In a face to face situation, instructor presence is easy …. you’re right there with your students, but when teaching online this can be tougher, unless you are thinking about it and making sure you are present to students. One of the major reasons why students drop out of online courses is that they feel …
Category: Students
Mar 02
‘Ask Me’
As we look at student needs, it is important to remember that we grow through diversity, and every student has an important contribution to make. Title IX policy’s are in place to protect students from discrimination, but we shouldn’t follow these policies because they’re the rule, we should follow them because it is absolutely the …
Feb 16
Storytelling in the Classroom
Want to grab the attention of your students. One of the best ways of doing this is to tell a story. If you know your audience, it is sure to capture attention, and make the lesson you are giving more memorable. In this 7 minute YouTube video you are going to learn some of the …
Feb 02
Motivating Your Students
How do you motivate Learners? Here is a video (less than 10 minutes) that helps answer some of the questions on motivation. Listen for these ideas when you watch: Embracing Change Collaboration Desire to try something new Willingness to try and fail, and try again Community of Practice Learning through experience Increase performance through personal …
Sep 08
Capturing Your Student’s FULL Attention
Back in June of 2014 Saga Briggs wrote The Science of Attention: How To Capture and Hold the Attention of Easily Distracted Students. In this article she describes the findings of research which indicates that university students do best when their attention is captured by periods of active learning. She then gives the reader 15 Tricks …
Sep 03
Discussion Board Improves Exam Scores: Success Shared by KPC Faculty
I always think we learn best from our colleagues and I recently heard from Susan Mircovich, Assistant Professor of Chemistry for Kenai Peninsula College of something that she did which was very successful. I asked Susan to write it up for me so I could share it with all of the faculty reading the FLC. …
Aug 05
Rethink the Syllabus
We often think of the syllabus as a contract between faculty and student. Dr. Lolita Paff, Professor of Business and Economics at Penn State Berks, thinks this may actually foster a negative learning environment. In Mary Bart’s A Learner-Centered Syllabus Helps Set the tone for Learnings she describes another approach to the syllabus that she thinks creates a better beginning …
Jul 31
Fried Friday: Kind of “Punny” or Not?
It’s Friday again, so we’ve dug up a little humor for you with a reminder that humor is in the eyes of the beholder. As we begin the semester, it is always wise to remind your students of this too. What they post as “humor” might be offensive to another student reading it. And while …
Jul 24
Fried Friday: Surprise Attention Stealer!
Sometimes we aren’t sure what our students are seeing, hearing or focusing on. Do your students even listen to video lectures/presentations that you post online? Do they notice the things that you are emphasizing or is their attention elsewhere? Here is a humorous example from the news highlighting our own attention span. What captured YOUR …
Jul 08
To Accommodate Learning Styles or NOT?
We all have different strengths and different weakness. Some of us prefer to read directions, others prefer to be told what to do. Some learn best from videos, others prefer to have detailed step-by-step written diagrams. We’ve all been told that good instructors pay attention to the different learning styles of their students and deliver …
