Jonathan Musci

Synchronous learning to me is really exemplified by a discussion board or schedule chat. Students are working together in real time. Asynchronous learning is necessary for an online learning environment. Students must be able to strike out on their own at their own pace to manage all the content.

I like that we are delving deeper through this course beyond the tools we all recognize such as PCs and phones, to specific tools that will assist in creation and organiztion of the online course.

Have diverse and effective media is a sure way to engage online learners.

Selecting the appropriate technology is key for the creation of a succesful online classroom and course. 

Learing activities are how we get students to engage with the content. I thought there was some useful information in this section. It definitely reinforces the idea that activitites increase a students knowledge base and allow the to apply their knewly attained information.

I learned alot over the course of this particular section. Quality online courses need to have structural integrity, navigational simplicty, active learner centered learning, and intellectual interaction.It is all incredibly true. Online course can be effective, but they need to follow certain criteria and meet certain standards. I also feel the image provided of a graph showing positive learning gains from a combination of quality media and the level of interaction, really shows the formula can be simple for successful online learning.

While student input is valuable. Multiple stakeholders will need to weigh in before altering one of my courses.

Meaningful feedback is even more important than the assessment itself! Students need to have steps forward that are applicable, and approachable. 

It is so critical to remember that the online classroom environment requires more than simply the online tools. Students must buy into the classroom community with their fellow peers and the instructor.

I think maintaining your online formats and having some consistency really saves time as an instructor. It makes the experience from each time teaching the course more uniform and effective.