Barry Westling

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Hi Ann: Students always enjoy field trips. It may even inspire some to greatness based on the notion of a possible reality they had not envisioned for themselves previously. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Selecting sufficient course content

Hi Susan: If you can keep students interested and it's realted to their course of study, then I think any form of media that realtes to the course objectives is suitable (as long as it's legal!). Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Hi Amy: I think it's possible for students to lose respect for their teacher if they suspect the teacher holds them accountable for assignments and such, but they themselves are not prepared and responsible. There are no double standards (or there shouldn't be any). Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Developing An Evaluation System

Hi Susan: Nothing need to be necessarily difficult. I think a system should be fair, consistent, and accurrate as measured against the learning objectives. There are many ways to slice this up, but in the end, we have to have something in place that works for all (teacher, student, institution). Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Goal of educating students

Hi Dr. A: Absoutely, our students have to move beyond where they begin with us. Transfering all we have is the only hope we have for future improvements, ideas, and opportunities (as you previsously stated). Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Role of instructor personality in delivery selection

Hi Carla: Thanks, ultimatly it's our relationship with our students that we get anything accomplishes. So the better the relationship, the better the learning environment. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Role of instructor personality in delivery selection

Hi Dr. A: Enthusiasm, excitement, energy, animation, and positive optimisim are difficult traits for any student to not wantr to be a part of. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Student learning outcomes

Hi Dr. A: Also, in a more academic definition, SLO's are the what the student should learn, daily objectives are the how and when, and resources and delivery options dictate the methods we use to achieve the objectives. We could add evaluation as the measurement or our success in achiveing the set goals. But "ideas and opportunities" just sounds good, I like your statement too. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Selecting instructional media

Hi Dr. A: In my online classes, I find my discussion forums facilitate student understanding and provides an opportunity for me to evaluate my students grasp of the material as well. I, like you, use multiple media to facilitate instruction. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Using senses in learning

Hi Dr. A: Utilizing multiple sense frequenty in the classroom, and being creative with lots of varietu helps students retain needed information more readily than rote memorization derived fro a "lecture". Regards, Barry