Zelda Dubberly

I learned that there are other ways of evaluating your course. I knew about student evaluations and having a peer evaluations, but did not know about the concept maps, 

Providing feedback to a student helps them learn. Feedback needs to be specific to that student and not just a generic comment. I learned the importantce of a rubric and how important the objective and criteria are to help a student produce a good assignment/project. I plan to use the self-assessment and peer-assessment rubrics in order to help students turn in better work. 

Scaffolding is important in order to meet the student where they are and help them accomplish the course agenda. You may need to remediate for some students in order for them help them understand the course. Some students may need to be challanged more. Without the scaffolding the student can become discouraged and quit or bored and quit. The instructor needs to monitor each student to make sure they are understanding the course assignments. 

I learned that module consistency is very important. I plan to develop a module template. 

I did not really think we could have the same type of behavior from a real class setting onto an online class setting. I learned after reading how to look for this type of online behavior I had better have the code of conduct policy easily available. 

I learned the difference between asynchronous and synchronous discussions. I learned when and how to use each discussion to the benefit of my online students. 

Creating that on-line relationship is just as important as creating that relationship in a regular class setting. Sharing a bio of yourself as the instructior helps the learner feel their is someone on the other side that can not be seen, but is qualifed to assist and has a human feeling to the class, if that makes sense. By having students share their bio with the instructior helps build a relationship with students you can not see. 

Understanding the CMS and how it works is the first think. Then, I need to plan ahead the goals I want my students to meet for each module. I need to look for how I want to set up my modules and lessons to keep them active in the course as well as learning so the students meet those goals.