Over this section of the course I’ve learned that working in WordPress and some of the technology can be very fun, but also very frustrating and I’m sure students will encounter similar experiences as they navigate the online, e-learning environment.
With that in mind, I will need to reach out to students, both individually and as a group initially and on an ongoing basis to maintain their engagement and to help them to complete the course. The direct contact may be what they need to “keep going” and see it through, especially when there are competing priorities!
Certainly a specific goal will be to contact each student at least once every 4 – 6 weeks to ensure they are on track with the course assignments. Setting up a tracker to determine course milestone dates for each student and contact dates will help me to ensure I meet my goals. To date I have 3 students signed up to the course and have done the intros, but have not yet followed up. Another goal will be do contact each of them over the next week to see how they are faring and to attempt to retain them.
