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Allowing assignments to 'build up' until the day before they are due is unproductive and unprofessional. If several assignments are due on the same day, the logical thing is to complete one or two early, or get an extension from a professor well beforehand, rather than waiting to the last minute to do them all.
Online learning demands communication in many capacities -- through standard papers, through online chatrooms, and through email. Sometimes there is video conferencing and phone calls involved. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication is required to participate in an online class (Betts 2009). Communication for online classes must be taken seriously. Even if I am sitting in my sweatshirt and pajama pants, I must write and speak formally as if I was in a classroom, not as if I was texting to my friends or using Facebook. Not doing other work online while I work on classes or using 'fun' websites is a critical component of making sure my communication is clear, formal, and worthy of a classroom environment. Understanding others and communicating well with classmates and teachers is a skill that must be worked on -- it is not something that is innate, except for the gifted few.
Learning how to use technology is a seemingly obvious important component of online learning. After all, a basic familiarity with a computer system and the ability to use the Internet effectively for research is a prerequisite of being an online learner. But the ways to use technology in a positive manner are not always immediately obvious, even to someone who is familiar in using the Internet for personal...
The learner must be effective at discerning which sources are reliable and which sources are not. Using academic databases rather than simply Googling a topic is important, for example. All sources, even sources from journals, must be evaluated for potential bias.
It is also important to know how to use the Internet in an engaging fashion. Knowing how to link within posts to articles where you found the sources of your information can enable readers to quickly understand your article. Using photographs embedded in posts can also provide important illustrations of what you are discussing. Merging the visual with the verbal is the essence of online communication. Communication should be clear and succinct, yet just as well-researched as any information provided by the library. To be a good online communicator, I will critically evaluate all of the sources I access online and comport myself like a serious learner in my interactions with classmates (Stanford-Bowers 2008)..
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Betts, Kristen. (2009) Lost in translation. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration,
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Stanford-Bowers, D. (2008). Persistence in online classes: A study of perceptions among stakeholders. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 4(1), 37-50. Retrieved: http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no1/stanford-bowers0308.pdf
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Predictive validity asks whether the variables in the instrument are associative of and predictive for the concepts with which they ought to be related. Concurrent validity measures whether the instrument allows for distinctions to be made between groups that should be separately identifiable. Convergent validity asks whether responses to items in the instrument which are conceptually related move in similar ways relative to each other. And divergent validity measures
PLANNING Produce a lesson plan states: session aims learning outcomes; learners; teacher activities; resources learning checks ============ Microteach Delivery the Microteach 15 minutes long: 5 minutes introduction set 10 minutes feedback tutor peers. Microteach: Evaluation My fifteen minute 'microteaching' session involved the presentation of Arabic language material to a classroom of student learners. It was entitled: "The Arabic language: Greetings, alphabet and introduction to the language" and was designed to give a
Post Communism and Social Policies -- an Introduction Communism and Capitalism are the two terms that have been defining the societies of the world. Needless to say, the understanding of the aforementioned terms is important before we go on to discuss the social policies in different countries. Communism is basically the economic organization is which the ownership of everything belongs to the government. Capitalism is the opposite of Communism. Karl Marx
Instead of acting on the intelligence firmly and avert the crisis, the government introduced some reforms that were just cosmetic to cover up the real situation. The politicians and the government made people have a false hope that they were secure and that the counterterrorism measures were well in place, only to get a shocker. If the ideas of Rodney Stich who was a specialist in air safety were implemented
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(Philpott, Clabough, McConkey, and Turner, 2011). Handling controversial social studies topics in the classroom setting is often not an easy undertaking. In the words of Philpott, Clabough, McConkey, and Turner (2011), "even though controversial issues are included in the curriculum, teachers face uncertainty on how to best teach the content" (42). As Byford, Lennon, and Russell (as cited in Russell, 2009) observe, teachers avoid controversial subjects in social studies because