Developmental Math Syllabus

In conclusion, all indicators point toward active participation in online discussion a major factor in the final grade a student may receive. All stakeholders, including the facilitator, need to be actively involved at a high cognitive level. This activity increases trust that must be built within a community of learners.

As technology advances more and more, computers and internet have become more accessible, affordable, and ever so popular in recent times. With easy accessibility to internet, the online learning environment is a growing trend. Schools all over the nation offer online programs and fast earning degrees. Students from different demographics and age groups fill online classrooms making it even more popular. However, with such diversity in the classroom how does the instructor control communication in the classroom? Does the lack of participation from fellow students influence the learning environment? What are some of the different types of students

We have learned that good leadership involves enabling others to act on behalf of your cause. One person cannot achieve a meaningful transformation on their own; they need others to support them in order for something noteworthy to be achieved. Before this can happen, a leader needs to recognize the areas of leadership that require improvement in order to effectively improve their team, and themselves. After reading Challenging the Process, and Enable Others to Act, I have been able to evaluate how these practices will improve the three leadership areas that I chose in Module One.

In Leadership 101 by John Maxwell, the author uses practical application points to give guidance on what it takes to be good leader. The book is divided in three parts, linking the development, traits and impacts of a leader, with a series of questions that the author answers. He also uses real-life stories and quotes from leaders such as the McDonald brothers and Princess Diana, to demonstrate leadership principles. The author also uses these examples and a detailed framework to help the readers enhance the leadership abilities they already possess. Maxwell suggests that in order to be a successful leader you need to; Follow your vision and bring others with you, produce a lasting legacy, grow the loyalty of your followers, make continual

I believe that I am proficient in establishing a classroom setting that calls upon the students to learn in an individual and collaborative manner. I believe that I have sufficiently encouraged positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation. I have shown this in learning activities that have been presented to the students. An example of this would be with the placard assignment, which had the students fill out a sheet that corresponded to four maps to help them figure out what artifacts certain cultural regions would use. During this learning segment, students would have to be self directed after the directions were given, the students would have to use collaborative skills, and they were all engaged during

Throughout this entire course we have learned many concepts and strategies to synthesize and use leadership as a means of working in a group setting. These concepts allowed us to learn not only how to lead other

I am very much looking forward to our Leadership team offsite at which we will have the extended leadership in attendance for one of the days. There is much for us to discuss and rather than requesting you undertake a lot of pre-work I wanted to simply ask you to review some of my thoughts and expectations of us all on leadership and in particular dealing with the increasingly complex leadership landscape we collectively need to navigate.

Matthew Misiura is a math teacher at Susquehanna Community High School. Mr. Misiura explains that he always pushes for “content mastery” in his math classes. However, Mr. Misiura’s teachings are more than an average algebra and precalculus class. Mr. Misiura pushes for students to learn about the real world. He pushes for students to always work to their full potential. In a year in his classroom, I not only learned precalculus and trigonometry, but I learned how to view situations from a different perspective. Some students, when given back a test in which they failed, would cry, act childish, or simply complain. Mr. Misiura was able to reinforce the belief that the only way to learn is to make mistakes. He often stated that, if you already

Over the course of this semester, I have learned about the theoretical foundation of leadership and management. From various leadership styles to numerous learning tools have all aided in shaping me to become an effective leader not only in the health care profession, but everyday life as well. Through utilizing these tools, I have managed to put them into actions through working individually and in teams which has helped me to learn more about myself and the type of leader I am. Throughout this action plan I will reflect on my definition of leadership, what I’ve learned about myself in the capacity to demonstrate leadership, my leadership strengths and weaknesses and three action steps that will help me to develop my leadership in the future.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” (BrainyQuote). These wise words were spoken by President John Quincy Adams. When I first heard these words I immediately thought of my manager, Paige. She is the true definition of a leader. She has worked for numerous healthcare organizations over the years and through each company she had crafted her leadership style. She joined my company, Hanks Pharmaceuticals four years ago and in that time she has changed the dynamic and culture of 3 different departments. When she first came to Hanks, she was a manager in our onsite Pharmacy. She then volunteered to be a part of a program that rotates managers to different departments for a year at a

I have since realised learning in the digital world is more challenging than it appears with feelings of isolation playing a vast role in my study to begin with. I found, during this time that I needed to participate in as much collaboration as possible and to converse with the class and my group to facilitate myself to learn as much as conceivable with also feeling connected to the class. Constructivist theorists believe a child learns best using collaboration with peers to build on their current knowledge. Vygotsky called this the "Zone of Proximal Development" (ZPD) and he came to this view by observing children who were tested on tasks individually compared to children who were tested on tasks in a collaborative way, he found that the progression of engagement helped to refine the thinking and make the learning more effective (Atherton, n.d.). I believe the same can be said for adults as well, especially after going from one online university where no group tasks were initiated to studying here were grouped collaboration was encouraged

Angela Ahrendts is one of the most successful women in business of our generation. This is due largely in part to her exceptionally strong leadership skills. Ahrendts’ resume of accomplishments can stack up with the best in the world and includes honors and awards such as, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to British business in 2013, The Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group from 2010-present, Oracle World Retail Awards: Outstanding Leadership 2010, ranked #4 on Fortune’s 2013 top people in business, and ranked inside Forbes’ top 100 Most Powerful Women in business for the past nine consecutive years (Alexander, 2013). Every company that Angela has held a leadership role in has experienced great success. However, despite her many successes and achievements Ahrendts is describe as motivating and humble by her counterparts. This speaks volumes of not only her vast amount of business knowledge, but also to her ability to lead people in an effective, relationship-building manner. After much research on Ahrendts and her work at each company we conclude that she is predominantly a Theory Y leader and supports that with four key styles and traits. Among those are a balance of task-oriented leadership and relationship-oriented leadership, in addition to strong administrative skills and interpersonal skill. Ahrendts uses a combination of all of these styles and skills to effectively lead her subordinates and drive successful

However, advocates of classroom learning believe the online method isolates the students from one another as well as their professor minimizing the overall value of taking the course. They also claim that students learn better when working together with their instructor and their fellow classmates. Students learn better when they are given the opportunity to ask questions, join in class discussions, and they move the process of learning forward through their participation. Face-to-face advocates firmly believe that this kind of interaction is not possible over the Internet; and for many types of education, e-learning will never meet the potential of live human interaction in the classroom. An article in the New York Times titled, “Second Thoughts on Online Education,” backs up the points made above. A recent research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, comes to the conclusion; “A rush to online education

3) Let students know that you care about them. Although many of us assume our students know this it 's not necessarily the case. Let the students know that you want them to succeed, whether it be to pass your latest test, or class, or graduate from college and get a good job. Let them know that you appreciate the work they do on classwork, or a test, or homework. Take the time

Compared to classroom learning, the interaction occurring at online courses is more international. Learners can develop online conversations on forums and interview other students around the world by using web-conferencing technology (Kruger-Ross and Waters, 2013:182). However, it is reported that students prefer face to face contact directly with the tutor who was seen as the focal point of learning, a channel through all interaction that connects ideas, builds understanding, provides feedback and gives summary immediately (Sweeney et al, 2007:316). Additionally, establishing social relations may need classroom environment (Paechter & Maier, 2010:295). Classroom teaching and learning is a complex, multilayered, and social experience, which develops friendship, connection and satisfaction among students. Social community is considered to be relatively poorly experienced in online learning due to learners’ disconnection and could probably cause isolation (Baturay & Bay, 2010:44).