If you think online learning is going to be easy, then think again. There is a distorted perception among the general population that online learning is somehow less challenging than traditional classroom instruction; that students in online classes can “go at their own pace” and simply take open-book tests to demonstrate their knowledge. If students wish to be successful in online education, they’re going to need a reality check. Read more →
Monthly archive: February, 2012
Supporting Students: Alternatives to Questions in Academic Advising
In a previous article, I spoke about the problem with questions in academic advising. Here is a summary of the potential downsides to overusing them in our conversations with students:
- Builds the student’s hope that you will eventually offer a solution
- Teaches students to passively respond to questions instead of actively participate in a co-constructed dialogue
- May foster defensiveness (especially with lots of “why” questions)
You might wonder what this looks like in a conversation. Mitchell (2009) described Read more →
