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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Collaboration and Workload Strategies

Stacy, It's good to have a presence and let students know when you will be checking email and the LMS. When instructors develop that timeline for communication and interaction, it helps the students ask questions in a timely manner and the response to be timely as well. Thanks for your input.

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Work and Life Balance

Stacy, Nothing wrong with having a schedule. Students need structure well, but allow for some flexibility. That's a good combo. When we get more busy in our lives, the structure becomes more important it seems. Let students know your schedule so they can work with it and set their schedule as well. Nice job.

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Technology Support for Students

Stacy, You can also put all of that information in a "Start Here" button so that students understand where to start, where to refer to if they forget, etc. The technical support aspect is essential. Some online instructors are the technical support as well and some technical support is elsewhere. The students need to understand this. Thanks for your input. Good info.

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Rubric Role

Stacy, Instructors should be able to edit the rubrics and make sure the criteria and points are matching what you want it to measure. Rubrics do help students and instructors both during the evaluation process. Thanks!

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Generational Roles

Stacy, Have you tried using any of the online student preparedness inventories student can take to help them understand that whey need to "beef up" if they don't have the skill? They can be helpful and may help alleviate some frustration on the part of the instructor. Thanks!

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Pattern of Communication

Stacy, Timeliness is important and we need to communicate with students when we will be checking email and the LMS or whatever you may use so that they don't think we are 24/7 instructors. This will help minimize anxiety as well. I also do not accept late work - I don't have time and the students need to be responsible for that timeliness themselves. Thanks for your input.

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Technology Communication Tools

Stacy, Communication must be easy and the students must be able to use whatever tools are in place. That way, they will actually use the tools and communicate as needed. Students will be more likely to communicate and be an active part of the course. Thanks!

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Variations of Evaluations

Mark, Totally agree that quantitative and qualitative feedback both bring "something to the game." When we get feedback from different parties, we do get information from different aspects and that is beneficial. Thanks!

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

Mark, Definitely we want to tie our rubrics and feedback to the learning outcomes. It is important for students to understand the expectations and what they should be able do upon completion of the course. Thanks for adding to the conversation.

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Teaching Online Course

Mark, The dynamic syllabus can work together with effective communication. I do love the roadmap analogy and getting the students on the right path. Thanks for your input.

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