Creating Collaborative Communities - Week 1

I hereby resolve to:

• Foster a community of reciprocity and cooperation among students.
• Use the list of 26 reasons online education is better than brick and mortar whenever I find myself drawn into a debate with colleagues. 
• Employ the list of best practices as I build new online courses, and as I revamp ones I have already created. 
• Do a better job in creating feedback to assessments like quizzes and tests administered online. 
• Continue to focus on the process of learning as being just as important as the product. 
• Be responsive to student feedback about my course materials.
• Learn to model in a way that does not detract from students’ individual synthesis of information.
• Update older assignments and lessons to reflect more timely innovations.

I don’t know that there was a any new knowledge gained, per say, but I did reexamine some of the things I already do and make mental changes for the future. I will use the list of 26 reasons online education is better than brick and mortar whenever I find myself drawn into a debate with colleagues. I will also employ the list of best practices as I build new online courses, and as I revamp ones I have already created. The 8 key considerations really do make for a better teaching and learning experience. I have been in courses that do not follow them, and they were definitely horrid!