Listening to your students - especially when it's a Q and A session. Rather than saying "no" to a response and moving on to another student with the correct answer, it's important for the instructor to respond in a more encouraging manner.
Be supportive and give the students a bit of control over their learning
Comment on Liana Wood's post: I agree with the positive influence for the actual class or labs begin.
I like the idea of pairing students for review & discussions.
Security and autonomy improve student participation because the students feel safe to make mistakes and the autonomy to make corrections. It eliminates traditional fear.
Some good stuff here. I am going to start creating an overview video for each of my online classes.
Adult learners need positive feedback and they also need to be able to think about the subject on their own.
Understanding 2 motivational issues: security and autonomy, also how to enhance security in the classroom is crucial for students to succeed.
I think that feeling secure in a class allows for the success of a student before the learning ever begins.
This module taught me new ways to give confidence or security to students.
I never thought that students needed educational security, but now I know that it is needed to make all students feel safe to possibly give a wrong answer in class that can be corrected.
Give your students the power of choice and evaluation so they feel like they are part of the decision-making in the classroom and have some control in their learning.
Students are much more motivated if the class offers them security and autonomy.
I have learned that students especially adult learners are motivated by security and autonomy
This module assisted me in learning the concepts of security & autonomy for the adult learners by giving them the power of choice.
I learned that adult learners need to feel like they are being supported by their teachers. They respond to positive re-enforcements. They also, want to be heard and feel like they can express their frustration if issues arise.
Adult learners need security and autonomy in their pursuit of their goals.
I plan to use two ideas from this program: 1) I will allow students to drop a low score, using their own discretion as to which one this will be. 2) I will increase the number of activities using "think, pair, share."
Understanding the students needs so they can be successful, Being patient so they feel safe
Understanding the students needs so they can be successful
It would great to allow students to have as much as the slides suggest, but time does not permit a number of the strategies suggested.
Being in the moment and using our super powers of observation allow us to continually evaluate and improve a course.
