WLMS for Teaching Online | Origin: EL112
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Workload Management Strategies for Teaching Online --> WLMS for Teaching Online
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As an online instructor, it is important to have a "presence" Students should be able to feel reassured that there is a person behind the screen. Being flexible is necessary for ensuring that the course p[erates smoothly.
Learner feedback template will be effective time management tool for student assignments
Templates are great to use and helps to me organized in class for the students.
Templates are great and communication is so important in online classes.
Templates can help the students navigate the class.
As an online instructor, we must always have a presence and be available to our students. Making connections will enhance student participation and engagement of the class and ultimately lead to more student success.
Being present is key to engaging online learners
I learned that social presence is important for motivating students and improving engagement.
I learned that it is important to balance life with school and work time managment is very important .
In an asynchronous environment, it is very important for the instructor to participate in discussions and giving feedback to students to avoid them becoming passive learners. It can be difficult to build a positive connection with students when you aren't interacting with them regularly as you would in a synchronous class. Because of that, communicating and responding to posts and assignments is very important.
An instructor's social and teaching presence in the classroom are crucial to the success of the online learners.
Time-blocking has honestly helped me so much with managing my workload. I like to map out my day in advance, assigning specific task to set time blocks. It helps avoid multitasking and get one thing done at a time. This is a recommendation I make to students also to do.
It is important for instructors to be skilled in time management just as it's important for a student to manage their time well. Time management is one of the most essentials pieces for online teaching and learning.
At first, I was feeling that teaching online was going to be difficult due to outside distractions (life, kids) but with the skills listed in this module, I do feel better prepared
Online teaching takes a lot of organization, discipline, and interaction.
Planning and staying on track with organization will ensure that you and your students are on the same page and understand the assignments mutually. Time management is a very important aspect to classroom management being effective.
Planning a schedule and managing student expectations is important. I like the suggestion of virtual office hours so that students have a time frame in which they can connect with an instructor. Also providing information about email and grade turn around time helps to manage their expectations and decrease emails the instructor gets.
Our greatest asset is time. What we save from wasting is reserved for living.
Planning is the biggest key to stay organized. To help the students and yourself stay on track; keeping in mind to stay flexible when needed.
