Preparing+for+Virtual+Mentorship


 * Before you begin your begin your virtual mentorship experience, reflect on where you want to be by the end of this experience. **


 * What do you want to know? **

I am interested to know the amount of time that instructors spend online communicating with students via a discussion board and video conferencing. I would also like to know learn the grading procedures and methods for communicating grades to students. I think personalizing the an online course is very important, so I would like to know how teachers in GAVS personalize their courses.


 * What do you want to have done? **

I want to see how much time students are spending in the class. I would also like to see the quality of the work that students are submitting. I want to be able to totally experience what the instructor experiences, like grading assessments, communication, and reading discussion posts.


 * What do you want to understand? **

I would like to understand how to edit content in each module. I would like to understand the expectations of a GAVS teacher. I was looking through my course and trying to get a feel for the navigation and I wanted to understand where the students are expected to go first when they log in to their class everyday.


 * Other? **
 * Before you meet with your mentor for the first time, generate a list of questions/concerns you want to ask him/her and post here. **

How often do you expect your students to login to the class?

What times do you take questions from students?

Is there a maximum number of students that you will accept in a course?

What is the largest number of students that you have ever had?

Can this be your full-time job?

Are you an adjunct teacher?

How often do you find yourself editing a course on while the students are working through it?

How do you personalize your course?

Are there multimedia tools that you like to use in your course?

Do you use video instruction that you created?

If someone else designs the course, how much of the course do you have the ability to change?