Make sure students are aware on their knowledge of using technology
Assessing technical skills is just as important as assessing other skills. Students should have access to how-to documents and guides to ensure their success with technology.
Using a variety of tools for both synchronous and asynchronous learning is the best approach to reaching all your students.
Using of a variety of communication tools is paramount for an online course. These tools should be assessed as to whether they enhance or detract from communicative learning. I learned about asynchronous and synchronous learning environments. Asynchronous is "Anytime" (discussions, emails, wikis, blogs, and synchronous is "Real Time" (meeting together online as two people or a group).
To become more interactive
Students are expected to come with some technical skills. Using the tools available to us, we have many ways of communicating with our students.
Social networking allows for direct and helpful communication, a quality that is essential for effective learning to take place.
Before starting a course, make sure that the students are familiar with the different communication tools used in the class - both asynchronous and synchronous.
Being available and guidance.
Posting multiple types of assignments and utilizing various platforms can enhance the learning process. I will come up with a way to use social networking and have the necessary guidelines in place for the students to be able to handle the material on the different platforms.
Using and knowing all tools that are available for effective online communication is key.
Never thought of using social networking! Thanks
Nowadays whether you are asynchronous or synchronous technology skills and your ability to sink or swim will be defined early on in the class. Instructors should size up each student's ability to be successful in the course. Depending on the LMS the school chooses like Canvas or Google Classroom, students taking online courses will adapt. Since the pandemic we are in a new era of learning. Even F2F classes have a LMS to post assignments, discussions, and meet scheduled or not. I have used both LMS systems and I have found that Canvas is much heartier and for the adult learner it is more useful. Asynchronous learning can utilize the reverse classroom where the lesson is either filmed and watched later and then when online in class you can delve deeper into the subject. Discussion boards and web conferencing are other ways to add more to the class.
there are many way to transfer knowledge Social network and many other forms aid each person. The four tools assist each of us to better communicate.
Posting how-to-guides of tasks that have historically been confusing will help the student to focus on content and the instructor to save time.
This section really reinforces the need for providing students adequate instruction in the technology skills necessary to navigate the online course. I loved the suggestion of creating an entire video guide using screen capture technology just to walk students through all of the core functions they will need to know to fulfill the various demands of the course.
communication tools are essential
I plan to query the students on the first day of class regarding their experience and level of understanding and application of utilizing online technology such as whiteboards, blogs, wikis, and LMS.
Planning out the online course can be a lengthy process. The more consideration used during the initial course planning the more versatile it will become for future use. Any modifications needed can be made more easily and quickly when adjusting for different courses.
Learned different methods to achieve synchronous and asynchronous online information, and about LMSs.
