- This course was an eye-opening experience for me. As a student in an online course, I got the chance to experience what my students are going to go through.
- It totally changed my perceptions of online teaching. To provide quality online learning and teaching, it requires strategic and pedagogical course designing before taking actions. This course provided me with a template to design my online course.
- This training course exceeded my expectations by a wide margin. The course structure is highly visible, assignments are well-designed with clear instructions, ample and diverse course materials and resources, discussion boards were managed well. In fact, this course can serve as an excellent template for online courses and exemplifies how effective an online course can be even without Synchronous meeting(s).
- In terms of technology, I feel a bit like a kid in a candy store—I’m excited to try them out.
- This course was grounding in the sense it encouraged us to focus on starting with the course learning outcomes and work backwards.
- I found this course to be exceptionally well-organized. All the materials, assignments, rubrics, and methods were easy to follow and understand.
- I was able to glean some UDL best practices to incorporate in my course by considering it and including it when designing courses. Incorporating UDL best practices can ensure that all students have equal opportunities to learn and succeed.
- I really appreciate everyone’s openness in sharing your work and your thoughts!
- The accessibility piece has been lacking in my courses. I had an aha moment when considering the colors I use and how they can be a barrier for some students. I also have not been using captions for my lectures. With the new canvas options, I feel that captions will be in every lecture I provide from this point on.
- When creating a week of learning for my course, I was struck by the importance of pacing, ensuring that the material was well-structured and digestible while still promoting student engagement through synchronous and asynchronous activities. The training allowed me to identify and incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) best practices.
- I learned that accessibility does not only apply to those students who have special needs, but all the students.
- Overall, this course has helped me shake out the dust from my existing online courses. I learned that I do not currently provide students the opportunity for personalization. In the future, I will do more to incorporate activities that allow students to connect their personal interests to the course, explicitly.
- I think the course maps are a great way to take the content I already have in face to face and move that into the online realm. These maps make it clear what I need to work on and the changes that I need to make.
- Creating a week of learning for my course was something that I have done dozens of times at this point, but being forced to slow down helped me clarify and rethink my approach to learning objectives, course materials, and activities.
- One big thing I know I will be using is different assessments, formative and summative but also utilize other programs that can help me "check for understanding."
- The biggest thing is ensuring to create a learning environment accessible to all students with different learning needs. I think this course incorporates a level of self awareness as a teacher and sensitivity training.
- Perhaps the most helpful takeaway I’ve gained from this course is the course design/layout itself. I will definitely "benchmark" these best practices and set up my modules in a similar fashion. Each module will have an overview and to-do list, the actual lesson itself (which will be broken down by learning objective, including helpful videos), at least one learning activity, and provide a module summary and next steps.
- It is definitely not best practice to slap a 50-minute lecture up online! I learned that there must be a lot more chunking of learning materials.
- It is essential to reflect on how our current course activities, methods of instruction, students’ learning modalities, and assessments are working. I learned that we must be flexible in how we present our course content, how the students engage in the course, and in the assessment.
