I have learned that it is important to continuously help motivate students by keeping them engaged with short fun activities through out their busy life schedules.
Keeping engagement from students is very difficult on both face-to-face environment and online teaching. Being out of the students' company, makes it even more difficult. In this module we reviewed ways to get students engagement by developing activities that keep them busy and motivated. I think that effective and efficient feedback is a way to reward and motivate students even if they are doing things right. Is a way to reinforce their learning and identify areas of weakness before proceeding in the course. I know for prior experiences that maintaining feedback is a positive motivational way to engage students, but I still consider that I have not implemented it enough, especially for those assignments that are graded at the end of the course.
This was a great course and I learned wonderful ways to give my students constructive feedback and how group activities can improve student engagement.
This has been a good affirmation of some of the practices we use and additional ones that would be useful. It was great to see some of these techniques were encouraged. Giving constant feedback to students, motivation, affirmations and acknowledgement is important to keep students engaged. The online environment can be effective but keeping assignments relevant to material is also important.
I have learned from this course what I need to improve on with engaging students in an online course. I have identified what I am doing well already, but there are multiple methods that I can implement that will help with student engagement. I realize that I have to be more active in the weekly discussions. While I don't have to reply to every student in a discussion post, I do need to reply to a few students each week. I will focus on replying to students that no other student has replied to.
The other major area that needs improvement is the idea of Content Chunking in my courses. I believe students are overwhelmed by the weekly module and the workload. By breaking the module down into smaller sections, that content will feel more manageable to students.
I love this module! What a simple reminder to take what is done well in the in-person environment and make it alive in the online environment. A big takeaway for me is ACCESSIBILITY. It doesn't matter if we do all these cool thing in course design and engagement--but if the student can't get to it, can't understand it, doesn't see the value of it... it won't help the learner.
This module has been quite interesting. Though the information does not seem too elaborated, it makes sense and appears to be easily incorporated. The suggestions of content chunking and reaching the students in a variety of ways, are constructive ways of engaging online students that have parallel activities and little organized time to devote into their studies. Social engagement seems also very appropiate to consider, since individuals are intrinsically motivated through meaningful relationships, established for with their peers and intstructor.
Because students are balancing work, home, school, and personal lives, I can offer reminders and announcements that help them stay motivated for their course and academic goals.
While i was familiar with many of the techniques covered in the videos for social and motivational engagement, I appreciated and learned from the detail and context covered. In particular it was helpful covering the nuances of motivational engagement and how that can be tailored to specific learning styles.
I feel quite good about the social engagement, but I feel like I need to focus more on the motivational aspect.
Context allowed me to see where I am excelling at. It gave examples on how I need to curve the way I teach and get more students involved in the session.
This information is only confirmation of what I have experience, the expectation and increase resources to help me to be a better instructor. I will implement more related visuals for stimulation of learning.
I have been able to reflect on the engagement methods I am already using and create some additional strategies for motivation & engagement in my online. courses like EBP, Ethics & Legal, and Leadership. It is always beneficial to have some guided reflection on my current methods and areas for improvement.
It is important to understand that there are different styles of learners and different styles of teaching and both are needed to be taken into consideration when properly and effectively engaging the students in the online classrooms!
The online learning environment is new for me, so this training was very helpful. I was a hybrid student for many years myself, so I can see how these tips were useful for me as a student. I feel this insight can help me in the areas I can improve on in this environment.
I do well is in the areas of social engagement to include making introductions and setting a tone in my classroom. It's very important to set the students up for success by setting the expectations of the course and creating a safe space environment. Where I can improve in the area of social engagement is by better familiarizing myself with other admin resources. Staying up to date on available resources and having that rapport with admin can better assist students.
I probably do best in motivational engagement because I am such a animated person that like to keep students in their toes. This online environment will prove a new challenge for me, but I like how the training provided more tips and ideas. I usually provide a lot of feedback throughout my lectures because it helps check for understanding and allows students to know how they are doing. Content chucking and leveraging technology is something that I am looking forward to utilizing more because of the hybrid structure of the program. I can certainly improve in those areas as I haven't used them as much in my previous instructing.
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Always keeping in mind social engagement is basically based on constructivism and social learning theory is a base for developing effective teaching activities
I took online courses during COVID; trying to learn Massage therapy applications from a computer added a whole new challenge to my learning. My instructors did an amazing job of using online tools such as Zoom meetings/ Google meet and videos of them preforming techniques to help with the application of techniques. I've learned that keeping students motivated and engaged can be challenging, but there are also many different ways to available to do so. It's important to make sure you find what works for you and your students and offer different ways for your students to engage within the class.
Hola, hasta el momento he estado utilizando varias de las herramientas para mis clases virtuales como ser foros, videos, grupos de trabajo, trabajos individuales, etc. Sin embargo, creo que es importante, de acuerdo con lo aprendido en este módulo, creo que debo dedicar más tiempo a la retroalimentación aunque esto representa para mí un reto por la gran cantidad de estudiantes que tengo en mis cursos.
Otra de las cosas que me llamó la atención es la importancia de realizar una actividad al inicio del curso, ya que hasta el momento he tenido solamente un foro de presentación pero son muy pocos estudiantes que participan.
switching every 20 minutes from a video clip , to the book, to the white board to draw a picture
