JAMES OWINO

WLMS involve application of the 7 principles of good practice and instructors need to acquire project management skills inorder to determine the WLMS that they need for online teaching. I am going to try and improve on my time management skills. 

It is important to encourage students to  plan and set  goals and avoid pitfalls such as procastination that usually jeopardizes online students' performance. I will ensure that I apply the 7 principles of good practice in my online teacing

I learned how and when to use asynchronous and synchronous communication tools and the need to be proactive in ensuring that the students have the necessary technical skill for online learning. I will ensure that I create an online learning space that is conducive to my students

I have learned that online students need to develop good citizenship, reading and writing skills, participatate and be actively engaged in the online activitie and be able to effectively communicate. I will ensure that I include information on acadamic integrity policy in the online sylllabus. 

The importance of instructor and student self analysis when preparing for online class. I will ensure that I complete a self analysis for myself as well as for my students when preparing for online class. 

It is necessary to develop online participation policies to help engage student in online learning . I will help my online students develp sense of community through such things as personalzing postings, giving clear instructions on the expectations and creating warm and inviting atmosphere.  

For effective communiction with students, the instructor needs to know the generation that each learner belongs to . I will ensure that I have the guidelines clearly  artiulated in the syllabus inorder  to improve my level of communication with the students

In establishing communication standards, an instructor needs to model appropriate communication and demonstrate leadership. It is also important to monitor the communication area to ensure that the dialogue is appropriate. I will develop a rubric to use to assess the adherence to the communication standards by studrnts  and also have my assignment due dates fall on my office days so that I can deal with issues that might arise

I have learned the importance of selecting appropriate technology tools to use in online teaching. I will use formative and summative assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of my technology tools

It is important to identify the delivery methods and strategies to be used in online teaching. In modifying the course content of my F2F curriculum into online course content I will use the four O's of course design (origin, organization, orchestration and outcomes assessment)