Shaheen Christie

Hello everyone, I think there are many skills an instructor can employ to manage the broad scope of learners that they have in their classroom(s). One of the most important tools that I have found to be helpful is listening to student suggestions on how to improve assignments or instruction while the course is being conducted, rather than waiting to see suggestions via end of course surveys. I have found that making small changes as the course progresses can help groups of students, rather than just one single student, especially if suggestions for changes are made more than once. Any… >>>

Hello everyone, I believe that helping students realize their mistakes in submitted work is the best way to help them improve on future assignments. This is one aspect of helping my students become better online learners that I have come to struggle with in my classroom. If a student's work is filled with errors, should the instructor spend time fixing all of them, or notify the student of numerous types of errors and let them find them on their own time? I have struggled with answering this and thinking about this issue for some time. Please share any thoughts on… >>>

It can be a real challenge to keep students interested in the course content, but I think one way that instructors can continually do so is to ask students on a weekly basis if they have questions or concerns on anything from previous/current/upcoming weeks, because usually this will get some kind of response from them, whether straight to the point or a lengthy answer. In almost every case where I have asked this at the beginning of a live chat, I have had at least 5-10 students provide an answer. Also, I ask the students what they think will be… >>>

I had an idea, since this is a course devoted to Designing and Developing Online Courses, that perhaps instructors should leave open the possibility for students to input directions on an individual project or discussion board. If students were given the chance to take a bit of a lead off of their directions and write about topics relating to the main assignment, they may put in more effort. For example, one week I asked a series of questions during our live chat, and some of my students really enjoyed the discussion. They wanted to continue the discussion on the discussion… >>>