I have learned that what we are doing is already trending in the right direction with our most active and engaged students for sure and the next tier as well that are also engaging, but may not be understanding everything that is being taught. I have determined there is a real need to engage the students who are logging on and walking away. This means they are not getting any of the online instruction that they need. It can be hard to determine exactly who is engaged an who is not. Some students also decide that during lecture is the best time to complete missing assignments. This takes away from the material being learned in lecture that may not be available in any of the other forms of study. Time is ultimately the enemy of every online student because distractions at home can pull them away from something really important. We have to find a way to keep them locked in to the learning.
I have learned the importance of online learning and engaging students in a online environment being able to use learning tools from online and encouraging participation.
It's interesting that my institution is already considering some of the suggestion mentioned. It's funny, I immediatley went and created a Slack channel for my 9 mentees. Great idea. I am always open to suggestions and these are some good ones.
Motivation is key...remember to tell students Fear is only False Evidence Appearing Real...and the only way Knowledge is power is if that knowledge is applied.
I've learned that varying my approach and style may capture the students' interest and help students be better engaged.
I have learned that engaging students online, although difficult, can be done and you can have success with this type of learning environment. This is acheived by motiviating students, empathy, and clear definitiions and guidelines. Communication is key in any learning environment but even more so in an online environment because it is easy to lose the learners to life, health, and procrastination.
I have learned that I need to make more of effort to actively engage students in the disucssions we have on Zoom. Asking questions is a start, but the students needs to feel they can particpate without fear of being judged by others. There needs to be ways to engage these students by small group activites, breakout sessions, and a gaming type of platform.
I this module, I learned about some methods that help engage online learners. I usually arrange synchronous sessions (or one-to-one meetings) to go over the assignments and answer any questions the students might have related the weekly assignments. I regularly provide feedback and ask the students to provide feedback about the course, as well.
I leaned how important is it for online learners the establishment of connections between themselves and faculty. Those connections include student-to-student and student-to-instructor interactions. Just a nice “welcome to course” email could be a beginning of the relationships. It sets the tone for the beginning and encourages students’ interactions. Putting the Instructor’s Bio information with some pictures in the announcement or student lounge, makes the relationships between the student and instructors “more human”, and the students do not get intimidated to ask questions or to share their opinions in class.
I learned that leaving efficient feedback is crucial for students’ learning experience. I should explain the students the details about what did they do right and what went wrong in their assignment. It is very important to leave positive and motivational feedback. I would send a video or audio feedback, which is liked by students. I can express emotions and excitement in those media comments that is hard to do in just typed comments.
I learned that it is useful to send friendly reminders about the due dates. Working students sometimes get busy in their part-time or full tine jobs and these reminders are always appreciated.
I believe that one of the most important elements is to hook our students with the different strategies taught in this course , as well as to trapicalize those that are specific to the course and the people , that will allow them to actively participate in forums , chat, synchronous as well as asynchronous activities, motivating them to significant learning.
Normally for each course I make a whatsapp group and invite students to join to coordinate meetings through zoom. In this way, he managed to get them interested in learning more than just obtaining a good score.
I have learned there are many ways to engage online learners and about motivational engagement.
Este módulo aborda un aspecto de suma importancia en la modalidad virtual, el hecho de establecer una comunicación con el estudiante que lo motive a realizar de manera activa y consciente el proceso de aprendizaje con la colaboración del docente y sus compañeros, a través del intercambio mutuo.
En este modulo he aprendido, en mantener un compromiso social con los estudiantes, y el compromiso motivacional. Pienso aplicarlo implementando varias técnicas aprendidas como el uso de grupos de Face book, para estar en constante comunicación con mis estudiantes y así hacer la transmisión del conocimiento más dinámica, y brindando un acompañamiento más cercano a nuestros alumnos, para que se obtenga un aprendizaje significativo
Buen día todos, en este módulo he aprendido la importancia de que los estudiantes se encuentren motivados e involucrarlos en el curso y así también las estrategias de cómo lograrlo; es básico aprender a conocerlos en forma individual para apoyarles y de esta forma puedan finalicen el curso, evitando la deserción en el grupo
I have had the opportunity to remember some parameters that I was possibly not taking into account, and learn some new ones.
It is a fact that we cannot think that online education is the same as face-to-face education, in part this may be the basis of many problems that we have today, since the face-to-face model has been changed to one mediated by zoom, the same way only that using technology
Es importante poder desarrollar estrategias que se enfoquen en mantener la atenión del estudiante, de esta manera los orientamos a la elaboracion exitosa de las actividades. Además, complementar con el análisis y la reflexión estimula la creación de propias ideas y es ahí donde se va construyendo poco a poco el aprendizaje signiticativo.
Reply to Mayra Jacome Ruiz's post:
Hola Mayra:
Comparto su interés por los recordatorios amistosos. Cuando haga esto es mis cursos, por lo general los estudiantes me responden agradeciendo el recordatorio y en algunas ocasiones aprovechan la oportunidad para solicitarme tiempo adicional para entregar alguna actividad pendiente.
A pesar de esta muy buena expeiencia, creo que debo mejorar aún más proporcionando alternativas de solución a problemas que tengan los estudiantes con las actividades o el material de lectura.
Saludos.
Hola:
Este curso me ha llamado a la reflexión en cuanto a preguntarme qué estoy haciendo bien y qué estoy haciendo mal o implementar cambios en algo que ya estoy haciendo bien pero que puede ser aún mejor.
Además, me gustó la forma sencilla y práctica de presentar el compromiso motivacional a tomar en cuenta para nuestros estudiantes destacando: el ser más precisos en la retroalimentación; proporcionar las instrucciones en diversas formas; fragmentar el contenido para facilitar el avance en el curso y con esto no desanimar al estudiante; y finalmente, hacer un uso adecuado de las tecnologías tomando en cuenta el curso que estamos impartiendo.
Saludos.
Reply to Gustavo Solano's post:
De a cuerdo profesor Solano, la retoraminetacion oportuna y eficaz motiva a los estudiantes para saber que lo esta haciendo bien o bene hacer algunos ajustes en sus entregas, estas acciones lograr hacer un aprendizaje efectivo por resultados.
se menciona en el curso que no es suficiente comentar que esta todo mal, se debe explicar porque está mal o que parte no logro cumplir con una actividad y que es necesaria conocer para lograr el aprendizaje esperado según el curso.
saludos!
