What is the greatest challenge that I have encountered as an online teacher/facilitator and how did I manage it? (If you have not yet taught online what do you think would be the greatest challenge for online teachers/facilitators?).
A particular worry some potential problem that I have with 100% online at a distance schooling is ensuring a student’s submitted work is actually from that student. Having the students meet in a traditional classroom setting is the only way to guarantee the authenticity of this. For example, ACT and SAT, state board examinations, the Bar exams are all performed in person and not online to safeguard the results.
Some things that I feel are really important to consider about synchronous and asynchronous facilitation as I prepare to facilitate my threaded and web conference discussions are. . .
I am to be considered to be the “expert” on this subject - maybe not so much for the facilitation in this class, but when I am facilitating my own class in mathematics. There are contingencies to plan for in face to face instruction. I believe the planning (once I have my own online class) will be much more time consuming versus the traditional classroom instruction I am used to.
Furthermore, I wish to have my discussion last at least 15 minutes. A wise teacher once told me to plan content and the practice of it, at minimum, that lasts the entire class. One can always "cut back".
I choose my particular discussion topic because . . .
this is the wave of the future and I want to be ahead of the curve. Blended learning is my topic and I wish to move the classes I teach in the direction that will prepare my students the greatest for what they will encounter in the future.
One thing that I thought about when developing rubrics for the 2 different discussions is. . .
keep the rubrics as concise, but explanatory as possible.
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