Mary Ann Smith

I found the information on parts of a rubreic, building a rubric and tools for building a rubric to be helpful.  I did not know about the rubric generators available on the internet.  I plan on checking those out the next time I need to create a rubric.

I had never heard the concept of organizing your time like the way your organize your closet, but it makes very good sense.  I will provide this recommendation to my students when we are discussing the importance of time management.

When I use voice-over PPTs. I plan on instroducing discussion questions into my lesson to generate some interaction with my students.

I have learned about the different types of formative assessments.  I will incorporate some of these in my next course.

I have learned about the different behavioral traits in the e-learning environment.  Although, I may have seen them in the traditional classroom setting, they must be addressed differently in the e-learning environment.  For example, if the "noisy" student is "acting out" in the e-learning environment. I can provide some personal attention and ask the student to provde some specific input related to the discussion post.  If the student does not do this, I will need to guide him back into the topic of conversation.

I found the 3 learning styles that we discussed to be informative information.  I was unfamiliar with them.  I will try to have the students avoid these learning styles.

Asking the students to post their bio is a good way for the other students and you as the Instructor to make some personal connections with the student.

I have learned that students will learn more and retain more if they are forced to exercise significant mental effort while learning.  I will find ways to imbed research into my PPTs or maybe have them access a podcast during a recorded lecture so the student has more interaction.