Adela Mills

Team management is almost an "all or nothing" approach.  There are so many moving pieces but at the end, this module provided new insights and reminders about allowing real indidivual and team growth to benefit the goals while respecting each team member involved in the process.

Critical thinking is an invetable result of active learning through strategies such as collaborative learning, self-relfection, group-learning, and problem-based learning.  The instructor facilitates learning and students takes more control of their learning.

The Online Communication Strategies is a shining jewel of a course. It reminded me how affective interaction should never be ignored or taken for granted with my daily written communication exchanges with my students. "Treat each students as I would like to be treated" continues to be my motto. This course reinforces my motto. 

Technology-mediated communication (TMC) has given me the leverage to stay in constant communication and in social presence with my students. They react enthusaistically and they have come to expect thiss type of interaction from me.

Getting to know each individual online learner is the door that opens many opportunities for rapport, self-efficacy, self-management, self-advocacy, research skills, writing skills, technological fluecy, and virtual collaborations. Without these essential qualities, online learners truncate their academic success.

Regular and substantive interaction (RSI) with timely feedback at all points of the students' learning experience is at the core of academic success. Instructors must ensure the student engages and remains engaged. Isolation leads to disengagement and feelings of insecurity which lead to drops and withdrawals. Establishing rapport is essential.

Flipping a classroom (FC) is an innovative instructional strategy that is designed to engage students in a fleixble, blended learning environment with the purpose of enhancing the learning process. FC must be carefully planned and implemented and teachers involved must invest time in professional development. Some teachers who have never used any kind of technology or delivered blended instruction would naturally feel challenged with this new method of pedagoy; however, evide-based research has shown the engagement and collaborative nature of FC enables higher levels of learning in Bloom's Taxonomy markers with the engaged students. The students are given more control… >>>