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Online K-8 Program | K12 - 0 views
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While individualized does not always equate with student centered, I would hope to focus more on a student centered approach while designing an online learning program.
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each student is typically assigned to one teacher who manages an Individualized Learning Plan, monitors progress, and focuses on each student's individual problem areas.
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The changing role of teacher in this online environment. It seems as if the parent is the main person directing education.
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parent booster clubs, museum trips, student clubs, school activities, picnics and more.
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Social community building is still an important part of the educational system.
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Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity (Big Thinkers Series) | Edutopia - 0 views
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online lectures can happen at home and project-based learning can happen during school.
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-We learn from our peers - students look at resources or videos, then when they connect with each other, this is when they really get it. -Lecture is taken out of the classroom so that students are free to actually communicate with each other. This increases the potential of what can happen in class. -You need to core toolkit in order to go into the project. These projects help students to internalize the material.
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What is Stage Management? | The Stage Management Association - 0 views
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Stage managers should be good planners and organisers, with a knack for multi-tasking, prioritising and keeping calm under pressure and in a crisis. Oh yes, and being fairly technically minded is a help!
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Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential here.
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In a crisis, it must always be the stage management that remain cool, keep their heads and cope with it; in a confrontation situation stage management must calm, soothe and mediate.
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Examining motivation in online distance learning environments: Complex, multifaceted an... - 0 views
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Poor motivation has been identified as a decisive factor in contributing to the high dropout rates from online courses
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suggest that online students are more intrinsically motivated across the board than their on-campus counterparts at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Self-determination theory is a contemporary theory of situated motivation that is built on the fundamental premise of learner autonomy
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all humans have an intrinsic need to be self-determining or autonomous
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as well as to feel competent
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connected
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SDT explains extrinsic motivation processes in terms of external regulation as the reasons for undertaking the task lie outside the individual.
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a perception that what they do will not affect the outcome
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an attribution of low value to the task being undertaken
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the tendency to focus only on intrinsic motivation
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It measures situational intrinsic motivation, extrinsic forms of motivation (external regulation and identified regulation), and amotivation
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Case study one was situated within a compulsory integrated science and technology course
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Case study two was positioned within an introductory social studies curriculum course that formed a compulsory component of the same programme.
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suggests that higher quality, more self-determined types of motivation were only slightly more evident than the traditional type of extrinsic motivation–external regulation (Ryan & Deci, 2000) and amotivatio
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suggesting that autonomous types of motivation (i.e., identified regulation and intrinsic motivation) were more prevalent.
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associated with individuals who engage in an activity because the results may have personal value to them or because the activity is regarded as worthwhile.
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these findings clearly show that motivation can be a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that cannot be fully explained from the perspective of motivation as either a learner characteristic or an effect of learning environment design.
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practitioners need to be cognisant of the important role they play in influencing learner motivation when designing learning activities.
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he relevance and value of the task
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need to be clearly identified and linked to learning objectives to help
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By offering meaningful choices (i.e., not just option choices) to learners that allow them to pursue topics that are of interest to them, the perceived value of the activity is further enhanced.
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ongoing communication with learners, where they feel able to discuss issues in an open and honest manner, practitioners are in a better position to accurately monitor and respond to situational factors that could potentially undermine learner motivation.
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Preparing Instructors for Quality Online Instruction - 1 views
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The major concerns are centering on the following questions: What will be the new role for instructors in online education? How will students' learning outcomes be assured and improved in online learning environment? How will effective communication and interaction be established with students in the absence of face-to-face instruction? How will instructors motivate students to learn in the online learning environment?
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Instructors have many concerns about online education. Their primary concern is how online education changes their roles and responsibilities, and how they can adapt to this change. Online education is widely accepted as student-centered education, and the traditional education is regarded as professor-centered education. Due to a shift to online education, the instructor's role has become more of a facilitator than a traditional lecturer. Therefore, the traditional professor-centered educational environment and student-centered online educational environment will have many differences. Besides their role shifting, the role of the virtual instructor is to select and filter information for student consideration, to provide thought-provoking questions, and to facilitate well-considered discussion (Kettner-Polley, 1999).
