My First Online Teaching Experience

 I had one year of in-classroom teaching under my belt, and I was ready to embark on teaching an online class. I did not know what to expect or how difficult it would be. One important question that remained on my mind was how I would be able to connect with my students. It is difficult to establish connections online, and I learned from teaching face to face in a classroom that connection is key to student engagement. After my first semester teaching an online Introduction to Communications course with Post University, I learned how to approach student learning that works for their individual capabilities. My online students taught me that their personal experiences can be an apparatus for edification. Through their personal experiences, I was able to identify the bigger picture of what that they encompass, and how they can learn from self-reflection.