Many different challenges and some ones to come in the future. These are some great guidelines to handle even the unpredictable
I learned thatit takes more motivation and dedication to be successful with online learning. Students may have the tendency to procrastinate since they are not face-to-face with the instructor. As an instructor you need to communicate more, and troubleshoot behaviors early and effectively while following work policies. Offer alot of encouragement and guidance.
this module was extremely helpful in that I have two students that are facing these same issues. Issues with course work load, technical issues and health issues. Currently I am not dealing with any conflicts, but I have in the past. The information was very helpful. I do have some noisy learners, so that section will also help. This student will interrupt and interject inappropiate comments during our discussions and do my best to redirect that person and encourage professional behavoir.
Procrastination is one of the key enemies of a quality online education, and motivating those who employ it is a key challange for the instructor.
I learned that we must keep a record of communcation with students. Also behavoire issues with students and how to handle them
Learning how to manage the different learning types of learners in an on line environment was quite helpful. Furthermore, responding to questions within 24 hours was good advice.
I learned about a noisy learner, I have never heard of that before and found this to be interesting as noisy learners primarily respond to the facilitator and not other goup members and they tend to skip around the main points of the discussion.
I lernd that you are going the have all kinds of students that learne diffrently. As long as you keep records of all the of communications and participation. There sound not be a probel that needs to escalate. Also cummunicating and counseling students of there role as a student.
Good ideas on keeping student in the course and how to deal with students working full time plus doing course.
I learned how to reduced student attrition and how to handle conflict in online learning.
Some students like to push the buttons to see how far they can go
Communication with students is incredably important. Understanding student behavior and addressing issues immediatly.
The same problems exist for online as in class, the only thing that changes is the distance.
How to deal with different types of online students
I've learned that there are different methods for counseling students. I will be exploring the chat feature.
The student wanting to challenge my teaching due to their knowledge is very tough to overcome, but with the rules by our organizaton and being Able to counsel helps out. Counseling over a chat is new to me and may try this on a minor situation.
It's important not to engage in procrastination ourselves and to make time for individual interaction with each student as needed.
The need for developing organized and easy to retrieve recordkeeping is essential. This task cand be great, but it would seem over time the instructor could find systems that would help in many task of the online instructor.
What I found to be the most difficult hurdle of all is the student's lack of discipline. They admit this. You have students who are able to handle the differences in the online environment, but for those that struggle with logging in and learning, it takes relating it to something they are familiar with. Not just the idea of needing this for a job, but I ask them if they play video games and if they ever set up meeting times to get online with friends. I say that this isn't really much different. It is the same as being in class, but now you're saving gas!!
Keeping the students participating in the online environment can be a challenge. As an instructor I would have to be aware of individual needs. Communication is very important.
