It gives students confidence when they see the bio of their instructor, showing extensive experience and achievements in their field.
Getting to know your students will help with building trust, which will help lead to them coming to you when they are not understanding the material/course
Build a rapport with the students. Share experiences, credentials, and educational experience to students. Ensure that you respond in a timely manner to students such as proper turn around time.
I found it interesting that including my qualifications and achievements as well as hobbies and interests would be a good idea to engage with the students.
The more we connect with our students, the more motivated they will be. It will allow us to notice when extra help is needed and we are creating a relationship that supports them when they feel the need to reach out. Also, when we establish our credibility, we are respected in a way that will create more engagement and trust.
An instructor's teaching presence in the classroom is an important aspect of supporting the students while at the same time effectively connecting with the students to promote the learning experience!
I learned the importance of instructor engagement in the online setting. I also took away the bullet points of what should be done to show/provide support for the students.
Project your presence by sharing your experience and your academic background along with letting your credentials be known.
To project my authority from a distance project that my presence is there from a distance, providing feedback platforms for discussions based on specific topics make more than one forum as we don’t want any confusion between one discussion and answer
Giving students the opportunity to know you as a professional, including your skills, experience and qualifications is especially important in online education because the lack of physical presence makes it harder for the course to feel personal for the students.
When I add my personal experiences I can give student MAs examples of what it is like in the field and make our interactions relatable and interactive.
i like how they pointed out to sent out a welcome message, but also another message after the first day of class. i will apply this as well.
It is important to cultivate a personal connection with students to create an open and positive learning environment. When you share your authentic self, it builds a meaningful bond with the faculty and enhances their educational experience.
I learned how to build an impactful relationship with he student to maximize their learning potential.
The importance of introducing myself and my academic background/ achievements as well as providing individualized, appropriate support to each student to build a healthy learning environment.
That´s very important to have a great organization related to projecting and overall maintaining roll guideline in a constant presence and relationship with each student from distance.
Let the class see who you are and share your background.
It is best to post an academic and achievement-based bio online to share with the class. also ask each person to model your example.
I learned that you can still make a great impression on your online students just by creating a bio so they can learn more about you and what qualifications and achievements you have obtained and they in turn can produce a bio to familiarize the teacher with their students.
I learned that getting to know students through the online system is important.
