Get Your Students Hired
I learned that security and autonomy are huge in the success of adult learners and ways of incorporating them into the class.
Encourage to become involved and secure when participating in class dynamic. The section on autonomy had good suggestions to implement and allow the student to work within group or independatly.
I start each class with a general understanding of what we will cover and an opportunity to go over any question from prior lessons. I tend to use a Socratic method. I will lecture and then open up a question. For example I may lecture on a concept and then ask a current event question to help illustrate the concept. I always allow students to ask questions and will even go a little off topic. Then I will take the question and response and relate them back to the topic at hand.
Listening to your students - especially when it's a Q and A session. Rather than saying "no" to a response and moving on to another student with the correct answer, it's important for the instructor to respond in a more encouraging manner.
Comment on Liana Wood's post: I agree with the positive influence for the actual class or labs begin.
Security and autonomy improve student participation because the students feel safe to make mistakes and the autonomy to make corrections. It eliminates traditional fear.
Some good stuff here. I am going to start creating an overview video for each of my online classes.
Adult learners need positive feedback and they also need to be able to think about the subject on their own.
Understanding 2 motivational issues: security and autonomy, also how to enhance security in the classroom is crucial for students to succeed.
I think that feeling secure in a class allows for the success of a student before the learning ever begins.
This module taught me new ways to give confidence or security to students.
I never thought that students needed educational security, but now I know that it is needed to make all students feel safe to possibly give a wrong answer in class that can be corrected.
Give your students the power of choice and evaluation so they feel like they are part of the decision-making in the classroom and have some control in their learning.
I have learned that students especially adult learners are motivated by security and autonomy
This module assisted me in learning the concepts of security & autonomy for the adult learners by giving them the power of choice.
I learned that adult learners need to feel like they are being supported by their teachers. They respond to positive re-enforcements. They also, want to be heard and feel like they can express their frustration if issues arise.
Adult learners need security and autonomy in their pursuit of their goals.
I plan to use two ideas from this program: 1) I will allow students to drop a low score, using their own discretion as to which one this will be. 2) I will increase the number of activities using "think, pair, share."