Thursday, May 10, 2012

Are you good enough for online learning?!?


This week assignment was cool and different. I notice that I am comfortable with only two positions as being an online instructor. Those two positions will be social Director and of course, technical assistant.  After reviewing the first document Wearing four pairs of shoes The online instructor provided by Kris, I knew exactly which one's will be great for me.  Before doing this assignment, I already knew that I will not fit into any of them and this is not the way I want to teach- online. It seems hard in a way, but more time on your hands. Like the speaker said in class last week, you have more time to do your things, you're not locked in a classroom for eight hours of the day. I need to be more confident in doing this style of teaching and more practice. My chart below describes what I need to improve in each category.

Instructor

  • Have more interaction with students
  • Be able to stay focus with students and during class
  • Learn how to respond faster to students via email.
  • Know more about keeping the classroom at a steady and learning pace

Social Director

  • Check on groups while working with one another.
  • Make good/interesting discussions.
  • Be more vocal

**This one is easier for me because I like discussions and its easy for me to come up with synchronous and asynchronous assignments.***
Technical Assistant

  • Should know more about each type of computer. You don't’ know what type of computer a student will use during class.
  • Be able to troubleshoot faster and hopefully not during class.

**This is the best one for me. I have a degree in computer science and I can troubleshoot all day long**
Program Manager

  • Being able to organize the lesson plan.
  • Being better at creating rubrics.
  • Set up video conference with students to meet the one time.

1 comment:

  1. I think most of us are great at the technical director, but I agree that the teaching part of online learning can seem daunting. I thought about this one, and I think that online "lectures" are not an effective way to learn whether they are in a flipped classroom or live. Perhaps the teaching component is more about how you teach rather then when you teach?

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