factor of success, but methods of retention will support the effectiveness of it.

It is sometimes difficult to diversify your lectures and not allow lectures to become a monotonous process.  This course (ED101) provides useful information and key points to consider to improve upon your lectures.  The suggestion of using a quote of the day and the use of a case study to begin a lecture is a good idea and I plan to incorporate this in my lectures.  I enjoyed this course.

Ms. Montgomery- Sanford Brown Houston

I'm happy yo have a resource that will help develop my strategy's as a educator

I plan to use this new set of tools to enhance my students with learning disabilities.