Yvette Prior

I agree - and we can also make their lives richer through the engagement.  Humans have a need to learn, share and grow - and when we set them up to share (in reasonable amounts and in safe ways that allow application of learning) it can be enriching and stimulating for the student.  There are demands with going back to school, but also many perks and the enjoyment factor cannot be overlooked - the human mind was made to learn and people can have boosts to self-esteem and mood after experiencing some lively class engagement. :) 

I enjoyed reading some of the tips here. 

Sometimes what I htink has helped with discussion posts is to ask something fun and personal while they also relfect on course material. For example, students were invited to join in a discussion about psychological disorders and the post had 4 parts. 

They had to define the term, list two from the book, give an example, and then the last part was to pick two of the literary named disorders (Peter Pan, Doran Gray, etc.) - And in many cases - the quiet or introverted seem to like sharing on that last… >>>

I agree with Karen's suggestions too - and for stduent engagement - don't forget to go backand review the previous module (EL 102) where specifics were offered for different learning styles, which are Avoidant, Competitive, Dependent, Collaborative, Participant, Independent (Bergquist & Phillips, 1975). The first three styles can pull from active learning and engagement. And then behaviors need to be on the radar too because as in a traditional class - the online classroom will also have an array of sbehaviors tolook out for and address: noisy, quiet, disruptive, intimidators and procrastinators. 

Hope that helps and happy teaching everyone.

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This was such a helpful comment because it reminds us that people will soemtimes miss the beauty of a lively teacher - and it sounds like you were engaged and making content come alive. 

I also was glad to be reminde dof this from this unit and my biggest takeaway is that good management involves the intro of a good sylabbus and all that - and also involves the instructor managing by offering "a wide variety of activities to offer" - and so we are not only allowed to bring in some fresh activiites= it is part of good management… >>>

I agree to0 - and when we become aware of the little things we can do to be more effective, we can prevent employees from becoking deflated - and we all work smarter :)

I agree - great info and so applicable