Annabel Sorensen

I found that EL 106 was extremely useful course.  It was an eye-opener on the various types of assessments available.  I feel that incorporating a combination of objective and subjective evaluations in the classroom will benefit the students.  In addition, it is important to include value added assessments, since these type of assessments assists in determining student growth.

This course was very informative.  The course provided several techniques to prepare student to become better online learners.  It discussed time managment skills, student special needs, effective communication and how students can avoid common pitfalls in the online environment.

It is important to use multiple sources when evaluating a course and determining the need for a revision.  An instructor can use student evaluations, peer reviews, reviewing course grade, scanning the syllabus, and performing pretest/posttest to determine the knowledge acquired.

This was a very informative course.  It was interesting to learn the 4 different roles that an online facilitator has to fulfill.  The roles are social director, instructor, program manager, and technical assistant.  In addition, I learned the various learning environments and techniques to engage students in the classroom.

EL 105 was an excellent course regarding communicating with the students.  That is the key element in an online environment.  There are many communication challenges that instructors encounter.  The course assists in eliminating those challenges and creating a positive environment for the students.

I just completed EL 102 and I found the course to be very engaging.  It covered in detail several aspects of online teaching.  The Class Discussions were meaningful and encouraged critical thinking.  I recommend this course to new online instructors. 

I have learned that for career school instructors stress is produced from the instructor's workplace and personal life.  It is critical to create a stress list and identify stressors that can be eliminated or reduced.  Then with the remaining stressors one can use healthy techniques for dealing with the stress.  My goal for the new year is to determine which of my stressors I can eliminate or reduce.  I will attempt to work on one stressor at a time that I can eliminate or reduce.