Managing Students in the Online World
It is really important to understand your students’ personality types to make the online course work. Knowing how to channel disruptive behaviors and encourage quiet students to participate may not be easy but very important. What a great module to really speak to this need. Knowing your population of students is truly important. Online learning in nursing in the UK is showing promise; these programs are addressing the needs of learners in this changing world that is welcoming online systems (Purkis & Gabb, 2013). Even though our world is becoming more tech savvy, it’s always important to really look at the students’ personal needs with the online environment.
Reference
Purkis, N. & Gabb, C. A. (2013). Online learning professional development. Nurs Times. 2013 Dec 23-2014 Jan 14;109(51):16-8.
Teachers can also exhibit appropriate levels of dominance by providing clarity about the content and expectations of an upcoming instructional unit. Important teacher actions to achieve this end include:
• Establishing and communicating learning goals at the beginning of a unit of instruction.
• Providing feedback on those goals.
• Continually and systematically re-visiting the goals.
• Providing summative feedback regarding the goals.
I agree is it extremely important to understand a student’s personality in order to be successful and normally I’m able to ascertain that through live communication and eye contact and personal habits speaking with the student face to face allows you to obtain a sense of common ground and security with your students, my concern: how do we do that in an on-line setting? There is no longer that sense of personal contact.
