I have seen many students thrive with on-line teaching but there are some who it is difficult to keep them engaged. During this COVID pandemic it had been a real challenge for our Vocational Nursing program as many of the students struggled with the transition. Tying to keep them engaged and in uniform was an every day event but once they felt more comfortable with the structure it improved. We are now back on campus and things feel somewhat "normal" again.
This module has been great. It is easy to listen and learn from, and has provided not only assurance of some of the things I am already doing for my students, but has enlightened me on great resources for improvement with student engagement and learning, especially in this online environment. I have been reminded of how important it is for students to have the "real time" effect of communication when learning online. They can sometimes feel like they are being slighted, by not being able to be in the classroom. My courses are synchronous online, however, I have learned that I also need to create a forum for students to be able to ask questions. These questions can be answered by myself as the instructor, but can also be answered student to student. This promotes the student to become an active learner and be engaged with their peers, while also helpig them out.
I have used video's, zoom, email, and text. Short of that I am not familiar with all the other social media that could be used for student engagement. I know discussion questions work for some, but most of my students like our in person LAB time. We get a lot accomplished on those days.
When it comes to reminding students of out standing school work I have tried several methods. Here again, talking with my voice seems to work best.
I learned that the more you bring the learning process from real on the job skills the more the student will engage because she/he is learning from the lecture you have just taught.
Reply to Dahlia Brown's post:Yes, I agree. I find that it is very important to follow up with students with a friendly reminder.
Many students have other responsibilities and sometimes forget when assignments are due. As a result they turn their H.W.
in late and don't receive credit which can be frustrating. By reminding them of when assignments are due, I think will be helpful.
Its important to find ways to get students engaged in online classes. Designing interactive lessons and including components such as discussion boards and other interactive sections engage students and help them take part in online classes. Giving students feedback, whether through the discussion boards or indivually, helps teach them individually. Asking them to participate in class discussions and getting them talking to their classmates has also been helpful.
I have learned to improve student engagement through efficient and effective motivation tools also about explaining to the in how to improve not just saying good job also try to diversify activities so that they are kept engaged.
I think that varying the learning methods so that they are geared toward all learning styles is the way to engage as many studetns as possible. Varying instrucitonal methods, utilizing technology in innovative ways, sending remeinders, and getting feedback from students as to how they are doing and what is and isn't working for them is important.
I participate with my students online daily, this helps some who prefer that structure, others preferr to be more asynchronus.
This module has taught me how to keep the students engaged. The most interesting thing that I learned was to provide the directions in multiple ways. I usually assumed that students would understand verbal directions but I found that I need to inlcude written and maybe even a video showing them how to do something. This will definitely alleviate all the email full of questions that I get. My students would probably do better if I content chunk and assses more often.
Reaching out to the students and helping to motivate/inform them is key. Getting to know them through the introductions, having clear communication about what is expected, and providing gentle reminders can help them get through the course.
I have been teaching online for 16 years. I learned that the school I teach at already does most of what this video covered so we have done a great job on keeping up with this. The only thing I would like to apply is setting up a Wiki in my class as our LMS does allow for that. I will have to get approval from course development and/or program manager to do this.
In order for a student to be successful in online learning they must first be disciplined. The teaching/learning is a two-way street therefore instructors are too learning or should carefully assess engagment levels as this will help determing the morale of the audience and increase motivation. Establishing a rapport and realizing that there various platforms and tools out there to engage the various type learners is what will make an online class remarkable.
I have learned steps to keeping students engaged. Not all students percieve directions in the same way. Break up the course into smaller chunks. Efficient and Effective feedback, keep it positive.
The online classes have been challenging and in this module they have explained several different aspects for online learning. I will apply and use these daily to get my students motivated and engaged in learning.
I find it extremely difficult to keep students motivated when forced into online classes. Though our school has regularly scheduled MS Teams meetings, students just don't bother to log on. I like the idea of chunking material into smaller pieces, and I think if I can get away from the feeling that I have to fill every minute of class time and aim for quality instead of quantity, students will be more likely to remain engaged.
I have students who absolutely thrive in the current online einvironment ( we use MS TEAMS). They are not afraid to speak up, volutneer or even show me their lizzard or dog during class. Then I have students I never see and I never hear My goal is to got those involved who are "cruising along" There is divide between tech savvy students and weaker ones. I need to imporove student to student engagement.
I am new to teaching online so this course has given good insight to implementing online teaching styles and interactive ideas. I am excited to try new teaching methods.
I would like to try to provide more feedback to students.
Oddly enough, the biggest thing that I took from this has already been discussed in other trainings. It is all about making sure that the students know that you are a real person, not a bot, and that you're there for them if they need it. Also, you have to make the subject matter fun. I know that not everything is a barrel of laughs, but we need to take that dry material and turn it into something they're asking more about. Whether it is relating it to real applications or letting them guide the lesson. For instance, I have a programming class where I say that we want to use these following tools. How would you like to use them. Granted, prompts and pushing are sometimes necessary, but once they get into it, the ball rolls sometimes into unintentionally funny spots.
