Whether synchronous, asynchronous, or blended -- having guidelines, being well-organized, and affording high accessibility [of resources] to students is critical to sucessfully reaching learning outcomes.
Whether you teach the synchronous method or the more popular asynchronous method—teaching patterns, class organization, student accountability, and repeating course delivery in the same or similar fashion is key to the success of the students' learning.
Whether the method employed is synchronous or ascnchronous, effective communication between the students and the instructor will ultimately lead to better learning outcome
Communication is the key to creating an appropriate learning environment for both student and instructor. The students need to know what the expectations are and how they should be met. Because of my own style I prefer a combination of sychronous and asynchronus learning environment. I am more of a face to face learner as well as educator.
communications with students and clear guidelines set a course up for success.
During this module, I learned the difference between asynchronous and synchrounous. Yesturday, I was in a meeting and the two words kept coming up in the meeting. I did not ask the meaning of the words and I did not look them up, because the day just went by so fast. Therefore, I am happy that I had placed this class on my schedule for this morning. I work better teaching asynchronous. This gives me more time with each individual student. Plus, I am a person that is self paced.
I enjoyed the language surrounding developing a consistent pattern of teaching to help the students build familiarty with course structures.
Just as in the brick-and-mortar classroom, organization and clear expectations are essential for success. I like to think of the asynchronous and synchronous discussions as similar to individual check-ins with students while they work and the teacher walks around vs. whole group discussions. They each serve their own purposes.
I think it's most important to clearly communicate the class structure to your students, whether synchonous or asynchronous. It's funny that it says synchronous is used least often. I've seen much more of this since quarantine.
Asynchronous and Synchronous must be used when it supports your students. Bottom line, know your students and what works best for them to be successful in your course.
students need consistency in teaching patterns. It relieves stress.
I am working on establishing both syncronous and asynchronous in a course. Provide asynchronous summary video, have synchronous online meeting over topic, and then finally provide asynchronous review. Organization and guidelines will be key. Any suggestions or pitfalls to that module approach?
Just feels like a lot more work. But I am wondering what should be provided as a carry away and how? The ability to reference this material later when they are in a real work situation and want to refresh. Hence the asyncronous review.
Both on your own learning and with the teacher learning have value online. I enjoy online courses that I can take on my own at my own pace as long as a lot of feedback is put into the program. Like this course instantly gives feedback which keeps the pace of the course moving smoothly. I also can enjoy video conferencing to see another human.
It is important to repeat teaching pattern over the course of the semester to ensure students know what to expect and do. I have learned that it is important to clearly communicate learning outcomes and to put materials in a centralised location so that students can access these documents easily. Students should also know what is expected of them in terms of communication methods, and submission deadlines.
communication, content delivery and consistency!
Syn.= students learn at the same time and is teacher controled enviroment... Asy.= the self paced environment. Students must be willing to work on their own
An organized and effective pattern of teaching (e.g., communication tools, content delivery system, assignment submission) is important to student success. Students must understand the learning objectives or they may feel lost.
Asynchronous Learning requires motivated, responsible students who can read, analyze and learn. Asynchronous learning is organized at a more in-depth level than synchronous learning. The location of the learning in an asynchronous course must be obvious and a FAQ discussion board is helpful.
Synchronous courses occur in a real-time environment. Time Zones and family commitments may make it difficult to participate in synchronous courses.
The value of communication and the importance of consistent organization. I plan to audit my current online courses to verify my content "flows."
Regardless of what style we used it needs to be organized.
