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Reiterate to students the importance of time management to students and provide them with skills and tools to aid in time management. Seeing as time management is left up to the studen ts I believe when teaching online, you would be well served to break your assignments up into several small assignments due at different periods throughout the course instead of only a few or even one large assignment. I believe this will keep those who are prone to procrastination to not find themselves in too deep when the time comes to hand in final assignment as they've been forced to hand in parts of it as the course progressed.
I am a high school teacher taking this course while going through the virus. Many of my students have said that one thing they have learned is time management skills. Procrastination put many students behind in posting assignments in the beginning, and now they have become better time managers. Many are posting assignments the same day they are assigned.
The seven principles of learning apply to both instructors and students. For instructors they can serve as a guidlines to improve teaching and learning. For students, they provide guidelines for students understanding what they need to do to be successful. Participating in an online class require students practice they same rules of etiquette they would observe if they were in a face-to-face class.
The seven principles for teachers and students is a useful tool for writing out the expectations for courses.
I've learned here how important it is to establish the goals of the course and how to translate this information to students. One such way will be to create sub-groups within the class that will help to facilitate Q&A where it pertains to online learning principals.
Online classes are not easier classes. Students have to plan extra time for reading and writing, typically 2 to 3 hours per 1 hour of online time. Students need to adhere to professional respectful guidelines during online course work. Teachers need to outline in the syllabus the expectations for time management and professional discussions.
Instructors that have a correlation between course goal and life goals tend to achieve a high student buy in rate. The seven principles of learning are as important as Piaget's four stages of cognitive development as well as a thorough understanding of the 4 levels on the Depth of Knowledge chart and the demands instructors place on a student that is required for success in the course.
The seven priniciples are an rxcellent tool for instructor and student. Expectations of instructor and student are to be expleined in the beggining and student reinforced. Ty
Applying the 7 principles of learning partnered with clear and professional communication with each student is essential for a successful outcome.
Students must be committed to adhere to deadlines and work diligently in online courses. Online learning provides some degree of freedom for students to arrange courses around other aspects of their life, but it is important that they understand that procrastination and/or a lack of time management will not enhance this freedom.
Finding ways to help learners avoid the pitfalls is crucial. Students who fall into this trap will begin to feel defeated or unsuccessful the risks student making the choice to fail a course.
There is alot of good teaching information in this module. While I studied the conten, I kept reflecting that much of the information is just as relavent to a F2F classroom and it is in a online class.
The topics for the module are:
1) Planning and goal setting - good information for any learning environment
2) Netiquette: Tone and Attitude - This one is directed for an online class, yet the message of communicate with RESPECT can be applied to all forms of communication
3) Time management - good information for any learning environment
4) Pitfalls Students Should Avoid - good information for any learning environment
5) Princoples of Learning - good information for any learning environment
There are a lot of pitfalls students might find, such as procrastinating, asuming the course will be easy, or underestimating the time needed to complete a course. By communicating with students, the teacher can help them to avoid these pitfalls.
Failure to plan is a plan for failure. The biggest new take out from this lesson is outlining how the 7 Principles for an Instructor can be swtiched to the students perspective for success. Set timeline and parameters for students, encourage them to be engaged learned and make them understanding you have high expectations for them because you are helping them work towards their life goals!
guidelines from the student’s perspective and the guidelines for a succussful online instructor is what i took away from this module.
The key to successful online education is good communication between the instructor and student. The student should know early how to get in touch with the instructor and all communication should be respectful and professional.