I learned that telephone contact should be for between 10-20 and may nnot alwyas be effective for larger groups. Email communicatiion with studetns should be at specific times and with good instructions provided with expectations. Also, I liked the breakdown on the specific tools for small and large group interactions.
i think its important to see both point of views
Different forms of communication is important when going from F2F to online.
Texting and phone calls to students in an online format are very effective ways of communicating.
It is wise to investigate all technology tools and use the tools that best fit students and instructors.
The following questions may be added to an instructor's end-of-Course evaluation to help assess the technology communication tool's effectiveness.
There are a number of tools for Instructors and students to communicate with one another in an online environment.
Communication represents the fundamental step of both teaching and learning, and communication is the most important part of any learning process. The accent on communication in an asychronous environment is even greater because it can have a great impact on the overall success of your teaching.
Different technologies for communications need to be investigated so that one is selected to meet the needs of the course.
My observation of the following presentation are that there are many different tools that can be used to effectively communicate with students. Although, these tools are all useful tools, some are more effective based on size of the class or number of students. I think it is important to be able to differentiate which are more appropriate than others, especially now since technology is becoming more prevalent and utilixed in our classrooms.
What I learned is that as an instructor you have to adapted to what the students use to their adavtage that will help them become successful, times have changed and the way that we learned 10 years ago is very different than how some learn in this day and age. we have to use all this new technology to our advantage.
Feedback is necessary. This provides a clear picture as to how effective, user-friendly, etc. technology is for the student experience.
I was familiar with and had utilized some fo the tools prior to working on this course. I am learning how to best choose what I ascertain to be the right tool for the right job, and also valuable ways to evaluate the effectiveness of th echosen tools
It is important to find out what communication methods work best for students and to change it if it is not working well.
Technology tools sometimes can be intimidating, which is why it's necessary for us as Instructors to also step out of our comfort zone and explore new ways to implement communication tools. I'd like to explore currents apps or social media trends that our student find easy to use.
It might be small but the thing I learned specifically was setting up expectations with students about one-on-one/small group communication. I need to reiterate the importance a few times throughout the semester, reminding students to check their email and announcements via the LMS. It helps create a communication pipeline that everyone can follow without feeling overwhelmed. A real win-win situation!
When chooing the appropriate means to communicate with students, it is important to think about the group size you are working with and the effectiveness of the tool. It is of upmost importance that the tool be one that is easily navigated and user friendly, while also a good means for effective communication.
Many ways to communicate are readily available to students and instructors. The importance of notification of necessary hardware and software for a specific course.
There is a lot of technology and social media tools we can carefully implement in our courses that can help the students learn, communicate and be succesful in their studies. As instructors we need to review each source and see what will be more effective for the course and the students. We need to ask for feedback from students to see if the technology, social media or tools we used for the course were helpful and if we should keep for future courses or make the appropriate changes.
There are many options/methods/tools available for communication. Intructor need to assess the most efffective method by understanding the features of each tool.
