Catherine Alcaraz

Listening is difficult especially when you have a goal of trying to get a point across. Particularly when you know the other person is wrong.

This might sound insane, but review the conversation you just had. Practice makes perfect and it’s going to help to write down everything, to not only let it go (mentally or emotionally for your health), but to practice.

We’re human and the goal isn’t to be perfect in the moment. It’s to make sure both parties leave in at least a mutual understanding, especially in conflict.

The purpose of viewing a student as an instructor is to make sure that they receive the services expected. Just like all or any other paying customer. If they are a struggling student, they also pay for creativity from instructors to be available for office or after class hours to assist students with difficult concepts.

Comment on Jose Rivera's post: I agree, sometimes for the beginning lectures I show students how to use their e-book. Features like highlighting or dictating in their Word docs notes can be confusing for young and adult learners. Regardless, we treat each student equally.

I like the paper airplane idea.

Especially in the medical field, you need to learnt to take direction.

From the module, I actually liked the idea of the web from the learning objectives. A lot of the students have material presented to them digitally and on the board. I haven't drawn a physical web, but I emphasize to the students that if they can answer the learning objectives, they are going to do good for the certification exam. A lot of students agree that it helps them focus their studying when they are at home.