As a facilitator it is essential to provide timely feedback to students. It is also improtnat to promote student engagement to ultimately increase learning.
Communication, fostering a learner-centered environment, structuring problem-based learning, and providing meaningful, informative feedback are all essential tasks for instructors. However, students are responsible for their own learning and providing informative feedback makes instructors a "guide on the side."
I have often thought that students who were online learners were self-motivated on their own. And now I feel that is not always the case. I need to be more of a facilitator and work with the students to understand what I am trying to convey to them. Typically, my syllabus has been on-ground for students, and now I am learning to put in an online-based section, and cut out on-ground sections. This has not been easy, and I am trying to work through errors so students can benefit from having what is expected of them.
Due to differentiated learning styles, it is helpful for instructors and students to establish an open line of communication to ensure a clear and effective lesson.
To make sure the assignments are clear so there isn't any confusion. If you expect students to do well on a assignment and multiple students don't do well, the instructure may have not explained things clearly.
I think what am impact a true faculty can make in regards to the many hats we wear. It truly fits that a faculty is a learning facilitator, social director, techincal support and more all in one.
My biggest takeawys from this moduale are: creating a communication framework; setting clear student and instructor guidelines as far as communication; and providing clear, specific, feedback to discussion forum posts. Also, remembering that we should always be modeling good communication strategies.
communication ,feedback {always be constructive} be ready to tweak your teaching style good rapport with your students encourage participation constantly evaluate how useful it is engage your students and listen to them
An instructor is a coach, encourager, communicator, and must be a good listener! Communication and feedback are essential!
I have mostly done a mixture of teacher-centered and student-centered courses but after this module, I want to go more toward student-centered learning to increase and enhance student engagement.
I learned I'm more of a facilitator than teacher per se; I need to foster a learner- and student-centered environment instead of focusing on just presenting content.
A guide on the side is a great way to explain a facilitator. Having been a "teacher" based in lectures in a F2F class, online teaching is an adjustment and a learning curve to ride along the way.
Taking student feedback, evaluating all course content and their comments is a great way to look at a course internally for improvement.
As instructors, we should be addressing the needs of learners by guiding empowering, independent and realistic, problem-based learning experience.
Giving and receiving feedback about the course is an effective tool to modify the course for students as a facilitator. In addition, during synchronous learning, utilize methods to engage students in the discussion or course content.
Student understanding at times can be a challenge. I find if information is presented to them in writing and not just verballized, they may be able to identify what it is we are offering them. Confrimation of true understanding can occur when the student is given the opportunity to recognize their level of comprehension.
Faculty's deep engagement with robust feedback enhances students' learning and engagement.
Engaging students from the beginning of the course and providing clear and concise feedback will enhance student learning.
As an instuctor I have many roles to play to become a good facilitator to my students. Feedback from students will determine if I am presenting my lessons properly, and what changes I need to make to improve my teaching capabilities.
There are a variety of ways learning can occur, this is not only in terms of the availability of students for synchronous or asynchronous teaching but the level of responsibility a student can manage for the own learning. Providing approaches that allow students a great deal of flexibility and learning from one another can result in exceptional learning but not all students are ready for this style.
