During this COVID19 school closures, I've been thrown into being an online instructor. Many of the aspects of teaching online learners, are not available to during this crisis teaching and learning time. I am not planning a course from scratch but instead I am trying to finish the curriculum that has been established by the district and state standards. If I were able to build a course from the beginning using these strategies, I believe it may be more user friendly and concise for our students.
Online instructors must know the CMS and how to navigate through all aspects. Instructors should know how to assist the student when they have issues from the online learners view point.
The students will be more receptive if they know they have support from their IT and also instructor. Be open and available for your students with questions and reply and respond to them in a timely mannor. Their success also lies in the instructor being open to them and available.
Online teaching platforms require thoughtful planning to provide instruction meaninful to the online learners in a structural manner that is easy to follow. It is important that you understand the platform in order to provide resources and instruction that is easy to follow.
I have learned that online instruction is not an easy way out for the instructor or the student. The instructor must be active and engaging to ensure that students have the best chance to succeed. An instructor must also have an understanding about the components and practices that correlate with student success.
The online environment has definitely evolved in the years that I've been teaching. There are so many tools that are available to us as instructors, including the ability to have live video lectures with our students. It is also important to know the deadlines that us instructors, are responsible for. We expect our students to know and abide by deadlines and we must be the example.
having full understandmant of the online course and how its delivered is crucial in order to help students better. you need to put yourself in their shoes to help them
As an instructor, it is important that in an e-learning environment, students understand the components of CMS. Learning different instructional strategies for different students in imperative in students being successful in an online learning environment
It is going to be important to make sure I have the understandinh of the e-learning concept and be effective in conveying the information that is is important but also making the students accountable for their part ot the learning process. In order to do this I will need to increase confidence by having good discussion within the class. With my being confident with e-learning I hope to convey that with in the student by being positive and sensitve to their questions about e-learning
We started our semester in the brick and mortar classroom on campus. I have always believed I set the climate in my classroom and remain supportive and approachable. Since transitioning into online learning, my students have needed more of that sense of safety as el-earners. Just as I sometimes am intimidated my new technology so were they, but I kept reassuring them we were all together and I was still there for them just in a different modality. Going forward, our next semester will be online as well and I feel I need to be more stringent with my Discussion Thread rules regarding time to post and the quality of content posted in the thread.
I am returning from a long hiatis from this type of learning platform when it comes to being the instructor. A lot has changed and to be able to interact in this platform in a variety of ways brings excitement, but also confusion. I am looking forward to the challenges and also bringing along students who are also new to this type of learning.
What Ive took out this course is that for us teachers/facilitators and instructors, there are several ways to interact with the young children. We want to be able to grasp their attention and excel participation to a confident level. We want to see their achievements and they want to be recognized. We want the young people to grasp our facilitated information so that they can apply it daily to their everyday lives. Learning time management is very important since the goal is to be effiecient with homeworks, finals etc.
Durning this course (CMS) has extend the ability to beable to make sure a child understand that change can be scary or just complicated and as the instructor will be here to guide them step by step.
In order for our students to be successful in an online learning environment, we as instructors must be familiar with how the learning platform program we are using works. We need to ensure we know how students will access and complete assignments and be prepared to answer students' questions. Also, we need to ensure that our students know we are there to help them through the course when they are having difficulty understanding or accessing.
In my on-line learning environment, I have planned on providing a clear, concise flow in Google Classroom, of which most of my students are comfortable, in providing them with as much ownership of the process as possible.
I believe one of the most important aspects of online learning is to ensure students feel supported in their journey. Not all students, nor instuctors for that matter, have the same level of online management skills and may find it difficult to access the material. Setting up the material in a consistent and acessible manner is vital to a students success and ease of understanding. Recognition that peers who may be teaching the same content may approach it in a different manner is also very important.
It is very important to get the best knowledge of the online delivery platform including all the delivery techniques and strategies, so I can apply them when navigating throughtout the CMS. Achieving these objectives will allow me to help my students when delivering the
E-learning instruction.
Instructors must make sure that they are very knowledgeable about online instruction and have the support that students will need to help them feel comfortable in doing online work.
This gave me a few areas I hadn't considered before such as summarization of a discussion forum. I always felt like these were kind of left hanging even when I provided individual feedback. It also reminded me to check those automatic replies the calendar sends out to students.
I have learned that elearning is key to online success, and how as an instructor i need to understand the basics of online learning to be effective as an online iinstructor. i am progressing through this.
