Creating a community within the course is critical to the students feeling and wanting to engage.
I have had students do discussion boards and they have to respectively reply to other students. They have had some great conversations going and actually learned how to look at others points of view even though they are not face to face.
Reading and writing skills need to be emphasized to students more for an online course than f2f courses.
It is important to teach your students the importants of honisty in there work and assignments.
Good communication is essential for the success of the student, online requires more communication skills to keep the student engaged and motivated to continue
Students need to be instructer that communication should be apporpriate and restful to alll of their peers along with the instructor. Communication is very important when online.
Effective communication is necessary in building a good learning environment and to motivates learners.
Clear communicaton is neccessary for for online courses.
The instructor should have clearly defined expectations. These expectations can also be set with input from the students. Students should feel a part of the learning community. Communication is critical and should be free of bias.
Effective communication is necessary in building a good learning environment. It is also helpful to motivates learners.
Good online citizenship is key. Communicate to students the requirements for communication in the online environment. Communications must be clear, appropriate and professional. Let students know appropriate ways to communicate with you and fellow students.
Clear communication, concise email/texting equals effective online experience
I have learned that it is important to keep your communication Clear, Professional, and Appropriate.
Effectiv communication between the students and the instructor is essential. It is vital that the instructor provide various forms of communication so all students have the ability to communicate eff.
Communication in the online classroom is important for everyone involved. If there is a breakdown in communication the students are at risk of not succeeding and the instructor may not get the right understanding of what the student needs. It is amazing how many ways that we communicate and how some of these ways are not represented in the online classroom. This is definately a challenge for some instructors and students.
The concept of developing a CoP is new knowledge for me and something I will study on a little more
You need to add a academ honesty policy in your syllabus or Hoor code, or Academic Interity policy. Online courses take longer to do than F2F classes. Put a rubric up online for wrting activities. Text to speach software will read back what you wrote so you can see if it makes sense. A community of practice is a group of individuales who have similar tasks or goals for solving problems
Practice of reading and writing is essential to continued success in online learning and any learning setting. Communication is vital in order for the instructor to begin to shape the community of the class and the CoP. Constructivism style of teaching provides the opportunity for team based learning and further community development to occur in the course. The student and instructor's reputation is also based on how well each communicate - Remember CPA!! Clear Professional Appropriate! Check your spelling and grammer!
In order for our courses to be successful online we need to be effective communicators and we need to clearly communicate our expectations to our students about how to communicate. I know personally, I tend to process information quickly, and I tend to overlook my errors when I submit messages, and I know that can lead to a lot of confusion- I need to make sure that I take the time to carefully double check my messages before I send them out.
I know that how you communicate with students can make a diifference in how they perceive you. I've learned that some students will take to a fence if you don't have great communication skills. It's always best to read over everything that is written for grammatical error and tone of voice in writing. I've learned from my own mistakes with this.
