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The third @One Quality Principles of Online Teaching considers effective teaching to be inherently dynamic. Each time we teach a course, present a lecture, or engage our students in a learning activity, we teach when we respond to student questions and feedback “in the moment.” Effective teachers use experience to modify a lesson from semester to semester. Great online courses are not simply copied from semester to semester without significant changes, or allowed to run on autopilot, but rather are taught dynamically and improved with each iteration.
This principle supports:
• Applying student self-assessment to guide learning opportunities;
• Using formative and summative assessment and course analytics to monitor student interaction and learning and responding appropriately;
• Leveraging communication tools to support student success;
• Developing plans for improving courses each time they are taught.
Artifacts
Artifacts
Principle 3's main purpose is to meet the specific needs of students based on data collected. Through feedback and allowing students to ask questions, it helps facilitate a dialogue between students and instructor to address any issue that might arise throughout the course. By providing and guiding students with feedback they are able to identify areas of strength and areas that need improvement. This results in creating a plan to help students succeed in the course. From an instructor's perspective it allows me to create a course that is continuously evolving to meet the needs of students, but also allow them to apply what they have learned to other future courses.
To better serve all student needs, I have added a Q&A section in my course. As students navigate through the course's content questions might arise to better clarify a point. By providing a section to add these it allows students to ask without hesitation and invokes other peers to lend a helping hand by communicating how to solve an issue. As an instructor, it allows me to see the interaction and address an issue not resolved. I can also bring attention to others and better explain a concept that was not fully understood. This artifact addresses the third criteria in providing a communication platform as a support system to student learning.
In all of the classes I teach, I use rubrics to assess student mastery of content. This allows me to see how well the student has understood the material and also the area(s) that need to be revisited. This can also be used as a communication tool for students to self-assess where they need to seek additional support. This artifact addresses the last two criterion of principle 3 because success is being communicated by indicating current level and also the data can be tracked at the end of the course to better improve the presentation of a concept to better guide both current and future instruction.
In addition to using rubrics, I also provide students with specific feedback on assignments. Once again, this artifact of a student's submitted work serves to inform and build communication on their progress in a formative manner that will help them improve. Principle 3 is completely reflected because students are guided on what steps to take to improve their learning, it serves to monitor student growth, learning targets are communicated through specific feedback, and future instruction is driven based on student performance.
Reflection
Reflection
Before starting courses:
When it comes to collecting student data; I felt pretty comfortable. I have always taught face-to-face. What become more challenging was to collect data using different online sources. To me, the only online source I had used was Canvas to grade papers and input grades; nothing else.
My growth after taking courses:
All courses were of equal importance to show me how to use different online resources; in particular media to showcase student learning. I have not the use of different media in my course because I'm still in the design phase, but I am looking forward to. I do have to say that I was oblivious to how much learning can be done online and how it can used to measure student success. It has lead me away from the traditional forms. An important lesson I learned is that students prefer and enjoy receiving immediate feedback in order to see their progress.
How I plan to continue growing?
As I come closer to completing the design of my course, I plan to learn and spend more time learning how to use the online resources shared in each course. This will take time and I have to gradually incorporate these to prevent me from over doing it and overwhelm students. Also, allowing student feedback will help me better adjust and understand what works best for the students I teach.
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