Aldgenette Leatherwood

Aldgenette Leatherwood

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I've learned and now understand the meaning of instruction, training, learning & education.  I must say that this was a very interesting topic with an lot of useful and helpful information. I had never thought about the four in this way but after studying the course materials, it all makes sense. The fact that training is developing a person in a specific area and intructions will allow the students to take that developed skill and apply it in an area above what was taught during training. Whereas we learn how to read and then we apply… >>>

Hello,

I just completed this course and found it to be quite interesting; as well as informative.  One that stood out in my mind was Module 4 - Creating An Evaluation System.  This module covered a wide variety of information on the the topic. The formative and Summative Evalluation was interesting.  I was aware of some of the information; however, not to the depth of the course material.  This is a very good system to use to dertermine and track what a student is learning while in their major career area of concentration from beginning to end.

I create a fair grading system and i incorporate it in my syllabus at the beginning of the quarter. Therefore, all of the students know what is expected. It's all spelled out!!!
When developing lesson plans for the quarter start, I am certain to incorporate enough activities, assignments, labs, etc. to consume the entire class time and some so that students do not get bored. Every fifteen to twenty minutes, I try to change up and do something different unless the lecture or discussion requires more time. This approach seems to keep the students interested and engaged in the subject matter.

I must say that this was a very interesting topic with an lot of useful and helpful information. I had never thought about the four in this way but after studying the course materials, it all makes sense. The fact that training is developing a person in a specific area and intructions will allow the students to take that developed skill and apply it in an area above what was taught during training. Whereas we learn how to read and then we apply our our reading skills to learning in order to gain knowledge and to become educated; which is… >>>

It was interesting to find that each department plays an important role in student retention.  I knew that retention was important in career colleges; and how it impacted the funding of the school when enrollment is down.  However, I did not know that each department was involved in the process.  Now  I can understand why so many added responsibilities are placed on faculty, other than what we were hired to do.  In the past, I have always tried to go the extra mile to do whatever is necessary to see our students successful in completing their program.  Now I will… >>>

Hello,

I just completed this course and found it to be quite interesting; as well as informative.  One that stood out in my mind was Module 4 - Creating An Evaluation System.  This module covered a wide variety of information on the the topic. The formative and Summative Evalluation was interesting.  I was aware of some of the information; however, not to the depth of the course material.  This is a very good system to use to dertermine and track what a student is learning while in their major career area of concentration from beginning to end.

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