Hi Group, I was just looking at an interesting article that I can across on improving communication: Kozminsky, E. and L. Kozminsky. (2003) Improving motivation through dialogue. Educational Leadership. Sept., v.61, p 50-55.
The article is not technology-based but it does reinforce the fact that students are more willing to ask questions if they are in a positive environment. The use of email may be used to help create this learning environment because there is a sense of anonymity since they are not face-to-face with the instructor. By creating this environment, the students are able to interact with more ease and will be able to focus on improving their abilities.
Since my office hours may not meet the needs of the students, I will try to reinforce its use.
Ken
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I agree with this students are sometimes shy or don't want to stand out in a crowd. This idea and thought could possibly help student communicate the concerns and wishes in a way that keeps them personal. Well, I look forward to working with you this semester.
Rick
I thought that you might be interested in this article as you are interested in improving communication in the classroom. It is entitled: “Six Ways to Improve Your Nonverbal Communications”. It is not technology based but stresses the importance of nonverbal behavior in the classroom. This is important as an awareness of nonverbal behavior allows the teacher to become better receivers of students' messages. This also increases the degree of the perceived psychological closeness between teacher and student. Thought that you might want to check this out.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/
intranet/committees/FacDevCom/
guidebk/teachtip/commun-1.htm
Hi Ken - a friend of mine has an anonymous feedback form on his website that students can write to. He asks for comments, criticisms, praise, etc., as long as it is constructive. This might be something to look in to. In the several years he has used the anonymous feedback feature, only one time has the feedback been, shall I say, useless.
--Kevin
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