Changing Roles and Pedagogy

Progress so far

I can't believe that part one of the course is over. I am still on the journey. Doing the activities in the first half of the course enabled me to build confidence in my role as both online teacher and student. While I was familiar with the various roles of an online teacher, I was able to delve more into them to determine personal adjustments that need to be made to effictively teach online. I did get a little better at facilitating asynchronous online discussion more effectively as a student and as an instructor. Certainly resources such as "Socratic Questioning" were helpful.

The Wimba experience and using the tutorial and actually participating in the synchronous session made me more comfortable with the technology needed for its use. I am anxiously anticipating my co-facilitation with another student. I hope it goes well and that we provide the interaction that is needed for the session.

I do like the HTML quizes. I still need to work on them. There is always one question that absolutely stumps me.

I find that there is subtlety in my learning experiences. I may not think I have learned as evidenced by my grades, but what I have learned in these two courses in the ONTL certificate program creeps into my own teaching, and I am actualizing what I have learned.