Tena Crews

About me

Stealth Consulting, LLC

Consultants: Tena B. Crews & Kelly Wilkinson

Our mission is to train business personnel and educators in the areas of:

1) providing content, whether for educational or informational purposes, in a blended or pure online environment;
2) assessment in online/e-learning;
3) additional areas as deemed necessary.

Interests

online learning, design and assessment

Activity

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Authoring Online Course

Donna, Yes, if you teach a course that is not required, students may have a variety of reasons for taking the course. It's a great way to start the conversation. Thanks for the great list of ways to engage students.

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Creating Boundaries

Dori, You are right. Sarcasm can really me misunderstood in written format such as email. Thanks for bringing up that point.

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Work and Life Balance

Dori, It is difficult, but so important. We do have to be disciplined and use our best time management skills. It is important to tell students, in the syllabus or announcement, when you will be online and when you will be checking email, discussion posts, etc. Don't become a 24/7 instructor. Thanks.

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Time Management Skills

Dori, Time management for the instructor is so important. If you can share you strategies with the students to help them develop good time management skills, please do. We can all learn from others expertise. Thanks!

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Evaluating Rubrics

Dori, Right on. I just posted similar information to another post in this forum. We have to ensure that the criteria are complete and clear and that the rubric is measuring exactly what we want it to measure. Nice job.

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Resources for Developing Rubrics

Dori, Yes, and Rubistar will provide additional examples. I look at pre-made rubrics just to see if I can fine turn my criteria or if there are categories that I may have forgotten. We must review our rubrics and make sure they are measuring what we want them to measure. Thanks!

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Mistakes in Making Rubrics

Dori, It is so important that the criteria be just right. The criteria have to be complete and clear so the students understand the expectations, but they should still allow for creativity so students can complete the assignments in ways that best suits their learning styles. Thanks for your input.

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Using Rubrics

Dori, Excellent points! Rubrics do help everyone involved. Making sure the criteria are complete and precise is a must to ensure everything you have discussed here. Thanks for your input.

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Rubric Role

Melissa, Excellent. Thank you for bringing up the point that rubrics help students and instructors, not just one or the other. Thanks!

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Pattern of Communication

Jeremy, Great "C" words. We at times also have to be creative in our communication to help students understand everything we want to them to understand. Thanks for your input.

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