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Module 3 Discussion -Online Communication Skills

Communication plays a vital role in establishing relations with other crucial elements. With the dynamics of modern working environments, it becomes crucial for individuals to have a proper way of articulating their desires and agendas through means that can be easily understood. For example, an individual aspiring for an online teaching position can have helpful communication skills that can enable them to attain success in their endeavors. For instance, the most crucial communication skill in such an instance has a timely feedback mechanism. Proper feedback after a communication process helps ensure that both parties understand and fulfill their end of the communication bargain. For instance, an individual will have the ability to confirm any crucial need of the communication while being able to relay their opinion back.

The strength of having to relay proper feedback as an effective communication tool is making the entire communication process complete. A complete communication process makes it easier for both parties. According to Plante and Asselin (2014), having a social presence in communication ensures that there is engagement between the communicating parties. The second strength of having feedback in communication is that it saves you the time of correcting someone's work. through a proper feedback mechanism, a teacher or an instructor can know what a learner actually desires or mean as opposed to them having to constantly get clarification from the learners. The third strength is that the feedback mechanism reduces errors caused by miscommunication to a minimum. It ensures that the element of clarity in the communication process is maintained.

How can we effectively improve feedback relaying as a form of effective communication? The element of feedback can be easily improved only through having a system that makes everyone exercise their honest opinions and stands about a particular matter. Secondly, we can make feedback a crucial element of communication to be effective by harnessing the advantages of social media. Thirdly, feedback as a form of online communication can be improved by focusing on the strengths of communication. For example, a teacher can ensure that she improves online communication with the students by focusing on those aspects which make the students feel comfortable in the communication process.

References

Plante, K and Asselin, M. (2014). Best Practices for Creating Social Presence and Caring Behaviors Online. Nursing Education Perspectives, July/August 2014.