It is important to be engaging and fun while still obtaining your goals for content delivery. Find ways that are fun to break up longer or tougher cocepts.
Listen and respect your students and what they are trying to achieve.
It is a great idea to bring someone in from the industry to talk to students about expectations both in the areas of work product and professional behavior.
Learning to be more creative when teaching. Truing to get the sstudents engaged and involved to obtain the information that is being taught.
I can relate to these tips. As a nontradition student, I remember being in this space quite vividly. Having instructors that had a solid foundation, who were competent, caring, and encouraging made a huge difference!
i always try to learn the students names by the first few classes i also try to to some one on one time to learn more about them. i explain that if they need some one one time to ask question we can talk after class .
its important to inspire sucess to allow achievement of realistic goals
In this module, I feel that I need to really be reactive to students in both an online and face-to-face setting. Students will have various levels of stress in their lives, and various levels of confidence with the materials and taking that into account will allow the class to flow more smoothly.
Above all, in this section, I learned that engaging students as individuals and providing them with certain human accommodations is key to gaining their trust and acknowledgement of the instructor's genuine caring and investment in their success. Affording students personal attention, creating and enjoyable atmosphere for all, showing respect, and guiding them in the right direction are all integral in the process of achieving the stated goals and objectives of the course.
Setting up high realistic goals is important. Also instructors should not create competion in class. It is important to encourage students to work together.
The thing that stuck out most to me in this module was to remember to have fun! It is so easy to get caught up in rushing to give them information but forgetting to keep things light hearted and relaxed.
While adult learners like structure to the class so that it is not wasting their time, they also like classes that are interesting and hold their attention. Videos, power point presentations, group activities,etc, keep the forward momentum going and makes the experience of learning more interesting as well as improves comprehention and retention.
Help students find personal meaning and value in the material. Also, students lean by doing so having any activity followed by a short lecture will help retain information and make lerning engaging.
It is importance to understand and know the difference between different type of learners in your classroom. Adult learners will relate their experience, while younger learners without experience will be more passive about learning, so you need to shift your style to reflect this so they can absorb the material.
I enjoyed the discussion of potential ways to engage students in the classroom setting. Adult learners have competing priorities and need engaging content.
This helped to consider the importance of the dynamics of the physical learning environment.
adult studnets are active learners, put material in bite sized chunks, and be enthusiastic as you teach a topic.
As a facilitator of education, it is important to be transparent and recognize student success.
To learn their names early and to get an idea of how they are doing each day.
