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Making online students feel right at home
MMVC15 by rob howard August 7th, 2015
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at home(s) with me
warm-up
Do you teachface-2-face?
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warm-up
Do you teachonline?
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warm-up
What makes you feel “at home”?
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Home is…
Welcoming
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Amiable
Merciful
Reliable
Home is…
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WARM
Home is…
Comfortable
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Oasis
Yours
Zone
Home is…
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COZY
picture this
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this is the real picture
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Students should be…
interested
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focused
paying attention
on task
Students should be…
relaxed
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fun
entertained
enjoy
The results will be…
attendance
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retention
coming back
happy
The class will fulfill…
objective
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rewarding
learning
needs
How do we touch them online?
can we?
should we?
do we?
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home rules
have fun
smile
ease tension
remove fear
foster community
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“the key to learning English is to lower stress. having fun when you learn is when you learn
best.” - fluency mc
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use students’ nameslive people
self importance
grabs attention
personalized class
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“… a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any
language.” – dale carnegie
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personalizationopen up
modeling yourself
share themselves
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personalized practice
know them
use their lives
memorable
internalize usage
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“… we should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.”
– brigham young
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have students do the work
attention
practice
on their toes
has a purpose
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use “local” pictures (your own)
tailored to them
local culture
local issues
shows dedication
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use poll questions
warm-up
effective
opinion
discussion
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“different people have opinions, and it’s okay to respect all of them.”
– juan pablo galavis
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mix the activities
change often
dynamic
fast paced
keep ‘em guessin’
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continuity
pace
flow
segue
interest
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use short films only
20-30 seconds
critically useful
cute snippets
tune out
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would rather be doing
use short films only
20-30 seconds
critically useful
cute snippets
tune out
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would rather be doing
use a “round robin” Q & A
focused
more personal
all involved
full attention
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?
ask a hot topic questioncontroversy
life language
use the language
give them voice
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“now this looks like a job for me, so everybody, just follow me, ‘cause we need a little
controversy...” – eminem
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reflect
ask for feedback
they own class
did it work?
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questions
?
thanks for joining me
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MAKE ONLINE STUDENTS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME
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FREE WEBATHONMaking online students feel right at home
Part of the 4th annual Moodle Moot Virtual Conference (MMVC15) for 2015 hosted byDr. Nellie Deutsch - Ed.D &
WizIQ
Webathon runs Aug. 7th to 9th
http://moodlemoot.integrating-technology.org/
with rob howard
Friday, August 7th at 3pm Est (19:00 gmt)
FREE WEBATHON
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