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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Teaching Online Course

Thomas, Again, nice job and thanks for adding to the conversation. You are correct in that communication is key! Communicating in a variety of ways is essential. Student are more engaged in the live chats and other synchronous environments. Keeping the classroom, as well as the syllabus, dynamic is important. Nice job.

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Authoring Online Course

Thomas, Thanks for the information. It is a good idea to do a little diagnostic assessment of what your students know before beginning any class. This helps you get to know your students more and get a feel for their needs. Providing your content in a variety of ways is essential as well. Thanks again.

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Variations of Evaluations

George, I agree that evaluations should come from several sources. As a colleague may review your course for content or instructional strategies, your students may review the course design or let you know what is not easily accessed or understood. It's a never ending process. Keep asking for feedback and revise the course content, layout, etc. Thanks for your input. Tena

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

John, Again, nice job. Being consistent in your grading and helping students understand what is expected of them is essential. Helping them learn from their mistakes by finding their mistakes is key to many different types of subjects. Nice job.

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Authoring Online Course

John, You bring up some good questions and I liked that you worded your answers as questions. It gives us something to ask ourselves and something to think about. Being prepared as an online instructor is very important. It's essential to know what you are capable of and where you need additional training. Your note about the course being well prepared goes along with your information about the instructor being prepared as well. The mentor can many times help you in this process. Excellent.

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Developing Meaningful Feedback

George, Feedback, feedback, feedback. . .you are right. It's so important. As you communicate the objectives also include them in the grading rubric. This helps students tie what they are learning to why they are learning it. Nice job.

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Teaching Online Course

George, Thanks for you input. It seems that you are taking the ball and running wide open in your online classroom. Your syllabus is the first point of communication and it provides students will a place to go to make sure they are on track and meeting learning outcomes. Using a variety of communication tools such as discussion boards, chats, wikis, blogs, etc. is important. Therefore, students can learn in a variety of ways. If you can add video and/or two-way video so students can see you and you can see them, it brings a whole new dimension to learning.… >>>

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Authoring Online Course

Gretchen, Nice job. Thanks for your input. Taking into consideration the fact that you need to provide content in a variety of way for a variety of learning styles is important. Assessing their learning is also important to verify that the learning outcomes are achieved. To make all of this happen, the students need to be engaged. Thanks again.

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Rubric Role

Shelly, Thanks again for the information and thoughts you provide through these forums. I agree that asking students to self-check before submitting work is beneficial to them and you. I've also used it for peer evaluation. A rubric helps students understand what is expected and helps the instructor grade in a consisten fashion. Nice job.

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Generational Roles

Shelly, I am glad this module helped you see things from a different perspective. It is important to let students know that your classroom is a learning environment for everyone. Perfect. It seems as though you are handling teaching in the online environment very well. Thank you.

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