Jennifer Anglin

Comment on Joe Weidenaar 's post: Well said.

Always engage with your students.  Try to make your lessons fun and unpredictable.  Placing exercises and collaborative activities within your lessons can provide learning opportunities and critical thinking skills for students.

I learned that we should require nothing less than the student's very best effort. We should let them know that we expect high quality work and that our classroom is an active learning environment.  Get know each and every student.  Have fun in your classroom.

I have a better understanding of how to reach the diverse population of our students.  The course provided some value concepts, strategies and insights. Many of our students come with language barriers.  Many adult learners are afraid of academics but also social fear on how they will fit in.  I learned that student frustration can be a retaliation tactic. Many of our learns wonder what their peers think of them.

What are some of the protective guidelines or factors that are placed to identify the student's identity in distance education?  How can we be certain that the individual that is taking the course is the actual student?