I have taught for many online schools in my teaching career and only one has required that I have a live class or a seminar. This school is Kaplan University. For the school of Criminal Justice, we are required to hold eight (8) one (1) hour live seminars. These seminars allow live interaction with the students and the teacher. Ideally, the teacher will use a powerpoint presentation to assist with their lecture. The students can hear the teacher speak, but the student are only able to type (I have heard that they are moving to a system where student can speak as well). There is no video of the teacher only audio. I am not 100% sure of what the requirements are for other subjects, but I am sure they are very similar across the board.
I have worked for Kaplan since 2004 and I have taught about 500 of these seminars. Even though Kaplan is the only one that I have worked for that required these live classes, I am sure there are more and others may shift toward this in the future. I wanted to share with you some of my best practices for the seminars and presentations. Over the next week or so, I will be going over all of the key areas of a successful seminar. I attempted to put all of these into one posting for you, but my list became several pages long and I did not want to bore you to death.
Have you ever taught or taken a class that had a live seminar or meeting time? What are your experiences? Have you thought of ways to make the sessions more enjoyable and interactive for both you and the students?
Thanks for your time my friend,
| |
Tweet
No comments:
Post a Comment