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Over the past four weeks, I have learned the importance of instructor presence, empathy, and actively making connections in online courses. The human element is vital in the classroom. The human element is even more important in an online learning environment. Students have a higher probability of success if they feel personally connected to the instructor and/or peers. Before taking this course, I had always sought out connections with students, but I did not understand just how important these connections truly are. Now, from this class, I have evidence to support this.

During this course, I was asked to recall my favorite teacher and what made this teacher my favorite. Every reason I produced was due to this teacher's authenticity, empathy, and ability to laugh. My favorite attributes about this teacher highlighted his 'humanness.' During the fall semester, I will be teaching a few online courses. I hope to emulate these traits. This can be challenging in an online course. Thankfully, however, this course has taught me how to achieve this, even in an online format.

One of the tools we learned about was Adobe Express. Adobe express is an extremely versatile tool that I am so excited to experiment with next semester. With this tool, I can demonstrate humor and authenticity which will make class much more enjoyable for students. In addition, this course explained the importance of empathy and instructor presence in an online classroom. As stated earlier, students will have a higher probability of success if they feel connected to the instructor. Typically, for a connection to be made, an instructor must be present and display empathy. There are a few ways to do this in an online format. First, I learned that instead of just leaving written comments on an assignment, instructors can also leave feedback using a video. This makes the experience much more personal. Instructors can also make quick videos wishing students good luck on exams, assignments, etc. This is another way to build rapport and empathize with students.

Overall, I learned a great deal in this course even though it was a short, four-week course. I will definitely be applying what I learned in this course next semester!

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Humanizing Online Learning

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I have been teaching ESL classes in different modalities, such as in-person, Hybrid, on-line, and Hy-flex for many years. Even though before taking HUM-1 class, I didn't learn about three principles of humanized online facilitation, I intuitively understood that my presence, empathy, and knowing my students are the key factors for successful teaching and learning. So I've always used ice-breaking activities, created collaborative opportunities for my students, and posted instructional and fun videos. The HUM-1 class has helped me to learn about useful tools, such as Adobe Express and Canva. I also acquired skills and tips about microphone, lighting, video quality, and embedding videos into Canvas. I also learned some new ideas about how to continue developing my presence while teaching online. In the future, I'm going to improve my interpersonal interaction with my students by adding more videos which include my image and voice. I will also survey my students about what kind of difficulties they experience while taking Hybrid, on-line, and Hy-flex courses. I will try to adjust my teaching and communication strategies to meet the students' needs. In order to increase students' engagement and presence in on-line and Hybrid courses, I will incorporate storytelling assignments into my course, such as making posts on Canvas Discussion board or creating videos on the assigned topics. Since I have students from different cultural and language backgrounds in my classes, I think that connecting writing/video prompts to their culture would make them feel welcomed throughout the semester. Through this discussions, my students will have an opportunity to share their stories, get connected with each other, and start to build a cooperative and supportive learning community with peers.

Here are some ideas about story telling prompts:

Think about and share one food that you ate in your home country and that is memorable to you.

Think about and share one word in your first language that you want to teach others in class. Why is this word special?

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I have been teaching ESL classes in different modalities, such as in-person, Hybrid, on-line, and Hy-flex for many years. Even though before taking HUM-1 class, I didn't learn about three principles of humanized online facilitation, I intuitively understood that my presence, empathy, and knowing my students are the key factors for successful teaching and learning.

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Reflections on Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning

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Culturally responsive teaching has been a particularly powerful concept for me in recent weeks. Along with this Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning course, I also recently completed the Culturally Responsive Teaching course, and the lessons I'm taking from each will be informing a complete redesign of my courses. This will include updated reading lists that better reflect the diversity of our local students, both in voice and subject matter, as well as assignments offered in a variety of formats. I will also make more of an attempt to use my own culture and experiences to relate the material in my classes. This course has provided me with the skills to create more relatable, accessible content, particularly with Adobe Express, and I feel more comfortable utilizing these skills in applying Universal Design concepts.

Learning how to create better video content will also allow me to improve "instructor presence" in my online courses. I've always felt comfortable building classroom communities in my face-to-face classes, but I've struggled to build the same communities in my online classes. Feeling more confident in myself in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes in production will allow me to better convey my own personality and culture to students and establish myself as a supportive class leader. Leading with my authentic self will also help to establish a sense of empathy, a key component in Culturally Responsive Teaching.

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Culturally responsive teaching has been a particularly powerful concept for me in recent weeks. Along with this Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning course, I also recently completed the Culturally Responsive Teaching course, and the lessons I'm taking from each will be informing a complete redesign of my courses.

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Hi everyone! Thank you for providing a space where we can reflect on what we have learned in the last four weeks. Our course on Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning allowed us to find new and creative ways to connect with our students. Several concepts were introduced, but we mostly reviewed the effectiveness of using videos within our classes.

When I started the class, I was at level zero in terms of using video. In truth, I was intimidated with the idea of learning this new skill and a little nervous about how well I could represent the concepts on camera. The idea of myself being on video is a little foreign, as well! I appreciated the fact that we took baby steps toward our final showcase, and even though I still feel like a novice in my work, I am certainly further than I was in the beginning, and I have learned multiple concepts that will help me keep improving. One assignment that really challenged me in this way was the Online Student Voices project. Here we incorporated the answers from an interview we conducted with a video we created. This video required that we use Adobe Express, a program I had never formerly utilized, and upload our material to a YouTube page. Again, this was totally new to me! It took me a while, but I ended up with a video that I would be proud to share with my students. I even got used to the idea of hearing my voice within the video!

There is incredible value in what I have learned in this course. Specifically, I have learned several new skills in the Universal Design for Learning strategies, and this will directly reflect my social presence in my classes. Formerly, I have found other ways to connect with my students - office hours, live and impromptu Zoom sessions, and mostly through Pronto. Yet, the ability to create these videos will allow an even greater social presence within the class and create an even more humanized approach to learning.

When individuals ask about my profession, I always share that I was born to be an educator. I absolutely love everything about it, and I value our students' work ethic, persistence, and passion for success (whatever that success looks like for them!) This course will certainly help me evolve in all the ways I hope to support my amazing students. Thank you!

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