Danika Geathers

I learned that gathering input from various stakeholders is important to improve a course effectively. The feedback is essential, and you are not just relying on one form of course evaluation. In this way, you can make continuous changes that will allow improvements in the course and close the loop. 

I learned that it is important for students to have a clear understanding of the rubric and learning objectives. There should be both formative and summative assessments used by students and instructors. Feedback is important and should be individualized and meaningful. However, instructors can also provide too much feedback.

I learned that it is important to have a dynamic syllabus and that scaffolding allows for students to build on their prior knowledge and experiences.

I learned that consistency is key and that it is important for each of the modules in the course to be similar. It is also important to chunk the information. If there is too much information, it needs to be broken down into smaller chunks.

In this section it was very interesting to learn about the different reasons that students desire to leave the the learning environment early. Attrition Management is very important to understand for student retention and as instructors we play a critical role in reducing attrition.

I learned that it is important early on to identify the learning styles that could keep students from participating. The avoidant students seems to be disinterested and do not communicate well with the instructor or other students. The dependent students are the ones that may have a hard time thinking and reasoning for themselves and rely on the instructor or their peers. The competitive student is the one that I really had to think about. It is the student that acts as though they know better than everyone else even if they are wrong. This can cause other students to… >>>