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The best practices for student success.

Explain goals ,grading criteria, and classroom rules early. Provide rubrics and examples of quality work. Reinforce expectations consistently.

List three ways to foster student success on the first day of class:

Include insight on how to cultivate energy, positivity and forward-thinking of a new student.

What is the best practice to be sure course expectations are recognized?

List one or more best practices that help instructors measure student's attention to course expectations.

GETTING STUDENTS INVOLVED ONLINE

What are some of your favorite tips and tricks to get students engaging in a virtual discussion?

Overtalking Students

How do you, as an educator, handle students who overtalk, and interrupt during the informative or lecture portion of the class, to continue guiding the lesson, and meet the objectives on time? 

Lecture

What is a prime openningstatement to welcome students to a lecture each day?  Closing statement?

Discussions

What are some of your favorite ways to get students engaging within a virtual discussion?

Mistakes!

What do you do when you make a mistake in front of you students are didn’t know the answer to a question that someone ask about the subject matter?

Advanced Teaching Skills | Origin: ED151

This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:

Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Advanced Teaching Skills

Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.

Intermediate Teaching Skills | Origin: ED151

This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:

Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Intermediate Teaching Skills

Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.

Basic Teaching Skills II | Origin: ED151

This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:

Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Basic Teaching Skills II

Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.

Basic Teaching Skills I | Origin: ED151

This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:

Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Basic Teaching Skills I

Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.

how do you know a student is learning

By asking questions. To check for understanding they have to repeat what they learnt, and you as the instructor can enhance or correct them so they do understand

How you measure learning

How do you incorporate feedback during lessons to improve both learning and assessment results?

How do you adjust assessments for students with different learning styles or skill levels in your CTE courses?

Professional Development

An instructor how do you fulfill the three roles of instructional delivery will have a learning environment that is organized and prepared to receive students?

Developing as an Instructor

I have learned it is important to act as a professional with your students in order to be able to teach them the class they are in. 

Active Learning Methods - ED111R

Students are actively involved in their learning and demonstrates a better understanding of the content. The students are able to interact with the instructors / ask questions and the instructor can also track the student's progress.

Better Teaching...

This module actually will aid me in becoming a better teacher.  I will be attentive to the students, my style, and look for any disconnects which will deter the learning process.

Christina Swanner

I thought this was very useful. IT made me think of teaching in a different light.

Developing as an instructor

I learned that in evolving as an instructor, I'm going to be able to point out my own flaws as an educator. I am not going to get it right 100% of the time, however I need to be ok with someone telling me I'm wrong, and learning from it, and using that to make me a better educator.