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Integrating Technology into the Online Classroom through Collaboration to increase Student Motivation - John Steele, Thomas Dyer, Elizabeth Larson & Rick Holbeck.docx
This article chronicles a theoretical model towards integrating technology into the online classroom as a best practice to increase student motivation, engagement and outcomes. There are various technologies that can be incorporated into the online classroom to enhance the course and meet student needs by offering differentiated instruction activating various learning styles. This article explains
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Greetings John, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Rick
Your article does an excellent job of explaining the need to incorporate, and continually improve, new technological advancements into the online learning environment to stimulate students and their diverse learning styles. You also did an excellent job of explaining the benefit derived from the collaboration of instructors teaching like courses. Instructors helping each other is of benefit to student learning and university effectiveness. The ten step process you outline could be used by an individual instructor to evaluate student success if he / she were unable to coordinate with others, but the benefit realized from multiple ideas and approaches is evident from your explanation.
The final edition of this writing needs to be proofread to eliminate the wording and punctuation issues. Two of the instances I found occur in the introductory comments: (1) "The research indicates a vast need to for instructors . . ." One of the accented words should be removed to created a smoother flow of thought. (2) This theoretical essay while qualitative is nature will discuss . . ." "while qualitative in nature" seems to be a parenthetical statement that should be surrounded by commas. There are numerous other such instances that tend to obscure the flow of an otherwise excellent article of great value to all instructors.
Thank you for sharing your research on the need for collaboration among instructors in enhancing the online classroom to reach the diverse learning styles of students. Your explanation of the benefits of weebly is insightfully explained.
Blessings,
Ron Steadman
Hello Ron,
Thank you for your thoughts and advice. I appreciate that you took the time to carefully review our article submission. We will surely review your noted comments as well as edit. I like that you mentioned an individual instructor could utilize the diagnostic model, something I had not considered. As you mentioned though there is great value in utilizing the gifts and talents of others to create and produce materials that will hopefully lead to greater student success, retention, and outcomes. Thank you again Ron.
Tom