Think for the students. They need actionable information to reduce uncertainty and keep pace
Online Classes for students can create a feel of being alone. So help eliminate, feedback to assignments submitted, respond to questions asap, help or compliment.
Being a good instructor without F2F contact/interaction providing support for students is important for their success.
Feedback is critical for student experience
I agree with Huguette- due to the lack of face-to-face interaction, communication needs to be timely, frequent, and consistent...and I would even include positive and encouraging. Many online students are nontraditional students. Also, many are facing challenges that we don't know about, but might in a face-to-face class.
Communication is the key tool in the asynchronous environment
My big take-away is that "students are singularly interacting within the community. What does this mean? It means that your students have no classmates to “lean over to and ask a question” although there are technologies that can mimic this type of communication". We forget how much the social interaction impacts the learning process.
The online learning environment is importnt to the students because they rely on the instructor as a main source to update the course information, and give feedback.
Giving students feedback is essential for them to learn and succeed.
The frequent and continuous, timely feedback is crucial in the online learning environment
In this module I reviewed communication ways for an online environment. Proper feedback, timely communication, etc
The module provided good suggestions for communication with students and the importance of timely, frequent feedback.
Feedback is important for all students and should be provided in a timely manner.
Encouragement is also important and should be given to those who are struggling as well as those that are excelling. I tend to focus more on the students that are struggling and tend to forget those that are doing well. They also need a pat on the shoulder! I will try to do this more often.
I learned that the interaction in the course is very important to receive the students comments and interactions.
Feedback needs to be timely and consistent to be effective. Instructors need to be aware and maintain this throughout the course.
Communication and feedback are very important.
Allow students to have a dialogue in online forum discussions without replying to every single post. Don't keep inserting yourself into the conversation. Be a "guide on the side." :)
The three types of communication within an online classroom:
- Student-to-Content (S2C): Students will read, view, and listen to books, articles, videos, and recordings provided as part of the course content.
- Student-to-Instructor (S2I): Students will communicate directly with the instructor and receive feedback from the instructor.
- Student-to-Student (S2S): Students will engage in communication with their peers and even work on activities and assignments in groups.
The instructor should direct and provide guidance but not feel obligated to comment on everything--let the students form their own discussions based upon an instructor provided topic. Keep them on point if the subject strays. Allow the students a certain amount of ownership of their own education.
