Milka Micic

Many students are prone to negativity towards the subject matter, the instructor and their peers if the topics are difficult when studying online. Furthermore, their ability to 'hide' behind a computer screen so-to-speak makes them more likely to lash out online versus when taught in person. I have found that the way to combat this is to reach out to students that present things negatively and respond to peers negatively via phone and force a conversation with them. Typically it is due to their own frustrations about their perceived inadequacy in understanding the subject matter and when pushed to the… >>>

I have found that many students expect to have a lot of information given to them when learning online and so often times they fail to venture out from online methods of data discovery when called upon. In the courses I have taught the students learn much from personal interaction as well as lots of practicing of putting the principles into action. This cannot always be done online. Encouraging the online learner to source information online as well as via other methods has always been a challenge for me as an instructor of an online course where students expect everything… >>>