Denise,
You are right! They also write the way they talk; also not a good thing!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
James,
True! I also have them write about themselves without using "I". It is really a challenge.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Emry,
Great answer! Have you tried giving a student audio feedback regarding writing? It is a great tool.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Marie,
Sometimes is only takes a small failure to avert a larger one!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Melissa,
I love that you provide them with what they can expect from you. That is SO important. Wow, you have your hands full. . .
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Eric,
In your field, communication is can be literally life or death option! Great point!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Joanna,
You make great points. You really seem to use the resources provided by your institution and know what is available! I really agree with you!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
For Health Care courses using the discussion board, writing examples and templates seems to be the best ways to assist with improve reading, writing, and communication skills. In developing courses I use Blooms Taxonomy to help advance writing skills and student abilities to evaluate and analyze what they read and summarize that in their academic writing. I coach to help them see the difference between reading and writing and academic reading and writing and how to strengthen skills based on their learning style, strengths and weaknesses. This all connects back to what we talked about in the first module with time management and internal motivation to improve and grow. In some introductory courses journal writing is helpful as well to assist the student in processing information and practicing writing and communication skills. Summarizing what is read, practicing, and communicating professionally is all part of the online world.Eric Oestmann
How do you help students improve their reading, writing, and communication skills?
Developing skills as a visual learner and working on compensation skills if a person is an auditory or kinesthetic learner can be the beginning assessment to help with the foundation of improving reading, writing, and communication.
Developing online platform skills and learning the tools to assist with reading, writing, and communication (spell check, chat, e-text, e-library…).
Through discussion boards and social learning theory the more one posts and interacts with peers the more they learn. This enables the student to practice reading, writing, and communication while working on the subject matter in a course.
Examples provide a visual and a tool to follow to help get writing started and a founding for academic writing. Critiquing others work or allowing in some classes to revise work based on feedback form al in the group setting allows for growth and improvement without the penalty which causes stress and apprehension which blocks learning.
Summarizing, analyzing, and evaluating (Blooms Taxonomy) what others write and the research helps with huger level thinking skills and communicating development.
Many techniques can be employed, all should be individualized by course, as per University policy, and for the individual.
Joanna Oestmann
Janet,
Wow, you are so right! Accuracy is so important in your field. You have to hold your students to a high standard!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Janet,
I have actually had them do the "hiring" and give them resumes and have them tell me which ones they would interview. This is an eye opener for them.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Darren,
Why reinvent the wheel. It is important to your workload to find resources that does the work! Good post.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Loriann,
You are doing the right thing! Pointing to them to resources does help. I am now looking at software that works with their proofreading skills.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Tanya,
Yes, that also means correcting them regarding what to call you. I have that problem.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Detra,
You are so right. The best tool is you! You are the example.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Darcy,
If that is what you require then you hold the students accountable. Good answer.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Errol,
Well, I may not agree with everything you say, I do think we have to hold students accountable for good DB and chat communication, if that is what you require. I have a formal and an informal area. The rules vary; it is the way I mimic real world communication.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
roger,
What a great post. So smart showing examples of bad emails in the workplace. They are available.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Kathy ,
I think you are so right! You have to be knowledgeable about the resources available at your institution.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Marie,
Yes, I also discuss plagiarism starting in chat 1 and often throughout the session. In addition, I make available in the instructor files plagiarism articles.
