Quiet Versus Loud Students
There are many differences between quite and loud students in the online learning world. Quite students may tend to need more encouragement to ensure their success and participation is welcomed and not discouraged in the online course. On the other hand loud students that talk so much that the quality of the responses does not make any sense on what is being asked by the instructor in the online course. So it is like a swinging pendulum where a happy medium needs to be met. I look at the students making progress on communicating in an appropriate fashion with quality responses. I also appreciate when students respond to other students in the course where their input is highly valued by the instructor.
This is a great topic...
I try to tone down my noisy students by responding to their posts with a little "scavenger hunt". This requires them to research on topic, and report back to the forum!
Quiet students are difficult and I reach out to them as much as possible, in hopes of engagement. I try to find some part of the course that interest them and tie it into a personal use. This is easy for me because I teach accounting and we can relate this to personal finance.
I would like other opinions on how to engage the quiet student!
Jerrianne
Jerrianne,
Very good, personal relevance is a key component for adult learning. I like your scavenger hunt idea. Do you generally get good responses from it?
