Odette Taylor

This session informed about attrition and reasons why students might choose to drop a course. Ex family issues, feeling of not having enough technical knowledge to be in an online course, and the workload of the course. Procrastinators must be reminded to save work off line and refer and remind them of IT support. 

The difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous Discussion Learning and Feedback. When giving a feedback with criticism do it privately in private email. Synchronous is used mainly for Chat Sessions and must be limited to 5-6 students, response can be immediate. Asynchronous done with larger group and response time is longer.

Make sure I learn how the navigate the system before making assignments for the students. Also, undertand that students might have some challenge using an online platform but faculty should make sure students understand how to navigate system. A CMS allows faculty to organize groups and group chats for assignments, develop course roster and input course grades.