I pondered that I am doing much well in the reflective journaling exercises, but still lack the engagement I would like.
Here's my Outline for action thus far, where triple "???" means "yet to discover:"
Topic: Social Media usage during transition to 100% online vs classroom due to COVID-19:
Done Well - Class Contact List shared, Assigned all participants to Small Groups, Content online & easy to navigate, conducted interactive VC meetings & recorded for later review
Not so Well Done - Very fre Results of group work into lockers for member sharing, only 60% assignments completed on time to date, class member's absenteeism and no replies to attempted contact
How to Improve:
Group Work into Lockers - established asynchronous small groups, locker drop boxes set up, award graded points, ???
On-time Assignment submission - grade point deduction for late assignments, ???
Absenteeism - sent email reminders to both school and home email, contacted enrollment admin, ???
Have the Group/Class help define the problem in a problem solving exercise
What Went Well regarding shift to online classes?
Why?
What could be Done Better?
Why?
How can we improve this?
Step 1 - ???
Step 2 - ??? , etc.
I have learned there are many ways to engage online learners. Many of the techniques are going to be different for every class and every type of online learners. I would need to learn each students pacific learning style and then I would then know what type of method to employ to assist those students.
Because of this module, I now understand the importance of creating alternative ways for the students to contact me. I also recognize the improtance of getting back to the students in a timely manner so that they feel invested in the course.
This was a great experience and I learned that students need motivation to be successful foo online courses. Students need various methods of directions for assignments and projects. These could be diagrahams of various styles, sample sheets, videos or other visual aides to assist all lerarning styles. Friendly reminders are very needful as many students lifestyles prohibit them from being successful because they forget the coursework. Therefore, the use of these aides and ideas will be implemented.
