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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Variations of Evaluations

David, Comprehensive feedback is a good goal. Sometimes, especially with writing assignments, I will first grade the assignment for content and give them feedback on what they are missing or where they have too much information and then I let them edit the document and turn it in again. Then, i look at the document a second time for spelling, grammar and format and then they can edit again and turn in a final document. This provides comprehensive feedback but in parts. It takes less time to grade for one thing at a time and still give great feedback to… >>>

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Variations of Evaluations

Robert, These are excellent questions to ask students. I also ask student to do the "Stop, Start, Continue" about week 3 and week 8 in a 15 week course. I ask students to list one thing they wish I would stop doing, one thing I should start doing and one thing I need to continue to do. If I can't stop doing whatever they want me to stop doing (like stop giving quizzes), I explain why I can't stop and tie it directly to the learning outcomes. Whatever we do in the class should be helping students achieve the learning… >>>

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Variations of Evaluations

Karen, So true. I encourage student feedback on the course and how we are working toward achieving the set learning outcomes. We have to ensure students know what they are working toward. Thanks!

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

Robert, It is so important that student understand that what they are doing in the class is helping them achieve he set learning outcomes. That is our goal to help students achieve the learning outcomes. Thanks!

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

David, You are right on track with your list of three things. They all relate to meaningful feedback and will help others think about how they are providing feedback to their students. Thanks!

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

Karen, Supportive and positive feedback is important and we also need to provide constructive feedback so we can help students improve and move toward achieving the learning outcomes. Thanks!

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Teaching Online Course

Robert, Yes, getting to know our students is so important. We need to know where they are "coming from" and what they already know so we can move forward from there. Thanks for your input.

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Teaching Online Course

Robert, Many times I just have a quick student survey that students complete week one. It asks questions about hobbies, interest in course, what do they hope to learn, age, and sometimes I do a pre-test too that deals with the course content so I know what they already know. Then, if I get a class that already knows the basics, I can quickly move through that and move on to higher content areas. Hope this helps.

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Teaching Online Course

Karen, Fun is a word I like to hear associated with teaching. I love it and am thrilled to call it my occupation! Thanks for sharing.

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Authoring Online Course

Helen, You are right on target. The navigation has to be on point and without working links, students will not be able to access resources or assignees. Thanks for your input.

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