Tina Stavredes

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Hi Amy, how long have you been teaching online? It appears that you have developed excellent strategies for facilitating your course and helping learners persist and successfully achieve the course outcomes!! Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Managing Learner Behaviors

Hi Jenny, I think your approach is excellent. Most of the time learners just want to be heard, so acknowledging his concerns and explaining the discussions relevance is critical! Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Providing Feedback

Hi Archie, you point out the importance of pointing out the positives, followed by areas that need improvement. In addition, there may be additional issues such as time management or poor academic skills that may be impacting the learner, so providing additional resources to support them can be helpful. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Will Online Learning Replace the Traditional Classroom?

Hi Archie, in some respects, it is easier to ask questions and get timely feedback online because learners can ask questions in private and feedback is posted directly into the course, so learners don't have to wait for the next class to have their assignments returned! Tina

Tina Stavredes

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The Optimal Online Student-Instructor Ratio

Hi Samuel, both the content and the structure that is place to deliver the course online has an impact on the optimal number of students. For instance, we are looking at implementing a TA program to support our online courses, which will allow us to have larger classes. Tina

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Will Online Learning Replace the Traditional Classroom?

Hi Samuel, I do too! You are correct about the fact that demand and need will make it necessary to deliver education online; however, it is a different way of learning and will not meet the needs of all learners. Tina

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Faculty Expectations

Hi Samuel, these are important criteria for your expectation statement. I also recommend that you make it clear what your specific expectations are for interacting in discussions (i.e. number of days in discussion, number of interactions with other learners, etc.). Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Managing Learner Behaviors

Hi Cynthia, it's really important that you are able to help the learner develop an understanding of the relevance of the activities to real world practice. This helps him understand how he will use the skills and knowledge in practice and provide more motivation to engage in the activities! Tina

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Will Online Learning Replace the Traditional Classroom?

Hi Cynthia, I agree. In addition, many online universities don't accept learners under the age of 25 because a traditional f2f environment is much more supportive for the younger adult. Tina

Tina Stavredes

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Assisting the Online Student

We do the same thing at my institution! Tina