WISDOM: Get to know your students as individuals early in the course. Continue to learn a little more about them throughout the course. This will facilitate trust in an educator who cares about them as individuals. It will also allow you, as the educator, to facilitate more student-specific learning methods.  

BEST PRACTICES: Connect with the students early and often. Keep students engaged in various ways throughout the course. Offer specific feedback for opportunities for improvement. 

ACTION PLANS: Learn to incorporate more external technology in lesson plans. Start with learning how to 

SUCCESSES:  My online students generally improve quickly after receiving specific feedback with "opportunities for improvement" for future assignments. 

CHALLENGES: My consistency is lacking for more frequent and timely feedback. I need to set and meet deadlines for giving feedback within 48 hours after an assignment is submitted. I also need to be more proactive in providing additional explanations of the assignments each week.