Barbara Moody

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Great pointers from this class with regards to assiting students that may have a learning disability. It is every instructor's desire for students to succeed, so great take-away/strategies for helping those who may have a slight struggle.

Barbara

Barbara Moody

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Power Points Verses Writting On The Board

Powerpoint presentations as well as the use of white boards both can be effective visual aids as long as the presentation and/or white board info doesn't turn into a book. Too many details can lead to information overload and you can quickly lose your audience. Also I've found that inserting a video at the beginnining of my powerpoint serves as a good "lead in" to the lesson or a video at the end serves as a good wrap up.

Barbara Moody

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Physical Disability

I believe that anyone seeking the chance to be educated, should be given the opportunity and should not be judged on whether one feels that he/she may not be capable of either completing the course or getting a future job. While everyone knows his/her own capabilities, there may be many reasons as to why an individual may enter a program of study, regardless of whether or not they have physical challanges. My take is, if a student is willing to try, I'll give them that chance and help figure out why they can vs why they can't.

Barbara Moody

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Learning Styles

This course is spot on. At the same time that I was going throuh this online course, I was in a brick and mortar course where we were discussing the different learnig styles of students. As an instructor, I always try to consider the different learning styles and implement them into the lecture so that each student can benefit from the material presented.

Barbara Moody

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Learning Styles

For my lectures, I usually try incorporating group lessons at the end of an assignment not only to reinforce the lesson, but it allows presentations to be individualized into his/her preferred learning style.

Barbara Moody

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Knowing Your Topic

I think it definately adds zest to the subject matter whenever the instructor is able to include real life experiences.

Barbara Moody

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Questions from Students

As prepared as a lecturer may be for the podium, he/she may receive a question (related to lesson content) in which they don't quite know the answer to. What's the best way to handle this type of situation?

Barbara Moody

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Knowing Your Topic

It sounds too much like common sense, but it's important that an instructor is very knowledgeable about the subject he/she is teaching and that they are able to clearly define any terms used that may be foreign to the student.