Neer Persaud

I teach Accounting For Managers online and the effect of scaffolding cannot be underestimated in this subject matter. Grasping the basic concepts of debits and credits is very critical for students for them to move on to the next chapter. Scaffolding shows the importance of the foundation of the course. In accounting, as with technology, and medicine and a host of discipline etc. we would not expect a student to start their first course by performing advanced work. Learning the necessary skills such as beginning with terminology, helps provide a student with a foundation of information that they will need… >>>

I have been teaching at the university level in the classroom in excess of 13 years and August 2013 will mark my one year anniversary teaching online. What I have discovered during the past year teaching online, and what I learn from this course is that presentation of course materials in a concise and consistent manner is a very effective tool, in addition to the depth of the information to be presented to the student. Since the end result is to get student to learn, online instructor must be at all time cognizant not to overwhelm the learning community. Providing… >>>