Communication is something I highly prioritize in my personal life and strive to improve to the best of my ability. Now that i will be teaching, its nice to see other ways that I can improve my communication to help my students be as successful as possible. These are some strategies that I may also utilize at home!

Personally I prefer on-campus learning for engagement. It is easier to build those connections with students than in online learning, however I do understand it's benefits. For this reason, utilizing strategies to encourage good TMC is important. The retention rate may increase and students may not reap the full benefits of their online education 

online learning is becoming a more common way for students to get their education. it will be important to keep up to date with technology advances, maintain organization, and recognize what "type" of online students your are dealing with in order to support them in the ways the need to be successful. creating good rapport and providing feedback in a way that is considerate of the lack of non-verbal communication is also important so as not to reduce students' self-esteem 

connecting and building rapport with student will hopefully reduce retention 

This module examines in detail the aspects of social and motivational encouragement. This information helps to understand where improvement is needed.

That blogging gives students the ability to learn from anywhere and gives them their own creative voice and others opinions on their topic of education.

That microblogging is a great tool to use in class to check for student understanding

That you don’t have to use a one size fits all rubric. It can vary depending on what you are doing.

That we can use social media to enhance our students education and learning ability. I plan to use it to see how they retain information by doing a how to video for what they learned in my phase.

This module has given me better sight on learning and teaching students social and motivational encouragment. It makes me rethink how I encourage and motivate students and where improvment is needed.