engaged students learn more about the content matter

Implementing effective communication skills in an online learning environment is critical for instructors to ensure student engagement, understanding, and success. A dynamic syllabus — one that is flexible, adaptive, and responsive to students’ needs — can play a pivotal role in fostering these skills. Here are some strategies an instructor can employ using a dynamic syllabus:

1. Clear Communication of Expectations

• Strategy: Use the dynamic syllabus to clearly outline communication expectations, such as how often students should check emails, participate in discussions, and respond to peers. This can include guidelines on tone, frequency, and clarity of communication.

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Justification of the Statement: “A Course Framework is the Roadmap for Course Development”

A course framework serves as the foundational plan for creating and organizing the course content, guiding the course designer throughout the development process. Just as a road map provides directions for a traveler, a course framework outlines the structure, goals, and sequence of learning materials. It ensures that the course objectives are clearly defined, the content is organized logically, and there is a clear progression from one concept to the next. The framework typically includes:

1. Course Objectives: What learners will achieve by the end of… >>>

Being prepared for your day is more important than them being prepared!

Online course transfer of content is not just transferring the online materials from a face-to-face course to an online learning platform. It requires careful planning and consideration to ensure objectives are met and effective teaching and learning occurs. The instructor must also be prepared to engage with students, just as students should engage with each other. This will enhance the learning process. Last, a welcome message and good introduction with information and guidelines is necessary to set the tone. Throught out the course, formative assessments should take place and adjustments made as necessary to enhance the process, and concluding with… >>>

Facilitating teaching and learning in an online environment must be done strategically and communicated regularly to the students. This includes ensuring regular discussions post prompts abide by the syllabus and learning objectives for the course. The instructor must also evaluate teaching and learning throughout the course by reviewing the discussion posts, assignments, exam scores, and feedback from the students. Then, if modifications to the process are necessary, the changes should be made and communicated to the students. For example, if what was intended for the lesson was not achieved and the objectives not met, the instructor must present the information… >>>

Synchronous learning happens in real time and the students and instructor are almost all present (minus students who must be absent). Asynchronous learning occurs when students and the instructor are online at different times. One or a combination of both might be appropriate. The instructor must analyze the objectives of the course and other components, such as demographics (including time zones) to determine what is the most appropriate for that course. Additionally, it is important all of this is decided prior to the start of the course and all students must be aware of the details and expectations for teaching… >>>

Teaching styles vary, as do the types of technology used. After reading the definitions of each style of teaching, I realized that I am a combination of demonstrator, facilitator, and expert. I research what I teach if I am not familiar with the material. I always share examples and often use storytelling to illustrate what I am teaching to the students. I demonstrate nursing skills, but also demonstrate ways to read a textbook (paper or eBook), how to prepare for lectures by taking notes ahead of time, how to take notes in class, how to create concept maps, etc. I… >>>

I found this module to be particularly interesting with regard to the pleasant aesthetic design that guided the viewer through crisp modern images, repeat use of color and prompts that reinforce the message of the presentation.

 "modality effect"