Just like in the Face to Face setting, guidelines are necessary for both the student and the teacher to be successful in the class.  Procedures and guidelines for best practices must be communicated effectively from the beginning of the course and be accessable to students throughout the course via a syllabus or Code of Conduct.  I have found that posting, sharing, and reminding students is essential for them to get in the pattern, get in the routine of how the classroom - on line or face to face - in order for there to be a strong community of learners… >>>

As instructors we must sell out to our students with the e-learning.  If we as instructors get frustrated so will our students.  Our students feed off our vibes that we are projecting.  

I am so thankful to have these online courses. I can see where and why I have made a few mistakes. I needed to learn all of this information before teaching online, however, I am glad to know now what is important to be an effective online instructor. 

Onlin communication is good only if the stuent would catch on knowing how important commication if verbally and non-verbally.  Nothing can be accomplished if we do not communicate.  Online learning does not show physically what the communication is but ist is non-verbally with written feeling and expression. It is just like communication in the job profession expecially in the medical field: if it was not written it was not done.  Communition if vital.

Doris Owens

The Online teaching is different and has good potential for learning in a new way. I always tell my student when accomplishing something new that it it not hard it is just new so learn and grow into it with confidence.  This was something that was spoken of when I was in my Senior Year in High School that there will be a time that our students will be working on computers for their education. The time is here.

Doris Owens

Nurturing a positive online community to get positive feedback.  set your rule prior to starting a online communications to createa a positive netiquette.  Role play and set the rules to help students cratea positive ongoing engaging communicaition. 

It important for studnet to be praginized with assignment. Post Its and Calendars help them visually stay organized. Ty 

If you plan to use a LMS its important to set up correctly to help the student. 

Due to COVID-19, creating an online community among the students in my courses has become crucial. This course, Online Language: Communicating with Students, has provided me with the guidelines I need to establish and maintain successful communication among my students. Three types of communication were pointed out which were instructor to student, student to instructor, and student to student. Establishing clear guiedlines for communicating with one another in the course should be outlined and made readily available in the syllabus. The instructor should be consisten in feedback and watch the tone of all communication with the student. Know when to… >>>

     There is a vast difference in communicating in a traditional classroom versus a remote classroom. There is so much to consider as it relates to a nonverbal environment.

The information was very helpful for me as an online instructor in traing, I appreciate the tips. Every module gave me insight as to how I can be successful and assist students in being successful.

While taking courses for my degree, I took primairly online courses and one of the amazing tools the instrutor used for our research and discussion board was Google Earth. The instructor gave us discussion questions and assignments based on the information given and we had to review and look up thingd all around the world. Then we would have to discuss our findings and give feed back. Really enjoyed it!

Still working on the action plan.  It will definitely involve motivational items and social engagement.

It's rare that I get as much out of a course as I'm getting out of this one. I already have a ton of ideas about better ways to connect with and motivate my learners. 

Some of the take-aways I intend to take action on are:

• Wikis for learners to share findings/resources
• Facebook group or maybe a Slack channel so that DQs can feel more conversational
• Improving the specificity, meaningfulness, and timeliness of feedback
• Delivering content in even more ways than I currently do so every learner's style is addressed
• Remind.com is a great idea
• More gamification opportunities for learners

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I plan to stratagize an effective online learning program for my students so that they have the ability to collaborate and communicate in a manner that allows them to gain meaningful knowledge about their academic interests.  Providing them a well designed rubric in order to fullfil all of their academic requirements is essential.  I've realized more through this online training that it is imparative to remain transpartent with students so that they have a clear understanding of expectations, rules and consequesences.  The online environment can be a very valuable working tool for those that want to use it but can… >>>

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… >>>