george ackerman

Maximizing students' potential through facilitation is exciting and rewarding. Many students are nontraditional students who come from various backgrounds. Engaging students in a comfortable environment where they feel they are able to focus on reaching their educational goals is essential. I have had many experiences with international students, diverse students, and students with various backgrounds and ages. Providing them an opportunity to learn in an online environment where they are provided the tools and encouragement to succeed can be accomplished in a variety of ways. I believe the most important thing that faculty can do to facilitate student learning in… >>>

Planning is vital. Some of the issues that I have encountered and have succeeded are students who are time pressed so they are not able to get in the three separate days in order to get the maximum assessment points here. That said, I would set a call with them to help them se a feasible dedicated time for them to go in, even if it is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as I am certain they can provide 20 minutes of their time in one of those days. They need to realize that this is normal and that they cannot… >>>

This effort would have to be supported by several assignments requiring students to find and share different types of information to develop a team product (jigsaw, project team). This would provide the instructor with an opportunity to review the team's work and provide appropriate comments regarding the collaborative aspects of task and encouraging appropriate collaborative activities. Firstly, Knowles 1984 research indicates our focus, to be most effective for the adult learner (whether online or in the traditional classroom), should be on instruction that is explicated, task oriented, applicable to the learners’ experience, and directed to permit personal discovery as the… >>>