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Clark (2002) pointed out that online learner must be a constructivist learner. This suggests that the learner must be active in the process, cognitively complex and motivated. According to Clark , motivating factors in the learning process include self-reference, personal goals, control and autonomy . Howland & Moore's (2002) study examined 48 students' experiences in online environments. Their results confirmed that the students who were the most positive in their perceptions of online learning were those with attributes consistent with constructivist learners. The most positive students were more independent, proactive and responsible for their learning.
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Alley and Jansak (2001) have also identified 10 keys to quality online learning. The authors suggested that online courses will be high quality when they are student-centered and when: Knowledge is constructed, not transmitted. Students can take full responsibility for their own learning. Students are motivated to want to learn. The course provides “mental white space” for reflection. Learning activities appropriately match student learning styles. Experiential, active learning augments the Web site learning environment, Solitary and interpersonal learning activities are interspersed. Inaccurate prior learning is identified and corrected. “Spiral learning” provides for revisiting and expanding prior lessons, The master teacher is able to guide the overall learning process. (p. 6-17)
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nstructors may lack sufficient information on how well learners actually perform
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how to appropriately use technology to serve an instructional purpose tends
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they have to face the challenge of lack of direct interpersonal contact with students
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the instructor to motivate students to adjust their roles when becoming an online learner
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Since face to face instruction is usually eliminated in online classes, i
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While arguments have been made in opposition to online education, there are proponents who are in support of this mode of instruction. They suggest that the lack of face-to-face interaction can be substituted by online discussions in bulletin board systems, online video conferences or on listservs (Blake, 2000). Online education can also promote students' critical thinking skills, deep learning, collaborative learning, and problem-solving skills (Ascough, 2002; Rosie, 2000). Donlevy (2003) asserted that online education may help schools expand curricula offerings with less cost and can help graduates gain important technology skills to improve their marketability. Proponents also argue that online education can encourage non-discriminatory teaching and learning practices since the teachers and students, as well as students and their classmates typically do not meet face-to-face. Palloff and Pratt (1999) have concluded that because students cannot tell the race, gender, physical characteristics of each other and their teachers, online education presents a bias-free teaching and learning environment for instructors and students.
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academic dishonesty of online learners (Muirhead, 2000)
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This is one of the topics I expressed interest in -- need to take a look at the source.
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several factors that may deter faculty from teaching online.
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lack of professional prestige
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While many critics have suggested that there is no sure way to hold students accountable for academic dishonesty, Heberling (2002) concluded that while maintaining academic integrity in the online instructional setting may be a challenging, many strategies may be employed to detect and prevent plagiarism, such as reversing an Internet search, tracking back to an original source.
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10 keys to quality online learning
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Knowledge is constructed, not transmitted. Students can take full responsibility for their own learning. Students are motivated to want to learn. The course provides “mental white space” for reflection. Learning activities appropriately match student learning styles. Experiential, active learning augments the Web site learning environment, Solitary and interpersonal learning activities are interspersed. Inaccurate prior learning is identified and corrected. “Spiral learning” provides for revisiting and expanding prior lessons, The master teacher is able to guide the overall learning process. (p. 6-17)
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Alley and Jansak (2001)
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Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards - 0 views
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The standards assume that being literate means being digitally literate.
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My goal for this column is to highlight strong examples of digital literacies instruction and technology integration that teachers can remix and customize for their students and teaching contexts
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“One of the biggest communication changes happening today is the shift from the printed word on a page to multiple modes of image, sound, movement, and text on a screen.”
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proposition that effective technology integration occurs at the intersections of teachers’ knowledge about technology, pedagogy, and content, or TPAC (see Figure 1).
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the world is changing to more technology, and multimodal - education is changing with it
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Put to the Test: Confronting Concerns About Project Learning | Edutopia - 0 views
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"The biggest concern revolves around the implications for high-stakes testing," Rice says. "Teachers ask, 'Will my students perform as well on standardized tests if I incorporate PBL?'"
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At first, I was concerned about spending three weeks on this project, but when I look back, I realize how much my students learned and how much time I saved by not having to reteach the same thing over and over again,"
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"Project learning can require more time, but it's time well spent, because the students are really taking ownership of their learning, and the end result is that their learning is so much deeper," she explains. "That's something they carry with them for the rest of their life."
