Diana Mangroo

The importance of having an online community is critical for students. The community can work together and give feedback as well. It a great way to build a team relationship as well.

Technology is amazing, so much can be done with easy of convenience. Students can navigate form some many different sources. I would like to see more videos learning, just to interact with students. Many professors only know students by name and not face and vice versa. Sad world, however a lifestyle of the new gen.

Living in a technology world, I think students has to be engaged and be interactive  in tech world. However, it is crucial that  the on ground learning still stands. While with some career we can do the online/tech thing, it does not work for all programs. Medical institutions must make sure they offered on ground hands on learning for their students as well as a significant amount of technological classes to well prepared their students for a medical career.

As instructors, our actions must be louder than our words. I was given the brave opportunity to run the education department, where the campus was loosing a lot of students. After, getting to know each student as an individual, I concluded that, faculty not just instructors, but all of us that are involved in students success were louder in words and our actions failed our students tremendously. I built a Team focusing on student success throughout the campus and we watched our population grow, not only we bought in new students and kept  our current students, we created a happy,… >>>

Critical Thinking can be done through discussion, peer reviews and thinking outside of the norm. Lots of research and note taking, then put it all together and how would a critical thinker comes out with new idea to implement new strategies, they will have to be creative. Encouraging students to be explorers, mentoring them and guiding them help the outcome.

I would fully review Rubric, engage students in participating in Rubric discussions to activate their comprehension and expand their critical thinking skills. Do a Q&A sessions after elaborating on expectations. Always an assessment to evaluate their learning.

Online courses can work both ways. The advantages of online learning can be very convenient for adult learners with small children, transportation issues and medical issues or caring for family member with special needs. I was an online learner and it worked great for me because of my situation.

The disadvantages of online learning are not being able to have a direct contact with instructors to explained materials in very easy to learn ways, the hands on are not there as well. Technology can be a pain and very frustration especially in deadlines. Students have their focuses on other things… >>>

My main "take away."

Consistency, accountability, engagement, hunger for student success and thriving for excellency. We have to own it, we have be the CEO for our success and that success is making sure our students are successful. We must collaborate with our peers and mentor to guide us with struggles so we can become better than yesterday.

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