Thoughts on Teaching
How to improve communication in the online classroom
As online instructors, we typically communicate to our students through an asynchronous manner. This has traditionally been the main mode of communication the online realm, and it has several pertinent advantages compared to synchronous communication. The asynchronous mode affords our students an optimal level of convenience given that many of them are nontraditional students, attempting to balance both work and family alongside their studies. The mode allows students the opportunity to reflect…
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Dr. Jean Mandernach on creating a positive online work environment
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Pedagogical Application
How to teach students in a holistic manner
Developing competencies rather than merely ephemeral knowledge is one of the great challenges instructors face. This can be more challenging in the online setting given the tangential connection we have to many of our students as well as the finite amount of time we have them in our classes and connecting the classroom material to a more global outcomes can prove problematic. However, more to the point, how do we develop competences within our students? Perhaps understanding what competences…
Creating space for students to summarize and then share information can be a great way to help them deeply understand material.
From Online Faculty Training see the below post on the weekly Wrap Up as evaluation and assessment
Greetings, Faculty!
There is a difference between evaluation and assessment.
An evaluation is usually tied to some sort of data or testing. An assessment, on the other hand, involves an interpretation or analysis of information about student performance.
Last week's Teach Tips suggested implementing the Weekly Wrap-Up as a classroom assessment technique (CAT), a formative evaluation easily implemented in the classroom to assess student understanding and inform teaching methods…
Change things up in the classroom with these tips.
Teaching Tip from Online Faculty Development
Teaching a course the same as you did the last time.
Spending time on things that are not promoting learning.
Failing to take the time and effort to see what is working and what is not as it relates to learning in your classes.
Did you nod your head (visibly or internally) in affirmation after reading any of the above claims regarding your instruction? As instructors and in academia in general, everyone is an advocate for change. As much as we…
Is it out job to help build character in our students?
Although our primary functions as teachers are to impart knowledge based on the given curricula of a course as well as help students develop academic skills, another critical component of our profession-I contend- is to help our students develop character through the educational process. This may be a contentious issue for many teachers (Althof & Berkowitz, 2006). Given the finite amount of time we have with our students in a course, three, four, five, seven, or eight weeks respectively,…
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