This is my reflection of best stategies and most effective tools that will promote best teaching practice to provide high levels of students engagement within a learning community. The ability to design and deliver well constructed syllabus will teach students to develop critical thinking skills, and at most the students will have clear understand of the objective of the course. Also, it is extremely important to have clear guidelines to reinforce rules and policies that will maintain integrity of online education programs.
Although the guidelines provide good practice that is needed for online course regulation, guidelines are very importance to be implemented by the instructor in an online discussion forum. This will allows student to have the proper information that is needed to participate online discussion as well as the self assessments, the rubrics which allow students to compare their own performance against standards that were established by their instructor.
Furthermore, an effective online instructor is an instructor who is able to deliver and guide the overall learning process. This promotes the practice of teaching: (a) innovation; (b) research; (c) designed program; and (d) technological evolution. These approaches will engage learners to connect in an online community. Finally, I support many of the roles that Siemens (2008) emphasized. Many of these roles are needed to become an effective teacher. I’ve come to believe that learning to become an excellent teacher is a life long career undertaking. A great teacher is never a finished product; they are forever in the process of becoming one.
References:
Anderson, T. (Ed.) (2008). The Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Durrington, V. A., & Berryhill, A., & Swafford, J. (2006). Strategies for Enhancing Student Interactivity in an Online Environment. Heldref Publications. Washington.
Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2007). Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom. San Francisco
Simonson, M. "Principles of Distance Education Video: Distance Education: The Next Generation." Walden University, 2009. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved October 7, 2009
Siemens, G. (2008). Learning and Knowing in Networks: Changing Roles for Educators and Designers. ITForum.
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Interesting thoughts, Daniel! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think also that online learning has been promoted by students who are also in the military, or dependents of the military. In my online classes, I always have a healthy percentage of these folks.