Learned that being able to communicate with my students will not be as difficult as I had originally feared.
A lot of it has been review for me. But since I work with and help other instructors, it's good to get the feedback that we all deliver the content differently
The instructor must be able to navigate technical actions such as accessing rosters, etc. as well as be aware of strategies and methods of the course.
It is important to make sure students are aware how to use the online class platform. I will have to have a zoom meeting with students showing the workings of the platform.
Making sure that students are aware how to work the online system is important.
Tp make sure my students understand how to navigate and communicate with me and others during e-learning. Also to familarize myself with the platform before I statr helping sudents.
Even though we all have different experiences and teaching techniques, we need to make sure we understand cocepts, a flow of the lesson and how to keep students engaged in the learning .
I understabd that I need ti review my Teacher contract to ensure that I fully comprehend my roles and responsibilities as an online Instructor. Undertanding that some particulars should pay attention to such as paid and unpaid work times including if weekend work is necessary.
I found it to be important that I familiarize myself with the course content to make sure that I can answer any questions that my student may have
I feel it is necessary for the instructor to be as adept in using the CMS as the students. Students are asked to take an orientation to learn the CMS and I feel that instructors should as well. Before instruction begins the instructor needs to gain the confidence in giving support or directing students to Technical Support where necessary.
Instructors need to posess the three C's: Confidence, Communication and Course knowledge!
I was surprised by the amount of componets I will need to familarize myself with just to pick the best plateform for myself and my students. I will use the information to help me to chose a format that works with my teaching style andhas ease of lesson formating for my students.
I think the most important thing for the course instructor to be successful and for their students to have a supportive learning environment is for the instructor to have an indepth knowledge and understanding of not only the course content but of the system of which it is delivered.
It is important to structure the materials in a way that is logical, simple, and predicatable. It is also critical to learn the platform, its capabilities, and how to troubleshoot minor issues to assist students who are new to it.
Understaning the platform the materials are delivered on is critical to being able to help students who are new to the platform. Additionally, it's important to structure a course in a way that is simple, predictable, and logial.
I will make sure that I know how all the online resources work before I teach the content. Since I've been remote learning, during the past couple of months, a common problem has been my parents not understanding how to log into different platforms. I need to know how to do these things so I can be more helpful.
Emergency e-learning and module-based instruction look wholly different from one another. I plan to look at other school's models of ELA instruction using Canvas or another CMS to better grasp how my classroom could look in the fall.
In an online learning environment, it is important for educators to understand their role in everything. Expectations should be set for content, amount of time, responding to emails and questions, and assessments. Educators must also be able to monitor which students are completing assignments. The educator must understand how to use the online platform in order for all of the previous expectations to be met.
I'm curious how Google Classroom could be used as a Course Management System as it lacks several elements suggestion for inclusion in a module-based course.
Structure is important. It is also good to get feedback from the students to see where they are with understanding the content.
In order to be succesful as an online Instructor, you need to be prepared, and understand very well how to use the CMS, be familiar with the technology that we are using, because the students may need a lot of support. when developing a lesson we as Online Instructors need to Organize the class very well, to make it easy for the student to follow.
