Online Student

So, this is my first reflective blog posting for the FDOLC course. This space ostensible is for our thoughts and musings about the course and it’s impact on the online class we are creating. As I’ve been thinking about what to write I find the course, so far, has been a great foundational review of online teaching practices. I’ve been teaching online for some time, I really enjoy the process, but it being in this class has put me back in the role of online student. As the online facilitator you have insight into what is happening with the course, connections to be made, and in control of interactions and communications. A student is trying to make those connections and construct knowledge, the cue’s are different. I have found this course to be very well organized so it’s not that I’m lost, it’s more of seeing online learning through the lens of the student again. In my class I’m designing, I will definitely incorporate more organization, clear steps, and images/video to demonstrate what the student is to be doing. I have liked that so far.