Mary Lewis

I have learned over the last five years that this is the most important aspect of classroom preparation.  Without the students attention, the rest can be perfect and useless.  Motivation of the student allows the engagement.

Comment on Diego Serrato's post:  Hi Diego,  Yes, this is the greatest challenge for working with adult students who have families and full time jobs.  We do become creative and strategize so we have their attention.  This engagement is needed for the success of their learning.

Saving links and digital materials saves time for other supports for class.  

Short and frequent connections will keep the connection and not interfere unnecessarily with student/ professor lives.  

Our greatest asset is time.  What we save from wasting is reserved for living. 

These organizational skills are critically important to the efficacy of the class and its success.  

These types of course evaluation are already in place.  We have other avenues of evaluation also. 

Recently I have begun using video feedback... I don't know if students watch them or not. 

It seems we practice all of these, with the exception of tests.  My classes have no exams.

This reinforces the purpose for learning management organization to be consistent through the weeks.