Comment on Aimee Green's post:
Hi Aimee! I once had an online instructor who was new to the LMS we were using and hadn't received any training from the instructional support team at the college. As a result, he created the entire course using discussion posts because he said he didn't know how to use anything else! Yikes! I can't remember exactly what the situation was, but I think he was new to online teaching and had been given a teaching assignment at the last minute and just had to roll with it. As someone who provides instructional design and support to online teachers, this experience reminds me to show empathy and compassion to new online teachers and advocate for early training. I want them to succeed and do well and it starts with being comfortable with the tool they will use to teach.
