Changing How I Teach On-line
Elizabeth Dunning, CTE
Queen’s University
dunninge@queensu.ca
Upon completion of the Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach course a month
ago, I was still uncertain how to apply my learning to an on-line situation.
My students are school teachers taking an on-line course to obtain an
additional science qualification. Their course material is archived on a
password-protected website. Individual contact with the instructor is
primarily through e-mail, with opportunities for one-on-one real time
conversation in a chat room. Students make public contact with one another and
with the instructor by posting messages to a Discussion Board on the university
server.
In the graphic organiser below, I have summarised some of the interactions
which have occurred during the current summer session, although the names of the
students have been changed to respect their privacy. I am currently working on
course revisions for next semester, into which I hope to incorporate principles
of Dialogue Education™. While I am still somewhat unsure of myself as a Dialogue
Educator, I think I have made a beginning.
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