The best part I believe about the use of this medium is that we can take an explanation of something and record it then you can edit the lecture or explanation. This I believe brings some consistency to the course you can assure that it is being taught the same every time. The student can also review information as many times as necessary, in whichever format that suits them best if there are multiple resources to suit different learning styles.

many believe online learning to be easier than traditional coursework, but in my experience it can be harder if the class is not put together well. If the students are left to navigate without guidance they can easily get lost without an instructors presence. That is where the course content helps if it is structured in a concise and direct manner, the student can be guided on their educational journey with little necessary interaction.

We must have the same expectations for students on a campus as we do online. We should hold our students to maintain excellence regardless of where they are. Cheating does happen. There is no guarantee that the student is posting their own discussions or taking their own tests. This type of anonymity makes it harder in some ways. Tools such as Turnitin do help. However, the policies we have about such tools must come from the top down. Students will not tend to use these unless it is mandatory. It can only be mandatory if it is supported and expected from administration. We know that cheating is the same because we understand it to be dishonest. The student knows it to be dishonest as well. Should we be concerned? Yes. A good example of this is plagiarism. This is a huge problem. Students must first understand the importance and purpose of citing sources. APA standards are important for the classroom for several reasons. The obvious answer is to ensure that proper credit is given to the proper author. At the same time, the key word here is standards. It creates a formal way to write that everyone will understand. Just like medical terminology is essential for clearly understanding health sciences, this allows readers to navigate around the paper easily. There are certain expectations for any APA paper and these can easily be found with standards. The point of this is that it is too easy to be lazy and then cheat in the classroom if expectations for excellence are not given from the institution and the instructor.

My students seem to view the completion of the on-line assessment as a neccessary evil rather than beneficial. For some reason they value hands-on training more than the on-line assessments.

Creating a new learning environment for students using new tools while developing the skills required can produce the confidence to demonstrate the ability to perform the task correctly.

I’ve had hard times trying to assist some otherwise efficient learners with the course material that struggled with grasping the old mechanical technology necessary to understand the new online learning materials.

I look at my job as that of a facilitator, one that helps my students on the start their journey through whatever life brings their way. My goal is for them to find their own path to achieve their goal. The journey is all about reliable knowledge.

I have found that using integrated media in the online learning experience has been most helpful for me personally, particularly when it is interacive, i.e., film clips that require responses.

In one situation, I taught a course online in which we used web conferencing technology for students to watch the lecture and ask questions directly. It was one of the most thrilling classroom situations I have ever taught. I was a combination of the chat feature but also a lecture feature.

The difficulty I have with online learning has to do with academic integrity. I know a large number of people who have taken online courses and have cheated either with exams or papers. I am very interested in learning and working with online learning, but I am just uncertain about this aspect of it.

The students I work with tend to be a paradox. Most people assume that younger people these days are computer literate. However, this is often not the case with my students. The structure suggested in this module to enhance online learner for these students is ideal because it would make it easier for them once they have had some sort of hands on orientation to computer skills and online learning.

I am curious how others feel about the use of methods of communication outside the official school online tools. I have found the official tools are often lacking well behind the tools being used by most students such as gmail, chat clients, and skype.

how do we as the Instructors enhance student empowerment?

I think this exercise is great for adult students

does this really work? have anyone incorporated this into their studies?

I use Wilis with my students both online and on ground to collaborate. They seems to like it

While creating exams how would you combine the two when grading them automatically?

Has anybody looked into Khan Academy videos? What do you think? - Elma Hartunian

One of the biggest complaints I hear about online instruction is that the instructor does not give quick feedback. Any ideas?

Plagiarism is a major concern in our online classes. Fortunately there are resources such as Turnitin.com to catch offenders. The question we struggle with is how much similarity (measure by percentage plagiarized) constitutes cheating? For example, some instructors argue that only 0% is acceptable, other contend that anything under 15-20% is allowed. Thoughts?