Overall Communication for Teachers
An instructor needs to communicate with students frequently, provide substantive feedback, and communicate well with technology.
The instructor should be an active participant, bring their own experiences to the discussion, do not dominate a discussion, or let a few students dominate it, challenge students without silencing them, and paraphrase a message if it is not clear.
At a minimum, the teacher should include instruction on netiquette. Netiquette, which is short for Internet etiquette, is most important. It involves civility or politeness, professionalism, courtesy, respect, consideration, and good manners. Netiquette includes rules for all aspects of the Internet, including the World Wide Web, e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, newsgroups, and message boards.
Dr. Marcia L. Brown, PMP
Julia and Marcia,
Right on. Netiquette is important and it goes back to the conversation we've had on respect and civility.
Thanks for your input.
Dr. Marcia ---
I concur with your comments on this topic.
It is really important in the on-line environment to ensure that the students are aware of the etiquette required. We, as instructors, need to be reminded constantly that some of the students in the class may not have had the opportunities and therefore, have a lot of "catching-up" for the class.
Julia Huston
Marcia,
Right on! Communication is key and feedback should help the students improve. As we model netiquette, the students should follow, but it's good to put netiquette rules in the syllabus as well. Thanks for sharing.
