I learned the importance of teaching students about good online citizenship, academic honesty, and professional communication in order to create a supportive and ethical learning environment. I plan to apply this by clearly outlining expectations in my syllabus, reinforcing them through examples, and providing guidance on plagiarism, communication skills, and participation.
Keep open communication with your class. Especially while detailing your expectations professionally.
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It is important for us as instructors to provide students with tips or guides to help them improve their reading and writing skills.
Communication between instructor and student, as well student to student, in my opinion, helps broaden the information and education from the course. Discussion boards and similar tools encourage communication among instructor and all students and make the topic for discussion more enjoyable. It is key to keep the communication professional, without use of emoji's and other "short cuts" used in such things as texting and emailing as if communicating with "buddies."
Professional communicating online is not different than in-person professional communication. Communication should be clean and clear and free from distractions. Keeping the message clean and allowing for the feedback with readjustments is key in keeping dialogue up to date and relevant.
Comment on Vinette Sharp's post: I had not seen the "CPA" abbreviation before. Certainly tis is the type of communication I want to receive and send.
Effective communication must be CPA-Clear professional and appropriate.
Good reading and writing skills are crucial for online learning.
Good reading and writing skills are foundational but good communication and ethical academic practices are also very important to online learning.
Communication is a key component of any teaching platform. An instructor must strive to be an effective communicator towards the students. This involves learning new skills, technologies and above all, understanding the student's needs, limitations and strengths.
I learned that many online courses involve more activities such as reading and writing than traditional face-to-face course. So, reading and writing are essential for online learning environments.
Maintain open communication with students.
I have learned to understand more about plagiarism.
Direct academic policy, if the policy is lengthy referred them to the specific area of the policy. Knowing the honor code help students develop good online citizenship.
Effective communication is essential to reaching our students and improving teaching skills
I thought that the part of the lesson about a passive or aggressive approach to getting students to participate was interesting. I usually use the passive approach, emailing students who are not as engaged in the work. I think the aggressive approach might work in some cases, but it could also put students on the spot, which might make them uncomfortable.
Participation and engagement, while often used interchangeably, have distinct meanings. Participation refers to the act of taking part or being involved, while engagement signifies a deeper level of investment, connection, and emotional involvement. Think of participation as showing up, while engagement is about truly caring about the outcome and actively contributing.
Aprendí la importancia de la comunicación como herramienta clave para fomentar la participación y el compromiso de los estudiantes en los cursos en línea. No basta con explicar objetivos y tareas, sino que también es fundamental mostrar empatía y preocupación genuina por el aprendizaje de los alumnos. Esta visión humaniza la enseñanza virtual y propone acciones sencillas pero efectivas, como enviar un correo o realizar una llamada, para establecer un vínculo con los estudiantes desde el inicio del curso. Lo esencial es la conexión humana que se puede generar entre instructor y estudiante.
Aprendí que la comunicación efectiva se da desde la interacción con un enfoque claro, profesional y adecuado y cuando dicha comunicación se extiende demasiado, existe la posibilidad de desvío del mensaje.
Aprendí la importancia de fomentar la buena ciudadanía en línea entre los estudiantes, enfatizando la necesidad de comprender y prevenir el plagio, mediante la educación sobre sus consecuencias y formas de evitarlo.Para mejoar hay que establecer políticas claras de honestidad académica que promuevan la honestidad, el respeto y la participación activa en la comunidad digital. Ademas reconocer la importancia de la comunicación y la participación estudiantil en los cursos en línea.
Communication is the key to helping both our students be successful and ourselves.
