ol101-s2019: Iowa Online Teaching Standards - 21 views
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• Creates a learning community that encourages collaboration and interaction, including student-teacher, student-student, and student-content (SREB D.2, Varvel VII.B, ITS 6.a)
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lissward on 24 Jan 19This, to me, is critical in any sort of online course. The opportunities for rich collaboration and conversation between student and teacher, and students and their peers is incredible and so much of the power of the course would be lost without this!
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• Tailors instruction to meet the different needs of students, including different learning styles, different interests and backgrounds, and students with special needs or whom are language learners (SREB C.7, Varvel V.H, ITS 4.c)
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As an educator who works with English Learners, this stuck out to me as essential. Special considerations will need to be taken when working with language learners or students with special needs in online courses. Things such as reading level, ability to communication in writing, and background knowledge will need to be carefully considered by the instructor when designing instruction.
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Continuously uses data to evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness of instructional strategies (SREB J.7, ITS 1.c)
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