Setting guidelines and posting rules and agenda information before the meetings is a real take away. Encouragement throughout the process for every student is vital to student success.
I appreciated the clarification of asynchronous and synchronous communication and delivery and the outlining of when each is most effective. The reminder that students who are expected to participate in something like synchronous participation when there is a large group may be hindered if they struggle with reading, typing, and/or processing which makes them less likely to contribute or benefit from the exchange.
It is a good reminder to make sure that feedback is phrased to encourage growth and participation and to motivate students to continue to offer perspectives and participate in the process of learning.
The best way to keep students engaged and involved is to have frequent discussions and feedback from both students and teacher.
It is so important to engage learners. This allows the instructor to detrmine if learning is taking place withe students and it maintains the course momentum. Moreover, it allows the instructor to see if additional help is needed.
I found it very interesting to see the characteristics of online learning styles - avoidant, competitive and dependent. These are much different than the in person styles encountered in a tradiitonal classroom environment. We adapt learning to accommpdate kinesthetic, visual amd auditory learners. It is equally important to identify learning styles for online participants and provide appropriate interventions to enhance learning.
The instructor should be well prepared before going online. They should allow social interactions before the lesson and questions at the end of the lesson. Teachers should engage students in conversation one at a time so that people are not talking over one another. There should be plenty of interaction, discussion, presenting bt the teacher and in small groups. I agree with laura Perralia regarding both asynchronous and asynchronous meetings. Both were helpful!
I learned that synchronous discussions should not be used for large groups and to learn important course content. Students do prefer asynchronous, and tend to be more active and expressive while using asynchronous. But using asynchronous in the beginning can be challenging depending on age group, that goes without saying.
The best way to to keep students engaged is to understand the modes of communication for online instruction... understanding synchronous and asynchronous communication was a plus for me.
I learned the different learning styless in addition to differences between asynchronous and synchronous discussion and guidelines for participation in each. I found this information very beneficial to assist with the maximum amount of participation to ensure student learning and growth.
I learned the difference between asynchronous and synchronous learning as it relates to online courses. I got a much better understanding on the reasons for using each and how to manage them online. I also found it interesting to be able to identify the different learning styles especially the ones that could be a problem online.
Keeping the discussion going is important by both the students and instructor, but I did learn that its best the instructors lead the discussion. Some students need more support than others, we instructors have to catch this early on so we could have students become independent when doing online courses.
In this Module I have learned a few different type of learners, and how to properly involve them into a discussion. We learn that when deilvering valuable information, smaller groups are more effective to conveying the information thoroughly. Identification of contributors is key to hosting affective discussion.
I will try to be making the asychronous discussions occur in an online board style setting so that the more individualized synchronous discussions can occur with intent versus trying to fit them into the overall discussion (must like the individualized instruction would occur in a classroom setting once the overall instruction has finished).
In this module, I have learned the differences between synchronous and asynchronous discussions and apply them in distance learning according to individual student's method of learning.
I learnedthe difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous Discussion Learning and Feedback. When giving a feedback with criticism do it privately in private email. Synchronous is used mainly for Chat Sessions and must be limited to a small group of students, response can be immediate. Asynchronous done with larger group and response time is longer.
Asynchronous discussions encourage reflection, critical thinking, and more student involment. Whereas, synchronous disussions are more like chat rooms. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Participation in learning and getting the students involved is key to their success. Using feedback is also an important tool to assist students in the learning process.
Engaging the learner is most important for the instructor. Many students do not like to respond in fron of large groups so the asynchronous meeting should be a great asset for them
Knowing how to forter participations in asynchronous and synchronous learning evironment, and how to give positive feedback is crucial.
Participation whether it is a Synchronous or Asynchronous meeting is the truest way to assess content knowledge!
Great learniing betwwen synchromous and asychronous. Now its time to place the stratergies in my virtual classroom.
