Delivering instructional content that is understandable by students and increases their knowledge is the goal of educators. Knowing what are the best ways to assess the learning of students should be a high priority of educators as well. 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.
Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.
When introducing yourself, what are some subjects you include?
Going over the objectives, do you read the syllabus or do you have the students read it?
How do I help students who sometimes do not want to be helped?
I enjoy the class
What guidelines do you give to students when having them teach the topic?
How do you approach presenting material for all learning styles?
How would you suggestion getting through a lot of content with minimal time? If given 4 hours and you need to get through 4-5 chapters, as well as do an assessment or test, how can this be done effectively?
what sources do you use to keep content accurate and easy to retain
What is the most creative event you've planned for auditory learners?
Providing a supportive learning environment can encourage class participation and growth. This type of learning environment encourage questions and discussions to stimulate the future critical thinkers of our communities.
The professional development programs are really important for nursing instructors. It can be a great option and move our career to another level. Quality improvement is reflected in classrooms.
Bottom line, it is all about how we project in the classroom. We need to Model, manage and motivate at any given time and feel comfortable with doing so.
How effective can instructional assessment techniques are in the online or distant education environment? I encountered huge challenges to maintain instructional quality in the online environment.
As a new instructor, I was a little uneasy at first, but soon got comfortable and just began to do a mental checklist. I told myself I can do this, it's good to get the nervousness over with, don't want the learners to pick up on it.
One of the things I try to remember is that students learn things for their reasons, not mine. Being mindful in my presentations of this theory opens up student learning as they begin to open their minds to new ideas and challenger their assumptions.
What is a strategy for engaging a student who is constantly on their phone or on an electronic device, not paying attention or participating in class?
Instructors give less time to students with disability?
Invest time in instructional methods
Provide extra time
Getting into diverse groups
Career Ed Lounge is embedded in over eighty professional development portals serving the career and technical education community. Performance Groups in the Lounge are integrated with related learning opportunities offered on these portals. With a few exceptions, Performance Groups are also publicly available to any member of the Lounge to maximize peer-to-peer learning and performance outcomes.