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He recommends using a series of team-building exercises (5) from his company's Web site at the beginning of the project. These exercises will teach the students be attentive to one another's needs, be more communicative, and think about the consequences of their words before they speak
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"With PBL, you give up control, but you always retain command of your classroom.
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choices will determine students' outcome...this is important for students to realize at an early age
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some thought to how you will
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stand out.
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choose options that broaden your
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personal interests a
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employers tend
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to prefer applicants who
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Students need to include these on resumes and college app. Important for students to realize before their senior year of high school
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responsible roles
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led projects.
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work experience
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challenges
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problem-solving skills
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confident in communicating
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creative thinkers
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finding solutions
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Good discussion: how will you demonstrate these qualities on resume or on interview
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ctives,
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This website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
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his website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
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This website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
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choices will determine students' outcome...this is important for students to realize at an early age
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Students need to include these on resumes and college app. Important for students to realize before their senior year of high school
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Good discussion: how will you demonstrate these qualities on resume or on interview
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a community of discussion, argument and debate at a student and professional level, Italian studies
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How to Design Effective Online Group Work Activities Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus - 0 views
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Online collaboration tools While Skype and other real-time collaboration tools make it easier for dispersed students to “get together,” Mandernach cautions against overusing synchronous tools. Instead, she says, you should encourage your students to take advantage of the many asynchronous collaborative tools inside your course management system or some of the new Web 2.0 tools. Some of her favorite Web 2.0 tools include: Tokbox, VoiceThread, Creately, Google Docs, and Teambox. These tools are relatively easy to use and help build a sense of community in the online classroom. They’re also another way to get students to buy into group work activities and using them makes the students more marketable upon graduation. “If you can use the collaborative environment to really bring them into your classroom and get connected to you and connected to their peers you’re going to see a lot of benefits besides increased test scores,” Mandernach says. “Many employers and graduate schools really view online learning as learning in isolation, and I think it’s important for students to show that they are capable of collaborative work — that they can work independently and with others.”
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In the recent online seminar Online Group Work: Making It Meaningful and Manageable, Mandernach provided tips for adapting proven face-to-face group work strategies to the online environment. The key is to design tasks that are truly collaborative, meaning the students will benefit more from doing the activity as a group than doing it alone. Effective online group activities often fall into one of three categories: There’s no right answer, such as debates, or research on controversial issues. There are multiple perspectives, such as analyzing current events, cultural comparisons, or case studies. There are too many resources for one person to evaluate, so a jigsaw puzzle approach is needed with each student responsible for one part.
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Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUC... - 3 views
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global “platform” that has vastly expanded access to all sorts of resources, including formal and informal educational materials. The Internet has also fostered a new culture of sharing, one in which content is freely contributed and distributed with few restrictions or costs.
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Web 2.0, has blurred the line between producers and consumers of content
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the Web 2.0 is creating a new kind of participatory medium that is ideal for supporting multiple modes of learning
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In addition to supporting multimodal learning, the participatory nature fosters student engagement.
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social learning is based on the premise that our understanding of content is socially constructed through conversations about that content and through grounded interactions, especially with others, around problems or actions.
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, “We participate, therefore we are.”
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Some people say that if you are not participating in social media, then you "don't exist". I think it is interesting to see that idea brought up in an educational context.
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We are entering a world in which we all will have to acquire new knowledge and skills on an almost continuous basis.
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culture of sharing,
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Students in these groups can ask questions to clarify areas of uncertainty or confusion, can improve their grasp of the material by hearing the answers to questions from fellow students, and perhaps most powerfully, can take on the role of teacher to help other group members benefit from their understanding (one of the best ways to learn something is, after all, to teach it to others).
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There are clear benefits of cooperative learning and knowledge construction.
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seeking the knowledge when it is needed in order to carry out a particular situated task
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I have been intrigued about the idea of just in time education. It would seem more authentic for students to learn skills or information as it is needed to complete some bigger task - perhaps in a problem based learning situation? This is definitely something I want to consider more.
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thereby enabling a new kind of critical reading—almost a new form of literacy—that invites the reader to join in the consideration of what information is reliable and/or important
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"thereby enabling a new kind of critical readingâ€"almost a new form of literacyâ€"that invites the reader to join in the consideration of what information is reliable and/or importan"
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The Technology Source Archives - Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Le... - 0 views
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Learners should be required to participate (and their grade should depend on participation). Discussion groups should remain small. Discussions should be focused on a task. Tasks should always result in a product. Tasks should engage learners in the content. Learners should receive feedback on their discussions. Evaluation should be based on the quality of postings (and not the length or number). Instructors should post expectations for discussions.
