The slogan for judging the Intel International Science Fair is "Recognize the best; encourage the rest". This captures my philosophy of how teacher should intereact with their students. eLearning is particularly helpful in supporting this philosophy. A teacher is able to provide individual attention to each student - both acknowledging the accomplishments and providing corrective feedback.
For example, in my on-line teaching work, the student will take an automated lesson, at their own pace. As part of the lesson, a quiz is given at the end. During the lesson, I am available to answer questions and at the end, assess their mastery of the material. My interaction is based on my personal judgement. I usually start by asking a question reflective of the material learned. If the student does not seem to understand, I can provide more remedial instruction or if they to understand, provide a more complex problem for them.
Hi Ann,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post. Thanks for sharing a very practical example on such important issue. I do believe in providing individual attention to students and I feel it is harder to do in my on-line classes. I do like your approach on constant feedback and providing harder questions as they improve.
-Sara