Ap 2

Assignment: Getting to Know the Online Learner, Part II

Grouping Information: Your Instructor will post a course announcement that includes the names of people in your assigned group. Once you have this information, find your group members' inventories in Doc Sharing and follow the instructions below to complete this week's assignment. Please contact your Instructor if you have not been assigned to a group.

1. In Week 1, you completed an inventory exploring your preparedness for online learning. You also wrote an analysis paper to examine how those findings might influence your design and teaching strategies in the online learning environment. For this Application, imagine that the people in your assigned group are your new students. Analyze their inventory results to understand better each student's self-directedness, skill sets, learning styles, and preferences for interaction.
2. Write a paper that addresses the following:
   • A summary of your "prospective students" skills, experiences, and preferences
   • What did you discover about your "prospective students" that may have changed your perspective on how you might teach an online course?
   • How might you reconcile the differences among the various learning styles, experiences, and preferences your students possess? How will you address these differences in designing and teaching your online course?
   • When you begin teaching in an actual online learning environment, how will you collect the information you want about your students? How will the information guide your decision making?

(Assignment length: 2-3 pages)

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