I like the video's on this course, there was a lot that I have learned from them.

This is a great course to be able to learn on some of the different ways to motivate your students. Great course.

This class was extremely informative for me as an instructor. It shed some light on a situation I am in currently with a student. I teach in a clinical setting and a student who I view as very promising and knowledgeable, wants to quit our program. She feels like she is not able to complete certain tasks that are required. In truth, she is behind on her requirements, but as her instructor I believe she has the skills to complete her requirements and even excel in the program. This can be very frustrating for instructors, as we all work with students who are not knowledgeable or have skills, to see the ones that do have the ability, not succeed. This issue would also link to motivation; at this point I think the only motivation for this particular student is extrinsic (getting a job). I think I will try to find more extrinsic motivators for this student in hopes she will develop intrinsic motivation to stay with the program.

Great course learned allot from it.

Depending on the students ambition or desire to learn it can be a easy task to get people going. The non self motivators are the tricky part. They will be the mystery learning .

That seems like the best one for me when i hit my peak for the day.

In my experience student like to know the instructor has faith in them to complete what ever task they need to .

This course was a great advice on getting and keeping great retention.

i have a few older student in my class that will set as role models for the younger students . I see the younger student have a more of a doing attitude rather then older students tend to step back and approach there task with a gathered mind set.

Many students come in with checkered pasts. They have come to improve their lives and create a new future. The negative side is to make sure that school is not the only part to teach. Many need a little more encouragement. Some need a father figure to keep them on the right path. To say you are just the teacher is not enough. The goal is to get every student to reach his goals. We can carry that for the time he / she is with us. After that we hope we have instilled enough in them to carry on the path they are now on.

I really enjoyed the application of the use of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational techniques. I actually incorporate these when I teach my psychology classes, and we discuss Maslow's hierarchy of needs. We talk about how students can gain self empowerment through intrinsic motivation and finding means of bridging the gap with extrinsic motivation during the times when it is "hard" to keep going in order to reach their goals.

What issues do you have as an instructor with regard to keeping your students focused in class? What classroom strategies do you employ in that regard?

look a student in the eye, ask them to tell you what they have gleaned out of the days class, give them positive AND negative feedback as needed on a personal basis and they feel like you are "there for just them" at that moment.

In my class you can see a wide range of ages, from right out of High School, to some one in their 50's. By trying to stay informed of the current events and allowing yourself to be knowledgeable on all fronts of a subject, you can see "eye to eye" with your students no matter what age they are. When you do this it puts you on that students level and you look more "human" and accessible.

I have found this to style to be such a great energy booster for not only the student but the instructor as well. We are challenged everyday and sometimes the energy level can be effected so this was a great compliment to my teaching style.

I found this to be very useful in a course Im actually teaching currently. I have been trying to figure out other creative ways to teach my class microphone theory. What are some ways in keeping the overall commitment from everyone in the groups of 5-6 people? There is nothing worse than coming up with a very create educational game and see some of the students not participating?

How can you make students focus more clearly when they are very distracted by their cellphones

Its very difficult to expect students to retain information with difficult topics. How can you teach a student to memorize over 200 drugs? How can we help students memorize?

Sometimes, there's a slight conflict between the younger aged students and the older adult learners in my class. It seems as though the younger students do not like the older students. And the adult learners resent the younger students. How do we deal with this?

I am a new teacher and currently taking coalition courses.