I learned that it is important to assess and reflect on the effectiveness of teaching tools in order to make sure that the tool is supporting both the teaching process and the student learning process.
Understanding the functions of technology tools is as essential for planning for learning outcomes.
Facilitation is the best teaching style because it provides students a "process" for achieiving learning outcomes. Teaching styles include: authority, demonstrator, facilitator, expert, or deligator. Most teachers have a style that encompasses more than one of the forementioned teaching styles; however, elements of the facilator teaching style should be incorporated by all.
It is important to select the proper tools to produce the kind of teaching goals you have in mind. Most important is to set your students up for success, you must ensure they have the proper tools and equipment to make the traininig material more successful. Then upon some feedback, Stop, Go, Start what worked and what you can improve upon. Feedback from the students anomously is very important.
From this module, I have learned there are many technological tools an online instructor can use to enhance online learning. They can use blogs, virtual classrooms, online journals, and videos to enhance student learning.
It's important to use a variety of technologies, but assess the benefit of using them
'There are various teaching styles that are/can be utilized. Each style must incorporate individualized strategies to provide the optimal learning experience for the student.
Teaching a technology course this was a no-brainer.
I've learned to make sure that the tools I am utilizing are affective in what I am trying to teach and what the students are trying to learn.
We need to be knowledgeable regarding the different tools that are available, making sure they meet the need of the course content, ease of use and navigation.
Throughtout this lesson I learned to pay attention to the appropriate technology tools to choose when setting up the class. They described some tools and noted that some can be used in a variety of ways that may not have been the intended use to begin with. Use caution when doing that so that you do not compromise learning because of the program use. Tools need to assist in engaging students, the teaching process, and orginazation of the course and it's content.
The tools that you utilize can enhance the online learning experience
Learned the importance of carefully assessing technology and being ready to shift gears if the tool is not appropriate for a given circumstance.
there are many tools an instructor can use which are very helpful in the classroom.
There are a ton of differnet technology out there. It is the instructor goal to find the best match for there teaching style and the type of lesson they are trying to teach.
That the teaching tool used should be easy to manuver, yet also be techinical enought to handle the subject matter it is to handle.
It is important to have good technology tools that the students can be able to use and be successful for you as well. Also it is important to give a trial run if possible before going and requiring the students to use on own.
There are many technology tools that are available. The instructor and students should evaluate the technology tools to see if it enhances the learning. The tool should not become a hindrance to the instructor or students.
It is very important to learn which tools work best with each set of students.
Using technology is essential to help meet the needs of all online learners. Just as we differentiate in the classroom and use various techniques, we must do the same with the online teaching environment as well. Various tools and methods help to keep learners engaged.
