Introduction of self and having students introduce themselves is important in establishing rapport.
how it is important be manage your classroom and be supportive
Lots of good tactics and practices.
I learned that letting each student see all of each other's biographical information builds a more cohesive class.
I learned that it is important to have a prescence and let the student know who I am. It is also important to get to know the student so they feel comfortable with you as well. Your prescence in the discussion board should not overwhelm but help inform.
I was surprised at how responsive students were to open questions and how willing they were to share insights into their challenges, victories, and lives in general.
While not wishing to intimidate them with my professional credentials, I see that having "authority" within the class is probably more important than being overly modest. Hey, their confidence will grow as the course and the comments progress, at least that is the hope.
Mr. G.
I've learned it's important to allow students to know who you are and how you are qualified to teach the subject. It's equally important to know who your students are and why they are taking the course.
This module helps me to proyect my interactive level within the clssroom enviroment
An open biography from instructor to student following a student biography to instructor is a great way to initiate personal relationships, building the trust it requires to move forward in conducting a successful course.
In "Projecting Your Presence" module, we first reviewed strategies used in a traditional in-person classroom setting. We then learned ways to convert these strategies, to fit and to work with an online classroom setting. I learned strategies for an instructor to show their presence, to establish relationships, and to be interactive, in an online classroom. We have to be creative in finding ways to establish instructor-student and student-student relationships in an online classroom setting.
learned the importance of making ever effort to getting to know your students despite the virtual platform.
There were some great tips in this section in how to project myself more into the course and to build trust with the students. The personal welcome message sent to each student by the end of the week with my attached biography and a reminder of my office hours is a great tip and I plan on implementing that immediately!
I learned that to be an effective instructor, it is imparitive to get to know your students background specifically academic and occupational.
In this module I've learned, how to be present in an online scenario, how to have authority in an online scenario and how to establish a relationship with online students. I liked the suggestion of asking each student to tell me and everyone a little something about themselves in a discussion forum along with myself providing a short biography for them to get to know me a little better as well.
Students should have a personal experience with the faculty to create an real and open learning environment, allowing the student to see who you are gives them a connection and respect to the faculty.
Nakeisha
It was intresting how projecting your presence can be done in several ways and its importnce.
Proving a brief bio of yourself and your achievements is important. Also writing a welcome letter is engaging.
I need to know my students and I need to explain everything in detail duing an online course.
This is a good reminder to have the students post their bio, either as a first week discussion or as an assignment.
From previous experience, I have learned that giving students an opportunity to introduce themselves is great, but you have to limit it to academics or career goals only otherwise you can get some very personal info that should not be shared in this format, as well as some long winded diatribes.
