Moving forward, I need to better communicate the course expectations up front, as well as provide timely feedback to the students after they submit their work.
If I want to become a facilitator, I need to design my course to be self-directed, realistic, and have applications of the concepts being studied. Students will need to make their own meanings and discoveries. I will need to encourage participation and provide feedback and support.
I need to work more on my engaging students. I will utilize the techniques to promote interactions that was provided in this course.
Feedback and interaction are very important. Not just for an instructor but also for the students.
Timely respponse to questions and keeping answers succinct so they can not be misconstrued
Course facilitation is a constant, evolving process. Instructors must evaluate during a course as well as after to ensure that the course is meeting the needs of all students.
The use of discussions and how to mange them was the most important piece from this section. I have not been good in the past in using discussions mainly because I just didn't know how or take the time to figure out how to make them effective. This has given me some ideas on how to implement that component to my online classes.
Giving timely feedback is impo. This allows room fron student sucess
It is important to actively engage learners, and to constantly evaluate and adjust what works/what doesn't
Motivation is key for an online program to work.
I learned about different kinds of feedback to provide students with.
I learned as an instructor, how important the need to evaluate student learning.
Teachers need to make sure to include supportive comments along with the constructive critique.
The instructor should be an administrator, technology helper, social administrator. Feedback is an important part of communication.
Feedback between student and teacher is highly important; it impacts student's participation during the course.
Watch for "busy" work. Make sure engagement has pupose.
THe teacher acts a a facilitator in many ways.
I have learned how to be an effective facilitator of learning through independent learning. I like the idea of asynchronous learning, but the maturity of the student must be evaluated often in order to have positive outcomes.
Feedback is essential to updating a course to improve student learning but should not just be from students.
