While discussing the role of the instructor in today’s Forum: 3:5 Reflections about Participation, I came across the idea of prompting. Prompting is asking a question about the reading material. Some questions in lectures or in the welcome page of weeks prompt learners to think. One example is “@ Things to Think About: how will you deal with broken links to referenced assignments and readings in your online course?”(Week 4 course material page). This kind of prompting helps to increase students' interest, confidence and self-esteem. Prompting involves helping those who fall behind to get back into the discussion and comprehension and academic abilities.
Also, the feedback from the instructor help students to identify the source of difficulties and the misconceptions students have about a topic.
I also came across an interesting article (http://www.ieplexus.com/company-news/5379-students-crave-social-media-in-online-education/) which talks about the social networking tools for teaching online course. Students want social media in their classes. Today’s students are generally are engaged in social networks that utilizing them in an online class is essentially as normal as talking. The instructor has an inherent advantage in terms of creating interactivity and engagement with that tool.
Also the http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/ says clearly indicates that we should always remain current. So integrating these networking tools can help in making learning experience better and effective.
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