It's very important to know and understand the outcomes you want the students to attain in a course (or individual lecture/lab) and chose tools that will help support you. This, in turn, creates a more engaging classroom.
There are many online tools available, I need to research them and find ones that work for me.
Technology allows opportunity to reach all students with various learning stlyes.
Matching teaching tools to teaching styles can streamline output of content.
I have learned a variety of online teaching options and teaching styles, what the can accomplish and why I might choose to use them in my virtual classroom. It was good to think about. I generally just use whatever the supervisor suggests. But as we enter this new way of life, it will be good to conform the setting more to my liking and teaching style.
Understand the technology tool and its purpose before using in a course.
Once again, there are many tools of technology. We need to find the best tools that work for each of our students. We can't just remain content with what we are used to.
I learned that understanding the teaching tool and using it correctly to match your teaching style is ideal. Short lectures for attention span was an important take away. I always forget that it becomes to difficult for the student to stay engaged with only lecture for more than 15 min. Always working to become a better facilitator.
I learned about different technology tools that an instructor can use to match his teacing style. Tools can and should be reviewed to make sure that students can effectively use them. Tools shoulld be modified to meet the needs of the course.
It is important to consider and assess what your teaching styles are before you'd be able to properly match the different types of technological tool you'd like to use for your classroom.
It is important to use the correct tool to match teaching style. Usually a teacher has more thatn one style and will need to adjust as they go along to make sure the learning is going as planned.
I learned that in order to engage students and maximize student learning it is important to understand your teaching style, match the appropriate teaching tool to the learning objective, and reflection and feedback is important for continual improvement.
A facilitor must have a student centered leaning which places the responsiblit for learnig in the students themselves. It helps the students become independent in thier learning and encourages participation and collabation.
I learned the importance of consistency in setting up courses and course modules to facilitae learning while reducing confusion. Also testing out course modules with an objective third party before launching and correcting issues will make the experience much smoother for students.
Instructors need to carefully evaluate technology tools and select technology tools that support the teaching and learning process.
An instructor must learn which techonolgy tools works best for his/her students and the level of the students knowledge of woking with techonolgy. I also learned that weekly or daily feedback is a very important component to learning and teaching and learning online.
There are a varity of technology tools avaialble to support online learning. It is important for the instructor to know what the different tools are and how they can support the learning outcome. It is also equally important to view the tools from the lens of the student and how they will interface with them - are they making the learning experinece better or confusing the objective.
The technology should support not hinder, instructors Must identify their teaching style and match with the technology tool.
continuously trying and accessing online teaching tools is an important step to figuring out what works well with the individual teachers teaching style.
Today's learning opportunites are varied and exciting giving learners opportunity to interact with the world in a myriad of ways.
