Dr. Robert Smotherman

About me

Hi,

My name is Bob Smotherman. I am a career expatriate with over thirty years experience in management consulting, international business education, and software engineering. Currently, I own a management consulting firm with contracts in Southeast Asia and teach MBA courses online in the US and on-ground at a Thai university. My interests are cross-cultural management and international business. I am currently researching the cultural implications of international terrorism. I possess a doctorate in international business, a masters in business administration, a masters in international management, and a bachelors in management.

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Why We Procrastinate and How to Overcome Procrastination

This presentaton is typical of the work accompliished by my on-ground undergraduate students at Eckerd College. The presentation provided some worthwhile information, but was by and large basic information supported by conventional wisdom. I think the bottom line is plain and simple, better planning and scheduling is required to counteract procrastination. Too many students have no idea of how to schedule time for their assignments. Many students cannot estimate the time needed to research, analyze and comprehensively respond to assignment questions. I have received numerous student assignment responses which were posted on-time, but which were incomplete because the student did… >>>

Dr. Robert Smotherman

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EL103

I too just completed this training and found it worthwhile. I have a couple of issue I would like to discuss to see if others had similar problems--the old peer review.

There were several examples of methods to employ that are dependent upon the LMS your online school uses. For example, it is not possible for us to have anonymous student replies to our chats or discussion boards. Student names are associated to each when signing-on to the venue.

Another example, when listing the forms of communication, it appears you omitted student group member communication to the group (SG2G) and… >>>

Dr. Robert Smotherman

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EL 102

EL102 was a worthwhile course well-facilitated by Dr. Vaillancourt. The course provides the fundamentals of online student-centered instruction. The sections on student retention, fostering participation, behavior management, reaching out to at-risk students, and projecting faculty presence were well-received.

Bob

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