session 9

Session 9:
Maintaining Motivation and Engagement

In this online class Dr. Newberry started with explain the final project and the three options for the final project and give us some tools that we can use it such au video, PowerPoint. Also he focus in this question:
Why we choose the technology that we want to choose it?
There are some student whom asked the dr. about their idea for the final project.

Also dr. Newberry talk about the technologies and methods that he uses to motivate and engage students in an online class. He gives us good point that we (us the instructors) can engage students in an online class:

• Instructor should use a good ways to communicate with students for example: Dr Newberry is a good example for a good instructor who communicate fast with his student, he check his email and give a clear evaluate and send the email back to his student. I like when he send email to students he write every student name, and the old assignment grades.

• Instructor should give a clear topic to students to make his expectations.

• Instructor should use timely feedback that makes the student engage and motivate.

• Instructor should use a smaller assignments that focuses on the subject, this kind of assignment make student engage and motivate, also learn the subject.

The dr. also talks about some students whom like the online classes more than face to face classes. Also their interaction in online classes is more than face-to-face.
I like the online classes more than face to face and also my interaction in online class is beater then face-to-face class. Also I feel more comfortable because the English language is my second language.

Dr new berry focuses on the three communications that can make us learn more a bout the subject and learn from each other.


this are some links that can learn about motivate students in online classes:

** http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/implementing-it/motif.pdf

* http://www.ehow.com/how_1000560_motivate-online-students.html

*http://www.ehow.com/how_4502452_encourage-motivate-online-students.html