In e-learning making discussion pages is a vital tool to keep students engaged with each others and with their instructor too. These discussions can be material related and can be used as a feedback and evaluation means to improve the quality of the learning experience.
I learned that I should create a bio and get my students to do a bio on the first day.
It is important to get to know your students as much as they need to get to know you providing print out will help to navigate the class.
Maintaining accessibility to the learner and providing insight on your background may assist the learner to establish success and setting expectations.
My takeaways in this module would be to post a biography about me in my classes and ask the students to talk about themselves. I always try to build a great community in my courses but I think this could help me more.
I learned how important it is to make your presence felt and that the students feel supported by that presence. I also learned the many ways to accomplish this with specific online communication methods.
It is a critical part of my teaching responsibilities to be sure to learn about each student from the beginning of each new class.
It is important to get to know your students and allow your students to get to know you as well. This well set up a good base for a learning relationship throughout the class.
Our college offers hybrid format courses. I found the methods suggested for online course formats to create educational richness and increase positive learning beneficial. I actually employed some of these methods during the pandemic, when our format was 100% online. I;ll confess that I find the hybrid model challenging - I look forward to revisiting my methods to seek better integration of these principles to our hybrid modality.
The importance of being mentally prepared to teach an online course as online instructors must know how to influence, persuade, inspire, and energize their students just like in a classroom setting is something that stood out to me.
In this section I learned how important it is not only for the students to get to know a little about myself, hobbies and activities beyond my professional expertise but also for me to get to know about them beyond academia
Keeping my students engaged with activities to do during the session will help with their confidence and retention.
It is important to share experiences and information about myself and have students share as well to learn about their back grounds.
The importance of showcasing myself and all of my accomplishments. I don't usually do some of this as I feel like it is boasting. But also having a video bio is just as good as a text bio.
Adapting learning strategies to establish and nurture mutual trust, harmony, respect, and understanding among students is a method that can not only be used in person but can also be used in the online classroom to inspire new ideas and creativity. The same level of care and dedication that is needed in the in-person classroom is also needed in the online classroom.
In order to learn about e-learners, students should post a short biography of themselves to be shared with everyone.
Day one I always talk about myself to the class about my teaching past and personal information to try to connect with my students.
- It is very important to have good communication with students.
As an online instructor I feel that I must know how to influence, persuade, inspire, and energize their students just as would be done in a traditional classroom setting.
For an online course, it is important to connect with the students. Responding and engaging in discussions through discussion boards or video is great. Getting to know your students by having them do a getting to know each exercise helps to relieve some of the disconnectedness that can occur in online courses.
