I absolutely love the idea of sending a personal biography as well as having the students send their personal biographies! I believe this will help me to memorize names when there is also a story behind the name!
I learned the importance of using short student biographies as one of the many tools to build a good rapport with my students.
One of the things/tips I really liked was sending a message to individual students by the end of the first week. I feel like it just gives a personalized feeling and lets them know that you care about them as individuals.
I learned ways to build relationships with your students through distance learning
Its very important to establish your authority from a distance so the students will give you the credibility you need for them to listen to your instructions.
I learned that using short biography methods is one of the many tools you can apply it to help you build a good rapport with your students, will also provides brief information about your students motivation for the program.
I have learned creating professional experiences and relationships with students will be beneficial so they can feel comfortable in reaching out in time of need, I also learned to write a biography shortly so students will understand my professionalism and accomplishments.
Utilize tools like biographical sharing to help build trust and increase engagement. Online courses also benefit from personalization and consistent feedback for the students.
I've always enjoyed getting to know my students as individuals and allowing them to know a little bit about me. This helps to provide a trusting relationship in which students feel comfortable coming to me with questions or concerns. I love the idea of using a video or shoulders and up photo. These suggestions make the introductions much more personable.
Engaging with you students is always a plus... I learned from this module to initiate ice breakers so the instructor and students are comfortable.
This module has motivated me to incorporate a professional photo to a biography with credentials and professional achievements as a useful method to form student connections while projecting expertise/authority.
I have learned the importance of maintains presence and authority when teaching an online course. Some of the ways to do so is to regularly post reminders of assignment deadlines and engage through discussion questions. To help each student learn more about one another, have each student write a short biography of themselves.
I love the idea that having students post a short introductory biography of themselves is just as important as instructors doing this.
Well for me to help to develop a connection with my students is to be open and honest and to maintaining a professional atmosphere..
A great way to show authority as an instructor is to provide students with a short biography of myself. As far as showing my presence of engaging online would be to communicate with students by sending out notifications of when assignments are due, or important projects.
In the freshman orientation course I teach each term, I always have students introduce themselves orally for my on-ground course, but I don’t stress the need for them to compose a biography in the LMS for me to see. I think this would be an excellent idea; they can add it to the shells of their subsequent courses. Additionally, as I move into teaching asynchronous courses without live sessions, it would be an effective tool for bridging the communication gap that may sometimes happens in online courses.
It's important for students to know about you as the instructor by presenting a brief bio, credentials, background with education/achievements, how to be addressed and other expectations. Getting to know students through their personal bios is critical as well; ensure that you provide positive feedback to improve student/instructor engagement to each student's response.
It's really important to keep moral and engagements between students and instructors
Developing a connection with my students, but maintaining a professional atmosphere.
