Robin Trevigne

For this module, I learned a new way to find out student’s preferred learning style by asking two questions:  “What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say the word apple?” and “How did you learn a job skill that you did well and enjoyed”? This is something new that I can implement with in the first day of class as an ice braker as well as to see the various learning styles I will be teaching.

While studying "Operationalizing Educational Theory in Your Class" course, I learned that while I may know a subject well, I need to know how my students earn and apply it throughout my lecture. For instance, Kinesthetic in which an individual learns through touching or various actions. As an instructor in mathematics, I utilize this method through class participation where an individual would come up to the board and solve an equation. At the same time, have students in groups of two and work on a specific equation. Once completed, have students check with others to see if they arrived at… >>>

I have currently completed the first module of "Management Styles". 
In this module, I learned the four (4) types of management styles and noticed that I'm more of a "buddy" / "controller" type instructor and need to make some adjustments to achieve a more "Guide" style of classroom management. 
The first and most important adjustment that's needed is "planning"; especially planning for those times when one's lesson plans gets interrupted due to technical difficulties involving computer and or smart board malfunctions. In combatting these, one can have a back-up laptop and or iPad. As for smart board malfunctions, I could… >>>

Just completed module 3 of ED 102 instruction on e-learning and notice that Bergquist & Phillips (1975) suggested that there are six (6) leaning styles for on-line learners: Avoidant; competitive; Dependent’ Collaborative; Participant and Independent, and that the first three (3) inhabits student’s participation.

I though there were only three (3): Visual; Kinesthetic; Auditory… until looking at their comments a little closer I come to realize that their six (6) categories can also to allotted to in-class learning as well.