Get Your Students Hired
I learned the importance of completing self-analysis inventories on instructors and students.
Time manaagement is extremely important. We need to provide ways to keep kids organized and ways to help them hold themselves accountable.
I had never heard the concept of organizing your time like the way your organize your closet, but it makes very good sense. I will provide this recommendation to my students when we are discussing the importance of time management.
Transitioning to online format will take a lot of upfront work. Communication will be key for both the students and me. I need to be proactively thinking about accomodations so I can build them into my course. I'll need more information on Universal Design.
Time management is key and it is important to survey students to help them identify their strengths and weakness when taking an online course.
time management will be a huge factor in both teacher and student success. motivation will also be key
I like the idea of providing students with an online learner self-assessment. However, I would probably tailor it more to their knowledge of the technology being used for instruction. It will also be important to teach students how to use the online system, and provide expectations for how to interact in the online environment just as it would be in the traditional classroom. I like the idea of explaining to students how to use certain features of the system, and then allowing them a few minutes to practice with those features. I plan to incorporate this type of instruction into my lessons in the first few days of school. Because maintaining student motivation is key, I will likely complete get to know you activities with students, and use them as a the practice run for some of the key features of the technology.
Communiction will be key in getting the expectations to the students early in the course (first day or two). The challenges in an on-line course will be the varying abilities of the students in the same class (high achievers vs the procrastinators, high intelectual level vs students with IEPs & 504s, etc). And not having F2F contact every minute of the class will all learners will make it more difficult to keep the special needs student motivated & on-task with the rest of the class. Extra communications to those with special needs will be needed
I really liked this module and understanding about students' special needs and accommodations. Very good information.
Time management is so vital to online learning success, so providing some order to this that works for each student is vital. Setting a time for work each day and a calendar to monitor due dates will be very important to most students' success.
We must prepare students for online learning. Know who they are and what motivates them is key.
It is important for the teacher to understand their students needs so you can help and give them strategies to be successful in the online environment. Creating a survey can help both parties be successful once everyone understands their online student's strenghts and weakiness.
Mary Downs
As the instructor, it is important to evalutae my circustances to see if I will be an effective on line instructor. I need to focus on the students abilities and disabilities. I need to be aware of student accomadations and convey to the student the importance of Time Management and how to organize to complete work. Motivation is very important.
THere are several important things to remember when facilitating an online course. Students must self-assess to determine their strengths and weaknesses as they pertain to online learning. Providing accomodations to online learners is also an important component of online teaching and must be considered.
I think one of the key issues is motivation. A recognition that motivation is mainly the responsibility of the learner, but as the facilitator of the learning experience, there is an important role for you. An equally important insight is that motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic and neither should be overlooked.