Noisy Learners
Noisy learners, I have found, attempt to move the discussion away from topic to both register participation, while avoiding engagement.
I have found it helpful to immediately note such posts as non-credit worthy.
What are some other ways to reduce such behavior?
I try to send a message to the student, so I do not reprimand them in the open discussion.
Cathleen,
Personal interaction is certainly better than public humiliation. Often a directly worded email of concern to the student will resolve any problem issues in an online course.
Herbert Brown III
Cathleen,
Personal interaction is certainly better than public humiliation. Often a directly worded email of concern to the student will resolve any problem issues in an online course.
Herbert Brown III
I haven't had to deal with this yet, so it's good to see how others handle it. I've had these students in a traditional classroom setting and have pulled them aside to ask them if they were even aware they were doing it- often they weren't and corrected it!
Identifying noisy learner eary is important, it give you a chance to get and keep them on track.
Ranee,
How might you work to keep them on track?
Herbert Brown III
In the threads you can try to steer them back on track with follow up questions. I've even re-asked the main question again after acknowledging their comment then rephrasing to get them back on track. I typically run into the Noisy learning that wants to take over the class and types MUCH to much content in response to short answer discussions. I rarely have rude or threatening postings the few times I did I copy the screen, delete the posting and counsel the student on the proper discussion etiquette.
I can agree to an extent. I have had people not answer the question correctly, but I can't always tell if they are avoiding it because they don't understand or to avoid engagement and be "noisy". However, I do tend to send them a personal reminder that they shouldn't be working ahead or that they need to answer the question in full to receive credit. If they do not post a correction or they continue to work ahead, then I do deduct points for that question.
