Part 2/
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Community
Breaking the Ice
Community
and learning is essential for the progress of students in becoming
knowledgeable to the various tools required in becoming successful. Education
in today’s society has several controversial issues, which involves the financial
requirements to learning and if individuals can afford to pay to learn. The
most frequent question concerning education is “Do individuals really need a
college degree to survive?” The
community is instrumental in encouraging students to continue on and learn all
they can, by having the appropriate learning facilities open and supplied with
current technical equipment. A term that is widely used in the teaching and
learning literature world is student-centered learning (SCL). SCL points out how the responsibility is
centered on the learner therefore involvement and participation is key. The
teacher is the resource person and therefore the learner comes away with a
fulfilling experience. The community plays a large role in preparing both
learners and teachers to the online curriculum. The curriculum and how it is
design is key to breaking the ice for beginners. The icebreaker technique is a
simple way to allow students to introduce themselves and share something
personal. This helps to facilitate the learning process and help others to
become comfortable enough to collaborate with others. The online strategies will look at several
social media sites to slowly help learners.
Managerial
Role
Prior to starting an online class several requirements is needed
to launch a successful class. Several key elements are required in order to
start an online course. The class will begin with an announcement welcoming
everyone to the class and a section in which everyone can introduce themselves
and add a picture to the site for recognition. However setting the stage
will require certain viewpoints and requirements to succeed in the class.
Online Etiquette- Often new students with no experience to online classes enroll
and are not sure what to expect and what the language is like for online
communicating. Guidelines and standards are established and spelled out in this
section. Personal responsibility for following the rules and guidelines for
online etiquette will be reinforced by the instructor. Respect of language and
trusting one another is also important.
Open Forum – The icebreaker model will be introduce in the open forum in
which each student is required to tell everyone something about them. Next they
will need to break the ice by challenging their colleagues giving out three
adjectives that describe their personality. Note only one adjective will be
true.
Collaboration/Communication- In order to create a culture to learn
requires certain standards, like collaborating and communicating which will help
individuals to survive and prosper in an online class. Collaborating
/communicating simple means working together and seeking out help from one
another by communicating on a professional level.
Adapting to Change – Understanding the logic to online learning is adapting to a
change, which requires non-face to face learning. Self-discipline,
demonstrating organizational skills, managing online resources and developing
personal expectations will help the student to transition to online learning.
Quality Performance- Relates to the type of work and the level of work submitted
for the class. Each student is required to address the discussion board with
quality answers, which often requires references to sustain the comments made.
The performance level of that student will rise.
The evaluation process is also important. Students should
receive a Rubric to help guide and allow them the opportunity to succeed in
their work. This will help with the grading process and assist with fairness
and help with the learning process.
A social bookmaking tool will help tremendously for all novices’
individuals who need help locating and storing valuable websites and data. The
tag, highlights and the group –base collaboration sessions is easy to use and
will help out in the learning and retaining process. I say these three because
tagging will keep an individual alert to projects and data they need. The
highlights will also bring attention to special areas. The challenge can come
about when one is trying to manage and mark a project. The project will
require creative ideas to capture the message. That’s the challenge. Overall,
social bookmarking is great for online instructors they need to know how to
market their class. These tools with bookmarking will assist them.
Technical and Staying
Current
In order for instructors to stay ahead; they need to be current
with the new technology that’s on the websites. Social media such as Facebook,
WikiSpaces, Google, EduBlogs, and one particular site such a http://www.edudemic.com/best-web-tools/
is full of innovated ideas and has numerous wed tools for
educators. This site can help one to become hassle free with the sharing and
collaborating of the Internet.
Reference
Rundio,
A., & Wilson, V. (2013). Nurse
Executive Continuing Education Source. Silver
Spring, MD: ANCC
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