Online learners want to feel that they are part of a class or program and that they are valued as students. The more they can become engaged in the course the more they will feel they are contributing to the learning process. This group is for educators who aspire to discuss and master the competencies necessary for exemplary performance and top customer service in a dynamic, rapidly changing education landscape. Group members share best practices, ideas, thoughts, reflections, and resources to help colleagues across the globe improve performance.
Microblogging is a way to reach students in a way that increases their engagement and can help them make meaningful connections through a new pathway of learning.
Blogs can help implement a sense of community and can improve a student's writing and critique process through review and self evaluations.
Social media integration can help strengthen knowledge base and student engagement.
Making sure that the students are knowledgeable of their online learning.
By preparing the students to be great online learners. Make sure expectations are understood.
Useful games and filler games are two different things! To be able to have engagement is a very important task.
Gaming and learning in the class or online are very highly correlated! The mind works in very interesting ways!
Assessments not only shape the knowledge that the student is getting it also is a gauge to show us if they are receiving the information correctly!
Creating your own games and making new ways to learn is very important in student engagement and learning!
I need to remember that based on personality, some students will require immediate feedback, some need service based projects, others greater challenges, and some rubrics. I will have to adapt to incorporate each element into my teaching curriculum.
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