david hatch

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online vs F2F environments and approaches

i have really enjoyed learning more about creating the online environment. i look forward to participating in that format more as the world gets smaller and more opportunities come up in that area.

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Utilize what students do best

I appreciate the move to use technology - but I thought it included "utilizing the students best". So I marked B. I think it is important to familiarize ourselves with all the different formats including videos and such to allow students the opportunity to share their understanding in the best way they can. It is related to when the discussion of "TXTSPEAK" came up in high schools when students started using such abbreviations in essays they were writing. While we want them to use standard acceptable forms of communication, it is important to understand their styles in order to "translate".… >>>

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The online course

It seems that the framework is similar to the syllabus. Is there a difference? I wonder how much the students benefit from a framework that has already been established, especially with asynchronous courses, if the revamping is cyclical? Also, how do online frameworks incorporate Socratic instructional strategies where the direction is student centered and may take a tangential (but related, we do have course objective y'know!) turn?

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Soft Skills

Thats the problem with standardized automated online education isnt it? it isnt the "best" answer per se, it is the answer provided in the text and not necessariloy what we might do ourselves but is must have one right answer - the one the instructor or curriculum want you to have.

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Intimidators

I have had intimidators in my courses, especially in intro to psych courses. They may have had prior experience with the psych environment. It is important to validate these learners and getting into a competition leads to a lack of respect for the instructor - generally, other students just think the intimidator is a horses ass. So it is with professionalism and knowledge that an instructor can win over an intimidator - but also acknowledging that they DO know course content and it is up to us, the trained professional, to push them further into critical thought and analysis (Bloom's).

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The Bridge

I was so pleased to read the Bergquist research. I saw my on=the-ground students in those learning styles and I had never read that research before. I am going to figure out how to identify and engage those learning types into my ground courses as well as incorporate those reluctant styles in my online courses. I am curious about how Knowles' research on self-directed learning meshes with these Bergquist findings. If a student is self-directed, why would the competitive learner or even the dependent learner be seen as one who needs special attention?

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"Projecting your presence"

I'm not a fan of the phrase, "projecting your presence." But I am a fan of the strategy and psychology of earning the respect of your online students with consistent communication and reading their bios so you know your students. In my forthcoming book, 10 Golden Nuggets, chapter 1 is the admonition to "know your students." I think it is sometimes an underestimated part of adult education in general but certainly in an online environment. I project my presence by knowing: my stuff, my students and my shortfalls (whereupon I ask for help from students). After asking my very first… >>>

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The Online Environment

I appreciate the online environment because I have students who would prefer, especially in basic "information dissemination" courses like a how to succeed in college course, to do it online but even in those, establishing a relationship with the school, faculty and classmates is crucial. Can the online environment ever match that level of rapport or can that only happen if we use programs like Skype (and then it becomes more on the ground anyway)?

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Kolb and the Whole Brain Theory

Kolb provided us with insight into the different types of personality. He created a four-quadrant model as well; including ways we sense, perceive and respond to external stimuli. He thought there were Thinkers, Watchers, Feelers and Doers. In my psych class I ask the class to write down which combination(s) they are and then do an inventory to see if there responses match their notions of their personality. It got me thinking, how much of what theorists assign to the left brain or right brain might be more of a process of the mind i.e. the development of the personality… >>>

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minor disagreement

I think intellectual interaction is not represented by a comprehensive final exam; especially not one online that does not include authentic performance. A comprehensive final exam might measure what they can remember until the exam is over but "intellectual INTERACTION"? I disagree.