Amulya Vangalapudi

Engaging students in the online environment is crucial, no mater whether the course is Synchronous or Asynchronous.

Having good communication with the students will help the students to know the course expections.

Establishing  guidelines for methods of communication is important, S2I, I2S, S2S. using email, text, and informing students the time frame  to expect a reply to these communication process.

• Require students to post questions and answers to a Frequently Asked  Questions (FAQ) discussion board
• Check email at designated times during the day
• Communicate with students about when you will and will not check email
• Instruct students as to how often they should check email, the discussion board, or other communication areas

 I love this>>>>Spot-checking student learning is a way to continually evaluate the progress of students.  Tools such as  the one-minute question and the "three clear points, three muddy points" paper.  The one-minute paper allows students to articulate what they have learned over a specified period of time in one minute.  The "three clear points, three muddy points" paper allows students to articulate what they know and what they don't know or are unclear about. 

Providing feed back is essential, i see students have good outcomes when I include consistant feedback.

 Peer-assessment is very interesting, must be with anonymity so that the stucents are honest their review and may include more comments. Without Anonymity, students may not provide not honest review.

Being aware of varied knowledge and backgrounds and experiences of the students will help knowing their learning levels.Having good communication with students will help keep them on track by monitoring their learning abilities.    

Storing the files, audio, video, excel spreadsheets are great way to build the Learning object database that we can use more than once in variety of course. 

• reminder emails to  students  of the level of commitment necessary to complete your course. Provide them with guidelines for setting priorities. 

 Think about the four O's of course design. Origin, Organization, Orchestration and Outcomes assessment.