TOOLS

PASSION

Instructor’s personality impacts student learning

There is more that is learned in a class than “the content”

Online instruction makes a “personality” difficult to develop or create

What does face-to-face classroom “ambiance” look like?

How is it created? art/furnishings/plants sounds/music the tone/humor/friendly/serious the instructor’s personality

Does it impact student learning?

Pedagogical RoleSocial RoleManagerial RoleTechnical Role

These roles originally came from:The Role of the Online Instructor/Facilitator

by Zane L. Berge, Ph.D.

What is the ambiance of an online class?

What role does the instructor play?

How do instructors create a “learning” environment online?

An online class is

more than what is

contained in your

CMS

A larger footprint is like a well-used, comfortable home

It says I have lived here and am familiar with my surroundings

A smaller footprint is like one of those homes that is so clean you are afraid to sit on the couch

Or, it looks as if you are inexperienced and new to this land (the digital world)

So, now what?

Sometimes, this profile is all students get

other than content

Lets look at some examples

Is there more that can be shared?

To what end?

What do students want to know about you?

Where will they look? Google? Facebook? Personal Website?

What Can You Share?

“It is quicker and easier for me to make a video and post it to YouTube than it is to write out instructions in Word.”

The website and the fact that we have open lab immediately after our hybrid lecture has allowed us (the collective 'us' from all sections) to network and dare I say "bond" with each other.  It is not an overstatement to say that there literally exists a "Dr. Frolich's BIO-201 community" on campus.  For that reason, I blame you -- for making we, the collective students actually care about each other. 

Todd ConawayInstructional Designer, Yavapai College