Developing a course plan helps students to know the plan and helps to keep them on top of everything they need to work through throughout the course.
It is important for everything to be aligned and instruction clear to ensure student understanding. Instructors must share what they expect from students in term of communication.
Scaffolding builds upon the prior lessons in a course. Different student will learn the best way they can learn: F2F, multimedia, P2P, etc. Adapt and review the scaffold.
The idea of anonymity is good. I think that students who are offered the option of communication via an alias could provide a safe way of expression.
I found the idea of allowing students to contribute to conversations using an alias surprising. I had not considered that approach to increasing communication among students who typically do not communicate. I can see how that could be a great tool to use for a blended course as well.
I learned the eight tasks to make sure students build sppropriate learning scaffoldin. I believe the first and last on the list, Provide clear instructions and create momentum are the most important steps on my end to get the students engaged and to keep them engaged.
I have learned the importance of a strong syllabus. It gives clarity and direction, it will also improve communication.
Appropriate scaffolding is probably one of the most challenging tasks when building a learning environment. Often times students will come into an environment with inefficient methods of learning and may even be prone to self-sabotage. The instructor should take some time to recognize these students and highlight the benefits of scaffolding and work to build and environment that will strengthen effective learning habits for these individuals. A dynamic and well planned syllabus can be the first step to providing this kind of support.
Syllabus should be dynamic and provide as much instruction and resources as possible.
Student build from previous knowledge, skills and experiences so scaffolding should have 8 tasks to help students build.
Clarity in expectations is key. Clear, consistent messaging will help with scaffolding and lead to student success.
First to make sure to keep on top of the studnets that they stay on the topic of the course.
But the best line I read in past few seesions which helps me focus on the students needs:
"students need to focus on learning with the technology rather than learning from the technology."
Using online tools to help students build knowledge and skills in an online platform.
I learned the importance of scaffolding in an online environment
I learned what scaffolding is, before reading this module I have never heard of the term scaffolding. I feel that this is what will make a difference in teaching, most of the time students will always ask, "when will I actually use this in my field that I plan on going into"? If you are able to relate to the topic you maybe be able to give an example of when you had to use the material that you are discussing, and by doing this you will then have the students interested and engaged in the topic.
Planning scaffolding support the: –Establishment of learning goals –Plan to achieve goals –Development of strategies for effective learning and management
Consistent language throughout the course is important, so that the student is not confused. Use the same procedures, instructions, and directions with each student and so on to faciliate consistency and ease for the student's LMS experience.
It is important to utilize all learning elements of a course. Learning elements enhance and reinforce learning objectives. Learning elements are not, however; a substitution for classroom instruction. Learning elements can encourage communication and participation. Both lend to the development of a strong online learning community which results in successful outcomes.
I learned that a Dynamic Syllabus is necessary and uses web-based tools for student collaboration. Also, I realized that student scaffolding, such as building on prior knowledge, is critical.
Scaffolding is prior knowledge the students have and this helps them with e-learning. Provide a well thought out syllabus with plenty of detail of the class, expectations and even the technology we have to have.
