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Assessment of Use of Media Sites

Gracie, I agree with you. It is important to create expectations upfront and hold students to it. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Successful Online Learning Techniques

Robert, You make a great point. They do underestimate time and effort regarding work. It is so frustrating. That is why I began to create project calendars to help them set their short term goals. I think adding that to what you already do would be a great combo. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Identifying Principles of Learning

Sabrina, You have a great set of strategies for your students. How does this affect your workload? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Identifying Technical Skills

Robert, You are right, it is so important for students to feel comfortable in the LMS. Do you have a tutorial or a orientation for students to go through to help them learn? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Identifying Technical Skills

Miriam, How lucky are you! Those are great tools and resources to have to prepare students and help them toward their success. I am finding that many institutions don't have those types of resources. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Sabrina, You have a great set of strategies. You have to continue to provide resources and encourage them to use them. You may be the first instructor who gives them guidance to communicating. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Non-Technical Skills

Robert, Great strategies and great point. One of our jobs in higher ed is good citizenship and that includes online. You have to hold students accountable and they will transfer that skill to other online areas. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Student Self-Analysis

Robert, What a great post!!! You are right, it does help identify pitfalls that students can avoid. It is a great way for students to learn to take feedback and make changes. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Alternative and Authentic Assessment

Alice, You make a great point. When we really begin to analyze our assessment plans within a course we learn what we do and what we don't do. It is more than just info for a student grade; it is information that reflex our teaching. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Using Objective and/or Subjective Evaluations

Alice, Nice strategy! I agree the computer graded exams does make our workload easier so we can use subjective assessment in a more strategic way. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson