There are three types of communication within an online classroom. They are:
- Student-to-Content (S2C): Students will read, view, and listen to books, articles, videos, and recordings provided as part of the course content.
- Student-to-Instructor (S2I): Students will communicate directly with the instructor and receive feedback from the instructor.
- Student-to-Student (S2S): Students will engage in communication with their peers and even work on activities and assignments in groups.
Students online need more interaction and I will do more interaction and set boundries for all assignments and online experience
The online environment does create challenges when it comes to communication since it takes away things like facial response and spontanuity.
Online education relies more on the written feedback than an actual conversation face to face. Social presence is very limited. A Zoom classroom will help with audio and visual feedback. Instructors should communicate with students on a regular basis. Communication should also have boundries.
What I like to do when commenting on discussions is to not only include the response to that student, but also make more gerneralized comments to encourage others to read and interact. Might spark more conversations.
Feedback must be timely to be useful. A Word document with common feedback help the instructor be more efficient.
Instructor feeback on communication on a regular basis is mandatory. Students need the instructors guidance and direction. Check our on line course on a regular bases.
Feedback should be continuous and informative so that students may learn why they were incorrect.
Feedback is key to the success of a student.
Not having the "in the classroom environment" setting allows for allternative approaches and collaboratively (all pons intended) stimulates instructors skill sets to to find inovative mannerts to comunicate with students and staff alike.
Because we are not in a traditional classroom enviornment it is important that expectations for students are clear and that there is constant communication and feedback between student and teacher. However, it is important to set boundaries on communication as well like office hours.
In order to keep students involved in the participation to keep them engaged, form smaller groups & post problems to be solved, have students give critique, start a debate on a topic in your lesson, etc that will encourage participation from students. Just posting a question for students to answer may not be very engaging.
Clear communication and instructions can help the student understand better and feel more comfortable getting involved in the conversation. The more confortable the student feels with you and the other students the better the chances of them wanting to get involved.
Consistent feedback will greatly increase the student’s participation and the quality of the work being turned in.
It might be beneficial for students to work in small teams as long as you establish norms and can monitor. Also, keep responces short an simple and be mindful of how it might be viewed by the reader.
Communication through feedback is extremely important for the student and teacher and must be on going. But one need to know their boundaries when communciating to students. This will help to build a strong and healthy online class.
Feedback plays a lerger role in the online learning environment. Facial expressions, tone, and other non-verbal cues are absent so immediate feedback is important for students to gauge their progress. I need to be sure to setup guidelines for how often I will be providing feedbacl to my online students.
Gloria,I ahve found how the dynamics have really changed sine we went on-line and how the students miss the fiace-to-face communication, It has made me aware of making sure that My feedback is quickly returned to the student along making sure that I am involved in the discussuib porcess as well. Students need to feel that you are involved just as if you were in the classroom setting. This has been helpful.
Students need a lot of feedback and support in an online environment
I learned about best practices for student collaboration and communication for effective online teaching.
