Asynehrounous discussions can be viewd as the heart of on line courses. I learned that these discussions are for everyone and help engage all students in participating. Synchronous discussions are in real time and invovle 1-5 students. Feedback is important but in grading and or critiquing a student's work it should always be done in a synchronous discussion of 1 on 1.
I believe it is important to establish an interactive relationship with each individual student. This will get them to buy in. I think its important for the student to know that your invested in their success as well.
The different types of discussion between asynchronous and synchronous was interesting to me. It makes sense with what I am seeing now with my students but to be honest had never thought of it in this way!!
In the module, the primary ways to communicate and engage students is consistenly commuicating in lessons.
Learners are more likely to participate with early and continuous engagements on a level meaningful to the student.
I learned the difference between asynchronous and synchronous discussions. I learned when and how to use each discussion to the benefit of my online students.
Feedback is like emails. You have to make sure your words are in correct way of making soemone read it only one way.
If your commecnt, feedback and notes can be seen is different format. It can cause a student to get upset
The biggest advantages is knowing when to utilize asynchronous and synchronous discussions. One must remember the elearner can't see your body language or facials therefor verbage placement within emails must be carefully done.when managing course discussions amongst students. That again starts with getting to know and having a connection with my students.
It is important to be wsomewhat social and offer feedback to halep students build the confidence they need,
Asynchronous is better for larger groups but planning small group discussions can benefit some learners as long as time zones and availability of the learners.
I learned about some techniques that will help me facilitate both synchronous and asynchronus discussions as well as appropriate situations for both types of discussions. I also learned about types of reluctant learners and how to address their styles of learning.
The importance of asynchronous discussion in the online classroom and how to encourage students to participate
The discussions allow students to learn from each other and ensure evryone's opinion is valued.
It's important to use methods in my communication so that students can feel/see my reactions - bolding, underlining, emoticons, etc. Also, constructive feedback needs to be given privately through personal emails.
This module gave me a good perspective on why some students never logged on Zoom to finish out the school year.
Asynchronous is the way to go. It allows the students to follow along at their own pace. They can comment when available and not be rushed during a chat session. They are able to post a more detailed comment when not put on the spot.
It is important to gain the trust of the students. Also it is important to remember that in a normal classroom setting, not all of the time would b used for content base. So it is important to make sure that you do have time to talk with the students. If done at the beginning and end, you can work on discussions and to help promote students to talk. Also doing it at the end also helps to wrap up the lesson.
By encouraging students to participate through the use of break out rooms, side chats and asking students questions.
In this part of the course we learned about asynchronous and synchronous discussions, and how to foster both types successfully. We also learned about different students' learnings styles: Avoidant, Competative, Dependent.
