Keeping students engage and motivate is important.
I feel alittle more strategies may be needed with online discussions and its importance for student participation and success. I feared that the human connection may of been lost here, but with proper encouragement and participation on the part of the instructor should help keep the learning environment alive .
Realizing the difference between asynchronous and synchonus discussion, and the pros and cons of each
I learned that communication is different with online learning becuase in a class room students get verbal and noverbal communication where as on an online forum you have to be able to communicate in a different fashion. May be by using highlighted or bold words and the tone of the verbage is also impoertant to not send the wrong message.
I agree it is important to provide feedback to students is a timely marrer. Sometimes I get caught up in completing housekeeping duties that I have delayed feedback to my students.
I learned a lot about asynchronous and synchronous discussions and to best foster those discussions. I also learned about providing quality feedback to my students on their work.
I learned the importance of knowing the difference between asynchonous and synchronous and providing feedback.
I need to remember to provide feedback on a timely basis. Often times I get caught up in housekeeping matters that I forget to provide timely feedback.
Synchronous discussions are best for 1:1 while asynchronous is best for groups. Asynchronous promotes more participation. There are 3 types of learners that may need to be quickly identified, the avoidant, competetive and dependant
I have learned the difference between Asynchronous and Synchronous discussions. I had never thought about putting these two types of discussions in these two categories. I think it is extremely important to be able to reach all learners and identifying different methods of discussions. This is going to help me set up discussion groups in the future.
Learners can be engaged by providing positive feedback in the form of constructive criticism.
Feedback early and often is critical to most students.
I tend to be sarcastic in nature which does not translate well electronically. So I need to be careful how I word things to aviod coming across as being rude.
Also, to keep live meetings as more of a small group gathering, instead of all of the students at once.
I thoguht this was a great section and with regards to the topic at hand I felt that it was very important to engage learners through providing real-world, substantive, examples of how the concept we're talking about plays out in the real world. I aim to encourage our students and "priase the effort" while working to provide a foundation of upward mobility.
This seems to be a highly subjective teaching method. How can you create and/or justify a rubric for discussion that is fair to all?
I believe that students should receive both synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences in an online course. The asynchronous piece should be the dominant form of instruction, however, in my opinion, reinforcement is more effective in synchronous situations. Office hours, group projects, and specialized areas of instruction are examples where this may come into play. Additionally it provides students with a level of intimacy with the teacher and their peers that asynchronous learning lacks.
I've learned that asynchronous communication is the "heart" of online learning and that synchronous communication, a.k.a. "chat sessions" have four major disadvantages, and is best used for 1:1 clarifications personal advice. Video-enabled chat tools increase the effectiveness of synchronous small groups. I've also learned to promote interaction by responding to groups of related responses rather than individual messages, and encouraging learners to comment on a selected learner's response.
I learned the differences between asynchronous and synchronous discussions. I also learned the different learning styles of online learners. I was familiar with traditional learning styles and was intrigued by the new titles for learning styles. I see that constructive criticism and some feedback needs to be directed to particular learners and not the entire group.
I learned about the differences between synchronous and asynchronous learning, and how to adjust to each student's learning style.
This module is about how to engage learners with various learning styles. Asynchrrnous and synchronous discussions are discussed and asychronous is the preferred method because students can do one thing at a time.
