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.
There were many good points on why students may choose to drop online classes and how to keep them engaged and encouraged to stick it out.
There may be some students who will try to intentionally challenge you, and the best way to handle those types of students is to maintain your composure and respond unemotionally.
I learned that student's behavior has a lot to do with their studying and the different type of students the procrastinator, has a lot to do with e-learning.
In any online course, the instructor has to be able to manage the learning environment. In some situations, students need help stay engaged, and in other situations, students need to be moderated. I am learning to help students in either situation help themselves succeed, and also prevent disruptive behavior in the learning environment.
Understanding that an online student may have other commitments that occupy their space is a starting point to understand their behavior. As instructors, before pointing out, we must always be in a position to guide both to maintain the student's interest and incorporate it into the course activities as well as for conflict management. Everything based on a communication of respect and empathy can achieve great results.
I have learned that there can be many challenges when teaching on an online platform, and that there may be different type of students who may bring with them different challenges. I will make sure to have the institution's code of conduct present with me so that I may be able to know how to best deal and resolve any issues.
Muy bueno en general todo el curso, desde mi punto de vista, incorpora todo lo que un docente Online debe saber.
Me parecio muy interesante el tema de resolver conflictos, y los recursos para evitar la deserción escolar.
I found interesting the indication to keep a record of student communications and productions, as well as communications. Otherwise, it is valuable to distinguish the personality of the student and his conflicts with the content or the system, from the conflicts with other students or the instructor. There one values the communications records if the conflict is not resolved and the authorities must intervene.
There are 4 types of learners: Noisy, Quiet, Disruptive and Intimidators and since they pose different challenges for the teacher , we as teacher should be prepared to deploy different strategies to keep them motivated.
