Keeping student's record is important. Communication is the key to resolve any conflicting issues. We can counsel the patients via email. We have to be careful about the choice of wording. Based on the student's learning style and current situation we may offer tips regarding how to complete the course on time.
Always keep a pulse on your students, during the introductions see whole has children, aging parents, keep lines of communication open. Always refer to IT help desk in every module with phone numbers, email links etc.. Make is harder for the attrition to find excuses/reasons to leave
ensure you are communicating with each student daily. Encourage the students to participate in course discussions
I learned ways to identify particular types of learners and suggestions on how to identify and resolve issues with these types early on.
The technical survey early on is a great idea since this would need to be addressed early on to participate before falling too far behind and possibly exiting the course prematurely.
It is important to keep students engaged, minimizing students attrition, counseling and communicating with them, keeping their records, resolving conflicts and dealing with undesirable behaviors.
Evaluate and deal with competition and behavioral issues.
Online teaching brings all sort of challenges with students. I learned the importance to be prepared and to expect the unusual. Students are human and tend to behave differently. No matter what, there will be those who can never be satisfied.
I like the recommendations on how to deal with the different types of disruptors during online learning. As a brand new instructor, these types of recommendations are extremely helpful to me.
In this module I've learned about adult learner attrition. Keeping course records, communicating with students, counseling students, dealing with undesirable behavior, resolving student conflicts and minimizing student attrition.
The behavior & conflict management modules, coupled with the conversation regarding attrition was beneficial. I'm certainly guilty of discounting things I see in the F2F classroom as being relevant to the online classroom.
Managing e learning environment can be challenging. It's important to identify student leaning behaviors and styles and know how to intervene.
I believe getting to know the students, establishing and implementing their learning skills, would be easier to teach the class as a whole.
We must be prepared and able to manage a lot of situations in classroom: Procastination, conflicts, student behavior, technical issues, lack of participation, etc.
With online teaching, it is hard to keep students on tract. An easy way to do this is to make sure at the beginning of the course the students know when all the due dates of assignments are and when exams are scheduled.
From this module I learned the highest ranked method to communicate with online instructors is by email.
Comment on Adnil Soriano's post: good observation!
There are a number of various e-learners that have a different work ethic when it comes to e-learning. Thus, acknowledging how different e-leaners have a different work ethic need to be taken into consideration when engaging learners online.
One idea I picked up on was utilizing a class forum for questions - so I am not inundated with emails. I never thought about doing that before - it makes perfect sense.
Will apply this information in my class courses.
In this module, I learned how to keep student actively engaged in the e-learning environment and how communication and accountability are keep components to student retention.
