Valerie Thompson

We should also consider the various learning styles of students and how this might influence choices in presenting course content online. It's important to be aware of the different learning styles and recognize opportunities to present information in a different way to help a student understand. Learning Styles Visual (spatial) meaning that your students may prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding in which case you might want to incorporate images or graphics in some of your content – this can be done via PowerPoint presentations Aural (auditory-musical) meaning that your students may prefer using sound and music in which… >>>

I think it's important to reach out. You need to make your presence well known in an online classroom and you can do this by providing customized feedback in the gradebook, in-depth discussion replies to students that further the discussion, and even encouraging emails (without emailing any sensitive or confidential data). Sometimes my students will get 100% on a quiz, and I'll shoot a quick email - "Great job on the Week 3 quiz - your efforts were noticed!!" Something as simply as that has yielded positive comments from students. Of course, within the quiz itself or gradebook, there should… >>>

If reusable learning objects are not available what best practices can be implemented to design and develop eLearning content? When developing a Learning Object, first and foremost, you have to define or know your course objectives. In e-learning, especially those without a synchronous component, the material has to be easily understood. Since an e-learning object often takes the part of the role of an face-to-face instructor, the material needs to be relevant, recent, and applicable to real-life scenarios. I also think it’s important to make sure your data repository (if using one) is accurate and up to date. There is… >>>