The different methods of content delivery allow classes to be structured around the student. If increased interaction is desired for a certain topic the instructor can include more synchronous lessons.
Great info in this section. Learned to use guest lecturers. And provide an outline to the students on what will be discussed—also, email student questions to lecturer—also learned to utilize hyperlinks of the content due to student lack of interest in reading textbooks. This may be a great solution.
In this course, I learned many things including the use of hyperlinks, question and answer techniques, and the advantages of prerecorded videos for asynchronous discussions – a great idea that I plan to use.
online class needs to have synchronous and asynchronous components.
This topic focuses on supportive learning activities for course design. Interactive learning activities will encourage learners to access and use the material more efficiently. I will take advantage of utilizing focused relevant information sharing techniques useful to the desired learning outcome. While the asynchronous method is important, setting time for the entire class to be present is also a good way to increase interaction and learning. The learning activities must also be supported by the learning management system the institution uses to present to the learners. Finally, I like the approach of not having to assign an entire book or chapter, rather just specific, relevant portions of information to the learner to maximize their information intake.
Online students are "forced" into conversations, especially on discussion boards. Always use a rubric for guidance and grading.
There are many different ways to ingage students outside of the classroom setting.
The process for using a guest lecturer was helpful.
Instructors need to become much more familiar with asynchronous education now more than ever.
It is important to have synchronous and asynchronous learning installed into your online class to keep the students engaged.
In this section I learned that keeping the students engaged with a variety of different teaching techniques can help keep them attentive and wanting to learn new material.
I have taken both synchronous and asynchronous and have enjoyed both based on time and time. Both engaged.
I was reminded that virtually everything you can do face-to-face, you can also do online. My courses do not currently have any synchronous discussions. I have had them in courses I taught previously and I had students complain about the need to show up at a specific time. It was nice to see some positive reasons for why this might work well in an online classroom.
Nancy Tosh
Components or teaching strategies from the traditional classroom can be converted to the online classroom. It is a matter of ability of the instructor to design it to be student-centered with interactivity and deciding if synchronous, asynchronous or a blended version is best fit fo the learners. Goals is engagement, active learning, application and retention of knowledge gained.
I really liked the suggestions around guest lecturers in synchronus disscusions and utilizing not only the profile of the speaker for class but the inverse as well. Never considered a class profile for the speaker being available. What stuck out most was the amount of in-person teaching that can be converted into the online format.
Engagement is key to online learning - student and instructor
With the implementation of online platforms, guest speakers can be a short video clip, a physical attendee, or the use of social media. Knowing your learner and having them use social media to gain interest in a topic has been a learning curve but also a way to connect with my students. Using online gaming to have students answer "live" questions I have found is a way for them to be silly & creative with their gamer tag, participate in the review of the material, & having them study without realizing it is the best art for me.
I like the idea of using guest speakers and multi media to keep the course engaging.
Recognition of the importance of increasing knowledge and enhace application of the knowledg thru the correct learning activities. The diferent methodology of questioning is valuable in order to combine each and creat a blend.
Emphasisi on organization in the student engagement process.
Utilizing a guest lecturer is a great way to break up the monotony of a lecture based course and allows the students an opportunity to learn from a professional in the field how what they are learning is applicable to a real-world job.
