Comments for Courses That Matter http://coursesthatmatter.com Teach people, not topics Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on 8 Ways to Help your Students Succeed. by Tea Silvestre http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/05/8-ways-student-success/#comment-834 Tea Silvestre Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:18 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=507#comment-834 As a teacher myself, I have high expectations of other teachers. And yep -- I've had that same experience in a class where the instructor (the blogger I idolized) was pretty scarce. It totally bummed me out. In fact, I was so upset, I asked for my money back. Which prompted interaction between me and said instructor. Eventually, it turned out well. I gave feedback, he gave feedback. I think he tried harder to be more present. But ultimately, it's about setting expectations from the get-go. The sell of the class was "work with me" -- not work with the folks in the forum. And let's face it, if people don't set our expectations properly from the beginning, we are bound to move forward with our own (usually very high ones). Lesson learned for my own classes! As a teacher myself, I have high expectations of other teachers. And yep — I’ve had that same experience in a class where the instructor (the blogger I idolized) was pretty scarce. It totally bummed me out. In fact, I was so upset, I asked for my money back. Which prompted interaction between me and said instructor. Eventually, it turned out well. I gave feedback, he gave feedback. I think he tried harder to be more present. But ultimately, it’s about setting expectations from the get-go. The sell of the class was “work with me” — not work with the folks in the forum. And let’s face it, if people don’t set our expectations properly from the beginning, we are bound to move forward with our own (usually very high ones). Lesson learned for my own classes!

]]> Comment on The Best Webinar Education for Under $12. by Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/04/best-webinar-education/#comment-833 Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:20 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=503#comment-833 Webinars are indeed an amazing way to share and demonstrate information with classes and clients. I haven't gotten these two sources yet, but I studied webinars last year until I was brave enough to begin offering my own this year. Handling all the moving parts is a challenge, but webinars are worth it. Webinars are indeed an amazing way to share and demonstrate information with classes and clients.

I haven’t gotten these two sources yet, but I studied webinars last year until I was brave enough to begin offering my own this year. Handling all the moving parts is a challenge, but webinars are worth it.

]]> Comment on The Best Webinar Education for Under $12. by Samar http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/04/best-webinar-education/#comment-831 Samar Fri, 04 May 2012 10:04:42 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=503#comment-831 I got the Virtual Presenter and have been slowly making my way through it. Holding a webinar is not in the books at the moment but it doesn't hurt to know how to hold one if I change my mind :) Unfortunately, Lewis Howes book is unavailable in my region :( I got the Virtual Presenter and have been slowly making my way through it. Holding a webinar is not in the books at the moment but it doesn’t hurt to know how to hold one if I change my mind :)

Unfortunately, Lewis Howes book is unavailable in my region :(

]]> Comment on 31 Day Email Course Challenge by Why Your First Course Must be Email | Courses That Matter http://coursesthatmatter.com/email-course-challenge/#comment-793 Why Your First Course Must be Email | Courses That Matter Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:01:08 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?page_id=307#comment-793 [...] Email Course [...] [...] Email Course [...]

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]]> Comment on Email: The most important tool in online education by Save Time With Email Templates | Courses That Matter http://coursesthatmatter.com/2011/09/email-important-online/#comment-790 Save Time With Email Templates | Courses That Matter Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:00:23 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=327#comment-790 [...] my last post I explained why email is so important when managing your online course.  I also agreed with you.  [...] [...] my last post I explained why email is so important when managing your online course.  I also agreed with you.  [...]

]]> Comment on 31 Day Email Course Challenge by What the Internet Marketers aren’t teaching you about Email Courses and Autoresponders | Courses That Matter http://coursesthatmatter.com/email-course-challenge/#comment-789 What the Internet Marketers aren’t teaching you about Email Courses and Autoresponders | Courses That Matter Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:58:41 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?page_id=307#comment-789 [...] Email Course [...] [...] Email Course [...]

]]> Comment on Is your course a lecture or a lesson? by Samar http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/03/course-lecture-or-lesson/#comment-788 Samar Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:43:32 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=470#comment-788 This post is my biggest fear as a course creator and instructor. The one thing teachers need to realize is that e-courses are not passive products where you initially do all the hard work and then reap the rewards. E-courses are alive and they need to thrive. They need constant attention and engagement to be effective. As for the Khan Academy, my biggest gripe with them is that they focus on the science subjects mainly. What about Arts? That's a personal thing of course :) What they really need is a well administered forum with teacher support. Leave the student to consume the course material on their own but give them a space to ask questions or simply raise their hands for further explanation. This post is my biggest fear as a course creator and instructor. The one thing teachers need to realize is that e-courses are not passive products where you initially do all the hard work and then reap the rewards.

E-courses are alive and they need to thrive. They need constant attention and engagement to be effective.

As for the Khan Academy, my biggest gripe with them is that they focus on the science subjects mainly. What about Arts? That’s a personal thing of course :) What they really need is a well administered forum with teacher support.

Leave the student to consume the course material on their own but give them a space to ask questions or simply raise their hands for further explanation.

]]> Comment on Is your course a lecture or a lesson? by Ainslie http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/03/course-lecture-or-lesson/#comment-787 Ainslie Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:28:52 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=470#comment-787 Hi Catherine I hear you on teachers just dropping their content online without any engagement. And the problem isn't going away soon. Have you heard of Khan Academy? Big names are saying it is the greatest thing in education when all I see is a lecture online. That's tough that you couldn't do a module on elearning. I did my Masters in Online Learning ten years ago on Dial UP. Now that was fun. Hi Catherine

I hear you on teachers just dropping their content online without any engagement. And the problem isn’t going away soon.

Have you heard of Khan Academy? Big names are saying it is the greatest thing in education when all I see is a lecture online.

That’s tough that you couldn’t do a module on elearning. I did my Masters in Online Learning ten years ago on Dial UP. Now that was fun.

]]> Comment on Is your course a lecture or a lesson? by Catherine MacAdam http://coursesthatmatter.com/2012/03/course-lecture-or-lesson/#comment-786 Catherine MacAdam Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:56:43 +0000 http://coursesthatmatter.com/?p=470#comment-786 Ainslie, I hear you! I completed my undergraduate via distance education, and to say the least the teachers were of very varying ability in terms of successfully teaching by distance ed. Now I am trying to complete a Master of Adult Education, and again some teachers seem to think they can simply 'transfer' the information into online media. I had an amazing lecturer last year who totally embraced the possibilities offered via online communication, and what a fantastic experience that was. She always gave feedback, often in the form of another question, and encouraged us all to interact online and learn from one another. Funnily, I enquired about my university offering modules on eLearning, and these are not available via online learning, hhmmm. Ainslie, I hear you! I completed my undergraduate via distance education, and to say the least the teachers were of very varying ability in terms of successfully teaching by distance ed. Now I am trying to complete a Master of Adult Education, and again some teachers seem to think they can simply ‘transfer’ the information into online media. I had an amazing lecturer last year who totally embraced the possibilities offered via online communication, and what a fantastic experience that was. She always gave feedback, often in the form of another question, and encouraged us all to interact online and learn from one another. Funnily, I enquired about my university offering modules on eLearning, and these are not available via online learning, hhmmm.

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