Week 7 – Creating a nice learning environment
Thursday, October 18th, 2012Since I do not teach online yet, I am going to talk (or write) about what I do to create a nice learning environment for my classes. I made a list of tasks I like to do in my face-to-face classes and I created a column with what I think one would be able to do in the online environment Some of the items have a question mark with the hope of getting some answers from my POTCERT classmates 🙂
| FACE TO FACE | ONLINE |
| Creating a good learning environment is crucial during the first two weeks of the semester
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Yes |
| Students get to know each other the first week
|
yes |
| Students should know about the instructor as much as possible
|
yes |
| Do fun interactive activities all throughout the semester
|
yes |
| Make a “fiesta” day where every student brings food to share
|
No… sorry |
| Do short warm up activities at the beginning of every class
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No…? |
| During the semester, show super funny videos even when they are not related to the lesson
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yes |
| Make students interact in Blackboard or by checking a classmate’s Glogster (o Wiki) and comment on it
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yes |
| Instructor sets different groups every lesson
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yes |
| Make sure the class is at least a 80% student centered
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Yes…? |