Elements of a successful online learning were covered this
week particularly from the perspective of the teacher in what she/he has to do
to move students to achieve learning outcomes successfully. The reading by
Hobgood (????) clearly explained the online teacher’s role in reference to his
own experience, making it very practical. I can easily relate myself to the
reading in that what was said was very true. The following are some of the
elements that a teacher online needs to know of and implement in his/her
course.
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Supporting students
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Planning
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A realistic workload
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A learning community
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Building a comfort zone
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The instructor’s role in maintaining
communication
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Teaching presence
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Use a variety of activities (synchronous and
asynchronous)
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Etc, etc, etc.
There is a lot that is being said regarding the above on the
internet that teachers can fall back on to support and enhance their online
teaching.
My reflection
I don’t have much to reflect here because I feel that
Hobgood has said it all. The challenges encountered were similar to the ones I went
through also and I like his ideas of how to combat the issues. The reading was also
very easy to comprehend.
However, there are two issues I’d like to raise in regards to
students’ postings.
11. Teaching presence is emphasized as one of the
best practices of online learning, but if you have 200 students, you will not
certainly respond to each and every student, will you? How will we then choose
which ones to respond to and when to respond?
22. How do we
grade the postings? Everyone is required to answer a question given and to
comment also on colleagues postings; how are these graded – according to the
number of postings posted which may not be of quality? Students need to know
how they will be graded.
I do believe that the role of the
online teacher is as important as the traditional teacher but in very different
ways. The success of any learning depends on the teacher.
Happy learning everyone!
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