Projecting oneself is an essential action every instructor should take. Sharing a summary of your qualifications and accomplishments can inspire students to pursue excellence and open their eyes to opportunities they may not have previously considered. Establish an open-door policy with your students—create an environment where they feel comfortable approaching you. This helps foster open communication and ensures they feel supported in discussing any challenges that may hinder their learning
I learned the Importance of projecting my authority, which means simply providing a short biography about myself, which can include videos and audio, does not always have to be just a text format.
Projecting a positive credible presence is important for an educator to establish as it opens the door, for trust to be built between the students and myself. Showcasing my talents, my education, my professional acccomplishments can inspire the students to strive to hit their goals, and open up the communication lines within the class.
In this section, I learned the importance of establishing my credibility as the instructor and modeling behaviors I expect from the learners in the course. In an online learning environment, it is important to communicate to the students in both verbal and written formats using video or audio apps to inform them of course learning objectives, course expectations, and how to communicate with the instructor regarding your availability and how best to communicate with you. There were also several approaches discussed to establish a good relationship with the learners.
Comunication is the best key.
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..
