Samwene Akibola

It is important to monitor the dynamics of the online classroom to make sure that the students are communicating and using the discussion forums accorning to the student code ofconduct and institution guidelines.

Being availabe to meet synchronously with individual students will help these students feel like part of the learning community and the added bonus of a one to one session being less intimidating for the student.

It is important that students know my credentials as their instructure so that they have the confidence and understanding that I have the subject matter expertise in the content that I will be delivering.

It is important to be familier with the course management system as well as the delivery of the course.

Multiple evaluations are essential to providing a good picture of how the course is running. Evaluations from different points of view would allow me to fine-tune my course to the benefit of all.

One important point that I got from this module is the importance of providing students with rubrics. A rubric will allow students to self asses using the course objective, one unit at a time. This will also give the students more control in making sure that they master the objectives required in each unit.

One thing that stands out to me and a first time 100% online instructor is that communication is key just like in any f2f classroom. With a class that is 100% online, it is important to establish guidelines of communication between instructors and students as well as between students and their peers.

One of the important lessons that I got out of this module is to provide information in smaller chunks so as to avoid overwhelming our students.