Again, I\u2019m addressing the asynchronous model of online learning. I don\u2019t have a lot of experience with distance learning which happens with one-on-one and in a synchronous fashion.<\/p>\n
First, there are some classes, even Computer Science when having someone show you something one-on-one is good. I took several classes in Illustrator and Photoshop this summer, and it was very helpful and less frustrating to have a teacher in the room, show me the mouse moves and keystrokes and I don\u2019t even think I would have gotten it with Camtasia PIP. By the way, I\u2019m a pretty advanced computer learning, having my Master\u2019s majoring in CECS. I don\u2019t think even distance learning would have been as helpful in that situation.<\/p>\n
Second, there are lots of people, some days even me, that don\u2019t get motivated to work on an on-line course. I\u2019ve been a complete failure as an online learner because I let my world get in the way. Usually when I don\u2019t have a pressing need to do the class. <\/p>\n
The one thing that could be fixed by on-line learning facilitators, is that we tend to put too many activities in the course. We do that when we design face-to-face but it\u2019s easily fixed, we don\u2019t do the assignments we don\u2019t get to. We need to be willing to modify our courses if we see that they are too much for students to accomplish. Make sure that you are not having your students do \u201cbusy\u201d work and that each assignment contributes to learning.<\/p>\n
Finally, remember that relationship is a key to the Principals of Learning, and try to have a relationship with your online classes \u2013 meeting face to face or even in a chat room on a regular basis can do that and make your course a better experience.<\/p>\n
But let\u2019s face it, nothing beats a classroom with a caring teacher. Besides, it keeps more of us employed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Again, I\u2019m addressing the asynchronous model of online learning. I don\u2019t have a lot of experience with distance learning which happens with one-on-one and in a synchronous fashion. First, there are some classes, even Computer Science when having someone show you something one-on-one is good. I took several classes in Illustrator and Photoshop this summer, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}