I prefer to open discussions on cotroversial topics at the beginning of the course & ask the students to think out of the box. In this way I know how each & every one thinks.

Retaining online students is a campus effort. It starts from the admission advisors to IT department assisting a student with a technical issue.

As a faculty, my role is to provide an environment where the student is free to learn and ask questions without being intimidated. It is important to provide significance interactions between students, faculty, and staff.  I have to be part of the solution when it comes to retention. I have to help facilitate a campus that provides interpersonal, academic, and professional interactions.

This course helped me self reflect.

I noticed that some of my motivational engagement could have been ineffective. For example, I am guilty of content chunking.

Sometimes I pout too much information in a slide, announcement, or comment. I have all this information to share but I have to break it down to pieces.

I will take the large bit of content and breaking it out into smaller, easily discernible portions. That will definitely help the students. I also noticed that my instructor-to-student engagement is well. I do feel that my social engagement in the course with the student is quite… >>>

This course helped me self reflect.

I noticed that some of my motivational engagement could have been ineffective. For example, I am guilty of content chunking.

Sometimes I pout too much information in a slide, announcement, or comment. I have all this information to share but I have to break it down to pieces.

I will take the large bit of content and breaking it out into smaller, easily discernible portions. That will definitely help the students. I also noticed that my instructor-to-student engagement is well. I do feel that my social engagement in the course with the student is quite… >>>

It is very important for instructors to engage our learners. After completing this course, I realized that an online instructor must understand not only how learners learn but also how to leverage technology to help them take in and retain information. Students are more motivated and engaged when they know they have some say in what they’re doing. I realized that they may lean toward diving deeper into specific topics or may prefer one delivery method over another. Communication is very important to engage learners. Scheduling and sending automated emails to students who don't log in for a certain number of… >>>

Hello Everyone,

I believe this course is vital to every faculty's training. It is very important for us to understand the legality when it comes to teaching or providing accommodation to our students with disabilities. We have to put all of our personal ideas aside. We can never assume that we know the limitations of a person because everybody does things differently. Most importantly, these refresher courses help us to practice in a way that will help avoid lawsuits for both us and the university. We must help foster equal access to opportunity. Like the training stated, 'the… >>>

One thing that must be done in the adult online environment is to engage with the students. This can be via blog, video, live lecture. It is important to know that the Instructor is available and able to guide students.

I try to provide efficient/effective and constructive feedback - reminders to review, redo and complet assignments.   I also provide written documents and additional videos to help with the assignments.  However, I can tell by some students work that they don't review the comments or additional resources.  Any suggestions on ways to get student to view important content?  I send emails, announcement and attachments to gradebook comments.

Use strong outlines to direct behavior

This course has been good tor ead to give me ideas for the future with my online courses.

Doing online classes can show a student with an ADA disability.  How can an instructor help an student who does not know they have an issue?

Very informative

Good

Great communication material

Hello all,

I do believe in the benefits of establishing thorough communication in my online courses. I never want my students to guess or assume things when it comes to online courses. Establishing forms of communication in my syllabus, welcome email, and my first discussion post helps to make the students aware of what I expect from them.The instructor should also be clear about his/her practices for responding to discussion board questions and/or emails, so students will know what to expect. Being as interactive as possible increases the chances of a very interactive discusssion throughout the course. Building… >>>

I have learned more about social networking, including microblogging and blogging. As an online instructor, I think this content can be beneficial as I communicate with students and promote student learning outcomes. These formats may allow students to achieve learning outcomes in a personal way as well.

Hello all,

To be completely honest with you, I didn't even know that I can use microblogging within our online classroom. Especially, the use of Twitter. Twitter is probably the most well-known microblog and has been used effectively in marketing and public relations as social media marketers use it to their benefit to develop business. Through microblogging, individuals can share what they are thinking, doing, and observing. They can also share their opinions. All of this sharing and following of others provides details about the “pulse” of society or at least individuals in society who are participating in the… >>>

Good training on differnt assessment types

I feel the I've learned very much from this course. I'll take a closer look at types of communication within my classes. I want my students to feel my presence as much as possible and communicating the right way online is key.

Thanks.

For students who do not want to do the work, but want a degree I have learned teaching them with respect goes a long way.