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Online Teaching Techniques -->  Managing the E-Learning Environment

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Online Teaching Techniques --> Engaging Learners

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Online Teaching Techniques --> Projecting Your Presence

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Online Teaching Techniques --> Course Delivery

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If you set your assignment dates, students feel that the class has more structure. They find it easier to manage.

Have you found that allowing students to have access to the entire course from Day 1 is more effective than opening up course content on a weekly basis? I have worked using both approaches and just wanted feedback from others.

how does it feels to teach?

As instructors, we must be consistent in how we interact with students to make sure we deliver course content as intended

I think nursing is an art and a science that must be measured by human interaction. This can be challenging in an on-line only format.

What are the strong and the weak points in Anatomy & Physiology courses delivered online?

In the online learning community we must rely on all resources available to instructors and students to make it an engaging enviornment. Without using all of the resources we could potentially lose a lot of students because we are not keeping them engaged in an active learning enviornment. 

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I think blogs and podcasts are  a great new technology.

One of the things I like about online instruction is giving the student multiple opportunities to understand my questions.  Many times I find my students will have great answers to questions I have not asked.  I like being able to explain to the student exactily what the question requires.  I face this issue in my management of employees and I think it's an important job skill that online learning teaches more efficiently than classroon instruction.  The student is not embarrassed when I redirect a question to them.

Sorry to walk in late in the discussion

I am here to say that Online learning and teaching is here to stay.  Every one is going online.  Onsite learning do not have the capacity or infrastructure to handle the new learning styles.  I would like to be ahead of the curve rather than behind.

We have many advantages to online learning.  We are trying to be efficient and going fast.  Going to traditional school and attending face to face laecture is not cutting it anymore.  We simply do not have that kind of bulk time.

Raef

I totaly agree with this topic. E-learning is diiferent than regualr teaching method. It takes more knowledge , training and experince.

I would like to know what is the average of abandonment of online classes ?. What is your experience?

Thanks,

Milagros

What are other effective (and creative) ways to reward and encourage active engagement and participation to avoid the impression of excessive singling out of ndividual students? 

Hello,

This course reminded me of the importance of my influence as an online instructor in my course. It is very important to project my authority and presence from a distance for my online students.  As I was completing this training, I realized that I always have these four different types of learners in my course. This training taught me how to deal with my noisy learners by sending them an email personally to advise them to remain on the existing thread. For my quiet learner, I can ask them a direct question to have them share their ideas or thoughts. Another topic I learned was to entice the learners to interact with each other by responding to groups of related responses and encouraging them to comment on a selected learner’s response.

Cassandre Milien, MSN