I really loved the acronym REFOCUS in this module. The idea of unburdening was especially interesting to me, especially through the lens of potential burnout in both teachers and students. I also loved the idea of a Crisis Game as a critical thinking and practical application of learning activity.
Building the rapport means we also care for our students.
The Crisis Game is a greay way to tie in content and stimulate critical thinking.
By including personal stories into the discussions it makes the content real. Life experiences are building blocks that can be used in education,
I must factor in the emotional component of learning. I also must concentrate on the material and the syllabus and evaluate if I'm on time with the material.
Ways to be effectively engauging and participation generating techniques were discussed. REFOCUS is a way to regain the students focus and participation and attention midway through the course.
I have learned how to be able to re-energize and refocus when things get a little "slow" or when I feel I may be losing my student's attention. I have learned about learnativity.
Students tend to loose focus, maybe around mid-term. It is important to recapture their energy.
I liked the idea of telling a story and changing your lecture style to keep the students engaged
Excellet reminder how buidling professional relationships between student and professor are essential.
Good information on staying engaged and how to handle talkative and quiet students
I have always believed that getting everyone to participate and being an active learner is important for one to recall information learned. I think hands-on participation and recall is vital to learning. However, I find it challenging teaching online. Not only is it hard to recognize a class of 30 plus students the computer moves students all around. Not to mention you have two pages of students. How are others meeting this challenge?
In order to keep your classroom, teaching methods fresh and interesting....you're always implementing different teaching methods.
I think that changing up the lesson plan mid way through a term or semester can help stimulate the students. It is true, that midway throught a term, the students are exhausted and they have difficulty with motivation to learn. I liked learning about the "crisis game". Very interesting and I will also incorporate this into my teaching tools.
Reignite the fire for learning the subject by real life experiences that I have encountered and how I resolved them then ask for feedback on what they think about my solution you'll learn from them and yourself nobody is to old to learn something new
The REFOCUS tool. It assists us to be creative and reflect on our achievements.
The key points to rapport are trust and understanding of others' concerns..,. if you can manage those two things, students will see you as someone they can trust and believe you have a genuine concern for their success in your class.
I really enjoyed this section. Reminders that as faculty we need to recharge and focus to ensure excitment about our cotent is important. In addition, I really liked the idea of a mid-course inventory to learn what the students are retaining. This could help inform the second half of the course.
I thought this section was interesting!
I appreciated the REFOCUS tool and plan to definitely incorporate it, particularly in the longer courses.