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Lesson for online instruction: Instructors need to provide two types of feedback: information feedback and acknowledgment feedback.
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We found that instructors gave prompt information feedback at the beginning of the semester, but as the semester progressed and instructors became busier, the frequency of responses decreased, and the response time increased.
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Similarly, we found that instructors rarely provided acknowledgement feedback
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The rationale was that many students needed flexibility because of full-time jobs. However, regularly-distributed deadlines encourage students to spend time on tasks and help students with busy schedules avoid procrastination.
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Lesson for online instruction: Challenging tasks, sample cases, and praise for quality work communicate high expectations.
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Self-regulation and teacher-student relationships. - Free Online Library - 1 views
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sed with gatekeeping. It is essential, therefore, to establish a consensus on a conceptual and theoretical underpinning un·der·pin·ning n.1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.2. A support or foundation. Often used in the plural.3. Informal The human legs. Often used in the plural. for effective teaching. This review is designed
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elf-regulation is the process by which individuals make their plans, act upon those plans, and self-evaluate the results.
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he more autonomous the individual the more intrinsic the self-regulation. Student achievement also improves when students are intrinsically motivated and when teachers are autonomy supportive (
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The importance of this project within the context of education is due to the capacity that teachers have to positively or negatively affect student motivation, self-regulation, autonomy, and ultimately, performance
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since effective teaching and mentoring helps students to explore their world with a sense of trust and autonomy, toward the ultimate goal of fully intrinsic self-regulation and improved academic achievement and success.
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something transformative in the teacher-student relationship is needed.
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ound that caring relationships, meaningful participation, and high standards in a student's life across home, school, and community, as well as student intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies, predicted decreased risk for delinquency delinquencyCriminal behaviour carried out by a juvenile. Young males make up the bulk of the delinquent population (about 80% in the U.S.) in all countries in which the behaviour is reported. ..... Click the link for more information., substance abuse, teen pregnancy, truancy and violence.
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he payoff or incentive for doing the project proposed in this study is at least in part to avoid the cost of not doing it, not to mention that student learning and success are enhanced. Higher education higher educationStudy beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. achievement has a direct payoff in terms of careers and productivity for the state, and by implementing this program students will not only become productive members of society, they will be doing so because they want to.
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he purpose of this review, therefore, was to establish such a theory, by pulling together educational psychology and psychological theories around an analysis of effective teacher-student relationships. The goal of this project is to help teachers and to help students. It is also hoped that these findings will be used to resolve historical tensions between education and psychology
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Students that are able form good relationships with educators are more likely to self-regulate, and therefore find success in the classroom and life.
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personally meaningful
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educational purpose.
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"entry event" that engages interest and initiates questioning
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sets up a scenario
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sense of purpose and challeng
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provocative, open-ended, complex, and linked to the core of what you want students to learn.
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more voice and choice
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s collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and the use of technology
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fine-tuned their questions
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investigated new questions
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students follow a trail that begins with their own questions, leads to a search for resources and the discovery of answ
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rs, and often ultimately leads to generating new questions, testing ideas, and drawing their own conclusion
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The Impact of Asynchronous Audio Feedback on Teaching and Social Presence: A Survey of Current Research.
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Data analysis revealed that 1. students perceived audio feedback to be more effective than text-based feedback for conveying nuance, 2. audio feedback was associated with feelings of increased involvement and enhanced learning community interactions, 3. audio feedback was associated with increased retention of content, and 4. audio feedback was associated with the perception that the instructor cared more about the student.
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Document analysis revealed that students were far more likely to apply content for which they received audio feedback than content for which text-based feedback was received and at significantly higher cognitive levels. This presentation explores the original study, an ongoing study and two emerging, related areas of inquiry.
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Does it make a difference? Replacing text with audio feedback - 1 views
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1 minute of audio feedback was generating an equivalent of approximately 100 words.
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Study finds that providing feedback using audio files leads to improvements in both quantity and quality.