The Importance of Engagement | Origin: ED210
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Implementing Online Learning Augmentations in Hands-on Programs --> The Importance of Engagement
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Technological advancements have made it necessary to adapt to new ways of approaching information and delivery therein. What is new to us, may be the new normal to incoming students and thus, makes it to where we, the intructors, must adapt.
This module provides information about engagement types. Applied engagement includes instrumental and communicative methods where instrumental is task-oriented, solving problems, and cause and effect relationships, communicative regards feelings, needs, and desires. I learned that it is important for the instructor to provide the context, but allow students to explore the applications. As a student, I grew up with mostly traditional learning, so it is more difficult for me to step outside of that traditional way of learning. I intend to work more toward customized learning options for my students in a non-linear format so my students can learn in ways that best suit them and help deepen their knowledge.
Engagement in schools is a cornerstone of effective education. It plays a pivotal role in fostering academic success, emotional well-being, and personal development.
Some students learn better when it comes to hands on.
Students tend to engage more with the learning when they have the ability to customize their learning.
I've learned that engaging students effectively, whether in person or online, requires understanding their individual learning styles and needs. As an instructor, I intend to apply this by incorporating varied learning activities and resources into my courses, allowing students to learn at their own pace and ensuring they are actively involved in the learning process.
I have learned that I need to utilize online tools since so much of the world has basically been in an experiment through Covid-19 and at-home learning, and we have learned a lot about how students connect with effective online tools. We need to lean in and use what is great instead of resisting the way things are going with technology. I am interested in trying to use the Anylogic Simulation Software that was given as an example. I think many students can get a lot from something like this. I would be interested in if anyone has used it and in which context. How did it go?
Other topics I have found interesting in this class so far are using technology to differentiate Instruction, promoting communicative learning, and the encouragement to emphasize understanding over memorization. I do wonder if students can feel inundated and bored with too much technology and screen time in school. In my district at least, we use a ton of technology, and often I see students wanting more personal connection and discussion.
That you free up the faster learners from the slower ones.
Hand-on learning is extremely beneficial for students .
As a trade school instructor students need to see and use real tools with real equipment before myself as their mentor feel comfortable sending them out in the real world. Now that being said, we do have a computer room with dozens of stations where students have access to all kinds of modules, simulators, and many interactive programs that are very useful.
Comment on JUNE VASQUEZ's post: 100% agree
online learning is superior to in- person learning for a variety of reasons
Online learning is encouraged, but in person is of more value.
Students want to lean! but more than that they want to create and make things work. Its called art!
Students can learn theory from different sources, but applications, skills or hands-on skills are very important in Nursing. During Covid we became creative in showing videos of skills, Swift River scenarios but we found out that students still lagging on hands on and had difficulty applying theory learned from watching videos of the procedures. Performing the skills multiple times is more effective in gaining mastery of specific procedure.
I believe students online can be difficult if they are not motivated or easily distracted. May depend on their learning style. I still believe that lab and skills are important hands on.
it is more like person to person training when in class hands on.
Students that create there own learning styles tend to be more focused on the subject at hand.
I was interested to find out that online students are learning more and becoming more successful in their classes than students with in-person classes, which is great news. When interviewing new studnets they are always worried if they will learn enough with their classes online, and they feel that they learn more in person. With is information I can hopefully put my students more at ease.
It nice to know different alternatives to add to their online courese to help them engage more. To come to realize that those students who want to learn more will definitely use the extra information that you had attached or linked to their LMS. However, there will be those students who will chose not to do it, which is okay to know as an instructor that you gave them all the tools to be successful now it is up to them to use it and learn from it.
