The concept of breaking the students into smaller groups is something I had not considered.
The different things to consider between asyncronous and syncronous are things I need to focus on.
I learned that it is imporatnt to provide guidelines and expecations for discussion group, a newer concept for those that have never had discussions in an online format. It will also be helpful to have rubrics for online discussions so students aware of the expecatations
I use asynchronous discussion forums much more than synchronous. I am excited to have learned the formatting for sucessful learning in both situations of discussion. I intend to use synchronous more now that I understand the guidelines better.
While e-learining during these last couple of months, I've noticed that if I don't give feedback on assignments, comments, or questions right away then I won't see many assignments turned in. I'm constantly responding to assignments and questions in order to encourage more participation who tend to avoid the work.
I found it interesting that response to an asynchronous discussion is greater than a synchronous discussion
Fostering participation in asynchronous and synchronous discussion is important in the role of the instructor. Feedback for each student is also very important. Due to the various learning styles of students, course content should be delivered asynchronously. Synchronous discussions should encourage interaction at the beginning and end of each activity.
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.
