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An opportunity for all students to create their own digital Study Group with students alike everywhere! Request your Digital Classroom Today!In a world that is becoming more digital, the promotion of an active teaching and learning strategies and processes using technology is a matter of concern which should be addressed quickly and effectively by more students, educators, and institutions.
– Dr. Aitza M Haddad Núñez
Your Future Is Our Priority!
The online learning process is one that is normally accelerated – compared to the traditional learning process – and requires great commitment on the part of both the student and the educator. Like the facilitator, the online student has unique qualities. And just as many great instructors may not be effective online facilitators, not all students possess the qualities necessary to perform well online. For example, keeping up with the class and completing all work on time is vital for the student since once the student is late, it is almost impossible to catch up. Similarly, the educator needs to be able to develop specific strategies for contacting students to remind them of the need to keep up-to-date, and to offer assistance, such as including referral links to resources and tips for their students to use to help them become most successful online. Basically, both the educator and the student genuinely need to want and / or need the experience. And it is here where the greatest challenge of online education arises; keep the student motivated to be actively involved (Sun & Chen, 2016).
There is literature that does suggests that small study groups may be an effective professional development strategy. This is so because study groups have the ability to provide a safe forum for students alike to find mutual support, improve their communication skills, and to gain comfort asking for and offering help by creating a sense of commitment, responsibility, and accountability.
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Online students used to consist mainly of hardworking people trying to improve their life chances. However, this dynamic is changing. As more and more young and old become aware of the online model, more and more people decide to transition from the traditional classroom and become part of the digital world. Therefore, even though the traditional classroom will surely never disappear, the online classroom has begun to take an important role in today’s educational community.
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The Spirit and Power of Small Group Communication
From Cragan, J. F., Wright, D. W., & Kasch, C. R. (2008). Communication in small groups: Theory, process, and skills. Nelson Education.
- It will be hard, in the beginning.
- Start early. Don’t let the attitude we have all semester to work on the project creep in.
- Go for it: set aggressive goals.
- Be pathfinders; be trailblazers.
- Never forget you are on the adventure together.
- You are connected; you have both rights and responsibilities.
- Recognize others’ opinions and they will recognize yours.
- If you want to create a project which is so good it is almost scary, don’t procrastinat
- Your project provides you with an opportunity to make new friends. Take it.
- Try to agree with some things, even if you think your way is better.
- Remember, if you let your group down, you let yourself down.
- Construct group projects you believe in and are proud of.
- Sometimes you need to ask yourself, “How can I make other group members feel
better about themselves?” - Do not avoid conflict until it is too late to be resolved.
- If you don’t like the work, nobody needs to know.
- You are in this course to make a positive difference in yourselves as well as get a grade.
- Meet as often as possible for as long as possible.
- Each group member is important; each has the opportunity and the obligation to make a difference.
- Paralyze resistance with persistence.
- Push the envelope. There is always room at the top.
- Ask yourself, “What have I sacrificed personally to help my group achieve its goals?”
- If better is possible, good is not enough.
- Allow everyone’s thoughts and feelings in your group to be heard equally.
- Improvise, adapt, and overcome.
- Generations of students will use your semester project as a model. Be part of something bigger than yourself.
- The journey is the reward, but if better is possible, good is not enough.
- Try to boldly go where no group has gone before: there are always possibilities.
- We all made promises and we all kept them.
- “Think it, Feel it, Do it.”
- “We Are Insane, Insanely Great.”
The next time YOU see a formation of geese, REMEMBER: it is a REWARD, a CHALLENGE and a PRIVILEDGE to be a contributing member of a TEAM!!!
Lessons from Geese
Lessons from Geese is widely available on the internet; its author is generally listed as unknown. It has been suggested that Lessons from Geese is originally transcribed from a speech given by Angeles Arriien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network and was based on the work of Milton Olson.
Fact
When you see geese and other birds flying along in the “V” formation, you might be interested in knowing what science has discovered about why they fly that way. It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an up-lift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
Lesson
People who are part of a team and share a common direction get where they are going quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the trust of one another.
Fact
Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go through it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the power of the flock.
Lesson
If we have as much sense as a goose, we will share information with those who are headed the same way we are going.
Fact
When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose takes over.
Lesson
It pays to share leadership and take turns doing hard jobs.
Fact
The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
Lesson
Words of support and inspiration help energize those on the front line, helping them to keep pace in spite of the day-to-day pressure and fatigue.
Fact
Finally, when a goose gets sick or is wounded by a gunshot and falls out, two geese fall out of the formation and follow the injured one down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly or until he is dead, and then they launch out with another formation to catch up with their group.
Lesson
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other when things get rough.
Let’s Work Together!
The word ‘inclusion’, when used in aneducational context, continues to be somewhat paradoxical for many observers. Inclusion in its most general sense refers to the right to active participation and achieving equity through engagement in all aspects of daily life. The concept is founded in human rights principles and is evident in many of the international agreements that we have legally committed to.
– Hyde, M. (2014). Understanding diversity, inclusion and engagement. Diversity, inclusion and engagement, 3-38.
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