Get Your Students Hired
What I learned in this module is that facilitator must provide feedback to the students on their progress and also give instructions on the assignment/discussion to guide student on the expectation for the assignment.
Understanding 3 basic approaches to teaching in online environment such as: teacher-center, mixture of teacher-centered and student-centered approaches, student centered, is really helpful for delivering the content with a high level of facilitation. Also, the most important task of a facilitator is to provide informative feedback.
Timely and informative feedback is the most important aspect of being an instructor.
Reflection and analysis of your facilitation process in all of its components as to whether student goals and learning are met satisfactorily are intrinsic to developing appropriate course delivery and communication methods
I will evaluate the success of the course and the students' progress in several different ways to gauge the overall effectiveness of the instruction.
I am glad to hear that much of what I am already doing is necessary to evaluate student learning and ensure that learning has occurred. I teach in both online and face-to-face environments and highly utilize feedback that I receive from a student's evaluation of the course.
I have learned that highly engaged students are essential for the teaching environment, regardless of synchronous versus asynchronous environments. I do alot of asking the students to refelct on what they have learned and experienced and share that in a collaborative way.
I'll continue to use feedback on assessments as a way to help them understand if they are getting important concepts.
I'ts important that the student has good back and fourth comminication with the instructor. Which means I need to communicate with student and give them good feedback.
Organize and covey in a very detailed fashion what you need and want from your students, How you present and provide information will determine if the students are learning based on grades and feedback.
I enjoy "guide on the side." I always strive to encourage students to create their own meaning and apply classroom tools and knowledge to their work. I hadn't really considered this as much through the lens of an online course, but I learned its just as viable!
Motivating students to actively participate in an online course is an educator's responsibility and represents the most complex part of the teaching process.
It is important for the instructor to facilitate learning. Constructive feedback is essential to ensure the students are able to take away the necessary information to meet objectives. Utilization of different feedback strategies helps engage the learner and help them master the content.
I love the idea of being the guide on this side. The best teachers are facilitators, not instructors. We facilitate meaningful learning experiences for the most positive effect on our students.