Jeannine Puliti

Building an online community with alternating the receiver(s) of information is important to create an online community.

Learning objects is a new term for me. I want to be able to talk about scaffolding, chunking and identifying learning objects in terms of online teaching going forward.

In order to be effective as an online instructor, effective communication is utilized to address all types of learners. Noisy learners, disruptive, procrastinators, etc. can be addressed with specific strategies and methods. Conflicts can arise and need to be identified and ameliorated by the instructor. To avoid attrition, instructors must be able to identify issues such as work load, family issues, etc. They can avoid student attrition by offering incremental support and feedback to students.

Fostering participation in asynchronous and synchronous discussion is important in the role of the instructor. Feedback for each student is also very important. Due to the various learning styles of students, course content should be delivered asynchronously. Synchronous discussions should encourage interaction at the beginning and end of each activity.

Projecting your presence is integral to unifying the group and establishing trust.

Encourage online sharing of each student with a personal biography and have students become familiar with the biographies of their classmates. Respectfully engage students in the way in which they prefer to be addressed. Encourage students to interact with one another. Keep general and specific questions separate in order to avoid confusion and addressing topics in curriculum.

The instructor must be able to navigate technical actions such as accessing rosters, etc. as well as be aware of strategies and methods of the course.