Time management involves being organized by blocking out time for particular events and then being disciplined to stick to the schedule. This is an area that I struggle with.
I let other things interfere and think I need to respond to student questions and emails quickly. In fact, I need to set up boundaries and communicate these to the students. Then, I can use flexible methods to communicate the content.
Time Management is key, and learning how to better balance between online instruction and personal life may help me rejuvenate my desire for teaching.
Organization, time management, and staying focused are key for online learning instructors.
The tips for work/life balance were excellent. This is an area where I have long had issues. I am working on only working during specific hours and hope that will help.
Nancy Tosh
I need to manage time so that I am not spending all my time in front of my computer with online classes. I need to learn not to feel guilty because I am not online every minute.
Time managment is key to being a successful proffesor. User-centered interfaces are ideal when creating an online course. Try to make sure that your students have sufficient social presence.
I learned that professional development can assist in obtaining knowledge to manage workload.
I think setting office hours when you will be available is extremely important for the instructor. I know it is easy to get tied into constantly responding to the students.
This module pointed out that students and instructors both need to work on a healthy work/life balance in order to succeed while not becoming burnt out.
It is important to plan! Plan ahead as much as possible but always be willing to adapt.
Online instructors need the following to be successful: Time management skills, Organization, Discipline, Flexibility, and Setting Boundaries between their personal life and work.
ADDIE intrigued me. Instructionaldesign.org had a longer description of ADDIE, which I found very interesting and potentially useful.
Planing ahead is so very important and make sure you have the proper amount of time to engaged in students. Commuication is always the key while making students feel connected to the online enviromnet. Must be flexible and understand things will happen with techolongy, it's importatnt to understand and work through the issues with grace.
Without proper planning, things can be furstarted
You must plan and have time management skills to be successful.
Increased social presence leads to increased student engagement and retention.
Manage your time set your limits organize ! make sure your students understand your contact times because their is life after the day is done and you and your students don't burnout with an overload and neither do you
Workload Management Strategies for Teaching Online --> WLMS for Teaching Online
LMSs differ and the ADDIE (Access -Design-Develop-Implement- Evaluate is the simpilest form. Complexities in Online learning come from no F2F contact and can be asychronous causing communication to break down from Instructor to Student, Student to Instructor, and Student to Student. Focus needs to be maintained to keep Students and Istructor motivated keeping Visibilty/ Social Pressance is key and leadership is shown by being engaged and consistant setting good examples and sticking to time lines with good feedback.
Time management in personal and work environments will ensure a smoother teaching attitude. Setting specific work time to discuss students questions will help establish guidelines for students.
