Developing a syllabus creates a chronologic order guide for students to understand and make sense of the course guide and expectations.
I have learned the instructor should work to keep the students engaged to improve their learning success. Having a dynamic syllabus allows the instructor to make changes as needed, and even take suggestions from students.
Keep the learning fun and change it up to keep students interested.
Keeping lessons student-centered and including scaffolding and reinforcement where appropriate.
A better understanding of scaffolding in education
I learned that the syllabus must have thorough information in order for the students to know what is expected of them in the course. The instructor must be prepared and ensure that the students are ready for class.
The syllabus is the guide to navigating the course. As the instructor, it is up to me to facilitate the learning process and support it with tools and prior knowledge applied to learning concepts.
I was most intrigued by the idea of a 'dynamic syllabus'; I think often we build our syllabus completely & then put it to the side until we need to reference something or we get of "schedule".
The course syllabus serves as a roadmap for the student to identify the course information such as a detailed outline and a summary of the course. It helps in identifying the sources of references used in the course including the background information about the professor.
The instructional delivery method for a course describes how the teacher will offer a course. Effective communication is essential. Students have to understand the instructions clearly.
Make the syllabus dynamic by asking students for feedback. Use tools to make classes engaging and collaborative. Allow them to present ideas anonymously.
I learnt about the importance of building on line community using various web tools. I will certainly use them next time in my classes.
I have learnt about creating a dynamic syllabus, online learning community, scaffolding and using effective communication.
What I liked and eager to implement is applying the concept of scaffolding to make learning for the students more effective.
Hello,
I learned a lot in this module, interactive syllabus is something I definitively I will apply on my online courses. Another important thing I learned is that we can use a lot of different web tools to create and guide an online community.
I really liked this module
Kind regards
A facilitator needs to be imaginative, and creative, and have an impressive online presence to successfully facilitate an online course for today's students. In the current online learning environment (also known as e-learning), faculty need to create a safe, nonjudgmental environment where views, perspectives, and personal and professional experiences are encouraged in order to meaningfully engage students and keep them inspired while delivering the necessary course material. In order to further improve the learning process, the educator must model an educator-facilitated active, student-centered learning process in which students are held responsible for their active involvement and self-directed learning while performing a facilitator role.
In an online learning setting, scaffolding refers to the technological aids teachers or instructors offer. These educators will make use of a range of technical resources and technologies that might help them in their teaching. Learners can benefit in the same ways: they may use the online classroom to interact with others while having their facilitators periodically check on their progress. However, in order to prevent pupils from becoming discouraged if they don't learn, such a strategy needs a systematic guideline. Because of this, online educators must effectively scaffold lessons in accordance with students' needs.
Conceptual scaffolding, procedural scaffolding, strategic scaffolding, and metacognitive scaffolding are the four forms of scaffolding that are often used in online learning, with the latter type receiving the most attention in previous studies. Technology also plays a significant role; instructors may fully utilize technology resources to help both their teaching and the academic progress of their pupils. Additionally, it goes without saying that instructional designs are crucial to ensuring that scaffolding is successful in online learning. The success of online learning can be influenced by these appropriate instructional aids.
First of all, we need to have a dynamic syllabus. A syllabus is updated and should represent the dynamism of the course.
We must involve the students in the course using different educational tools, motivate them regularly and insert them into a real group life of learners on a given theme
From the text, it is clear that creating an online learning community involves more than just providing access to information and technology tools. Students must establish a sense of belonging and identify a purpose for belonging to the community. Effective communication is also essential for the success of the student, and the instructor needs to pay particular attention to the communication of each individual student and the group. It is important to provide opportunities for communication and collaboration, both synchronous and asynchronous, through tools such as chat rooms, discussion boards, wikis, and blogs. Sustaining an online learning community involves developing forums in which students feel comfortable sharing ideas, opinions, and facts with others, and where they work collaboratively to reconceptualize the course content. In addition, it is important to use a variety of communication and collaboration tools to keep students engaged and connected, both within and outside the course module or LMS.
Dear colleagues,
This topic made me reflect on the importance of having a good communication policy within my courses.
I intend to apply this to promote richer communication through the discussion forums I post in my courses.
Regards.
"Respect Begets Respect"
I love this line "Respect for all participants and the instructor should be at the top of the guidelines", coming from the lesson, Using Effective Communication. As instructors we have to ensure an environment that's safe for our students, especially when it is the online environment where control and discipline is very challenging.
So how do we guarantee that there will be no bullying, stalking, and inappropriate language used in the online platform?
1. There should be clear instruction and guidelines regarding allowed language.
2. There should be close monitoring of student discussions, forums, and places of engagement.
3. Call out the attention of students who doesn't follow guidelines of respect towards each other.
This shows that the instructor, although given independence and leeway to student expressions and engagements in the platform, is still very much involved in the process and his present is felt all throughout.
I think I learned that creating an interactive environment for students to learn was important, as well as scaffolding and chunking.
