I learned the importance of good and timely communication when teaching on-line. Also to keep the communication positive.
In this module I review written skill to be constructive and asertive when communication is stripped of any physical or vocal cues.
Communication and validation of student emails is important for success. Many small issues porblems or concerns can be handled effectively with clear and supportive communication.
I learned that the communication is a principal elements in the online course. The professors need to communicate with positive language all the time, and keep the nonverbal cues.
I really like the ARCS email format (attention, relevance, confidnece, and satisfaction). This meets the need to be cohesive and decisive at once.
Kindly,
Amy
I appreciate the tips for online communication strategies. I prefer to use response sequencing which is a technique for attending to students’ needs in a personalized manner. The more personal attention I provide to a student, the more I see they trust me and respect me as a mentor.
I think it is important for fostering relationships to help students feel confident in my courses and program.
I learned that:
Response sequence is a technique for attending to students’ needs in a personalized manner whereas
the ARCS-based email model is a method for structuring messages in ways that enhance student motivation.
These techniques reinforce a collaborative, relationship-building tone when responding to and initiating
contact with students.
How you respond to students concerns with an online class is just as important as the content that is covered.
"Communication" is often the buzz word for a successful relationship, but it is not as simple as it sounds. Communiccation is not just speaking to one another or expressing feelings and expecting understanding. It is already a challenge to communicate verbally. It is especially challenging to communicate via text with online learners. This lesson made me realized more that choice of words and context make a tremendous difference in diffusing an unpleasant situation with students. Often, written communication is written with emotion, therefore, certain "negative" term is used instead of a more "positive" tone. I would strive to learn more neutral of positive terminology to communicate via written form in order to encourage a positive result.
Online communication with students should include cohesive, affective, and interactive statements. It gives students the idea that the instuctor is caring, socialable, and suppotive.
One's tone and expression of emotion through different techniques can significantly help build rapport with online students.
Personalized communication with online students can be achieved by implementing several proven strategies. These strategies include congratulations and welcome calls, using names in all correspondence, virtual meet-ups, multimedia communications, orientation, synchronous chat, and ongoing reminders.
El feedack siempre tiene que ser en positivo y más aún en contextos donde no hay una interacción cara a cara. Por eso es imperativo siempre, utilizar las PALABRAS CORRECTAS.
Be positive, acknowledge concerns, show confidence and students will feel you have a personal interest in their success which will in turn boost their chances of success.
From this topic, I have learnt that it is essential to consdier different factors such as congratulations and welcome calls since these factors determine the relevance of personalized communication with other online students.
I learn that validating students emotions help regulate emotions so that feelings sucha s frustration , anger or sadness do not overrule logical decision making of interferr in rapport building.
Vernise Walker
Being able to commicate on a personal interested and kind level is always appreciated. It is important to be positive, know what you are talking about with the student and make them feel engaged.
I also appreciate the (relative) emotional connectivity of video conferences. They offer the opportunity to check in with my students in a way closer to in-person converstaion. I have found that students reacted quite positively to the times, and I ended up leaving a portion of the Zoom time unstructured so they could interact with each other as well as me.
While timing with network lag presents a learning curve, being able to see faces and hear voices certainly helps overcome the issues of the isolating effect of text-based correspondance.
Effective communcation sets the foudnation.
