What I gathered from this Module is that all students are different. Don't think you can just prepare a lesson and everyone will understand, retain and learn it totally differently. I learned one needs to be prepared to think outside of the perverbial teaching platform box.
Students are driven to be successful for a number of reasons. They want to succeed and, in an ideal world, they would. The reality is that in spite of their desire to succeed and the best intentions, events occur that serve to diminish their intrinsic desire for career training. As an instructor, this list can give you a starting point from which you can develop learning opportunities that will help the students get over troublesome situations that might cause a shift in intrinsic priorities leading to program departure.
From this section I learned more about our students and who they are. The most interesting part fo rme was the student's fear, specifically that they were concerned their peers would look at them as not being successful. In the 'online' classroom it's easy to forget the peer to peer social fears that students still feel.
I liked the idea of having bio cards on students to see how their life experiences can be woven into the lesson(s). Also, increasing intrinsic motivation for library instruction is important so they get the most out of the time. Maybe I can ask students to complete a Poll Everywhere question prior to the instruction.
Understanding of student support & being there to listen to their fustrations. Learn how to not let their fustrations escalte by setting rules.
I've learnt that if you are able to put yourself in the student's 'shoes' and look at the coursework from their perspective then you will be able to approach the presentation of the material in a method that will be more meaningful to the student.
You begin to realize that besides communication there must be comprehension.
I have learned the importance of understanding what motivates students and that they need support from family & friends and the university. I also was able to review Maslow's Hierarchy and that students need their basic needs to self-actualization met. Also, Maslow's Hierarchy moves from extrinsic to intristic.
Encourage students to open up about themselves and find out their desires or motivation for taking the course.
Ensuring that extrinsic needs of the student are met will help to set up students for success. They will be better able to focus on their intrinsic needs.
From this section I've really learned to see things from differnt persoectives and notjust mine own
I've experienced the strategies mentioned in this module over my teaching career and i agree with everything said. I can't say I learned anything new but I can say I learned different ways to present what I already agree with in this module.
It is very important to highlight the past experience of students and relate it to their learning and training.
I have learned that as an Instructor, It is my duty to find a way to encourage and support students in order to keep them engaged in the subject. This material is allowing me to develope a different approach to further assist students of different divesity groups and needs.
Each student has a story of their own and we must find ways to learn from the experiences of each person in order to succeed.
1. Learn and get to know about your students
2. Use learner's previous experience "crystalized experiences" play big role in learning
3. Encourage and motivate students to the learning environment
Reply to Leia Trainor's post: I have tried being an active but neutral listener at the time of my student's frustration. It worked amazingly and calm the person down without me doing more!
Reply to Angela Marie Martinez's post: I totally agree. Age and culture affect the learning objectives a lot!
I would ask m,y students to fill out a quastioannaire at the beginning of each module to find out what are their career goals. I will try to help them expand and achieve their goals by encouraging them know their capabilities.
Rembering that I was once a distance learner after more than 25 years out of my basic nursing training. The change in the learning environment was so different, and i had to adapt and learn a new way.
