MEET A COMPETENT COMMUNICATOR

I met an instructor on-line that I will never forget because she both impacted and inspired me. I will like to hold back her name because I met her in the course of my studies with Walden but for a more coherent reading, let's call her Dr. K.

My experience with Dr K was so intriguing because I felt like giving her Hugs of Gratitude and appreciation after each grading. Being a first time online student at graduate level was not funny because a lot of things were completely strange and I was without understanding. Dr.K was my second course instructor and I so enjoyed that course. Dr. K graded each week's work by stating the specific areas that needed improvement, providing aids like a link to a resource that could help overcome noted challenges, a detailed comment to deepen understanding, very direct and specific comments inclusive of instruction on how to solve it. In addition to correction, affirmation of what you have done well is also clearly stated and what specific thing you did well is appraised. She just makes sure that you are not guessing what she means, you have been supported to understand what she means. At the beginning of each work graded, she puts up  exhaustive summaries like:

I graded all your work for the week--beautiful work!

 Infant and Toddler Development for Week 2:

Content: Good thorough responses to each section.

I especially liked the content on language development--very good.

Very well done with good graduate-level writing.

See suggestions for improvement listed below:

  

Section 3: You need a resource. See instructions document on Application Assignment Page. Do not just use the text. You are supposed to do research on a topic.

You are not doing the reference list correctly. I suggest that you contact Walden Writing Center for help.

You are being graded with application rubric—so you need all of the required parts on the application rubric

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Some of your responses were less than the minimum.

To earn a straight A, all responses need to be thorough.

Please work on reference list.

See sample reference list on APA template in doc sharing.

Contact Walden Writing Center for help:

On the left side of the Home Page of the course, you will find the Walden Links. I will copy the links here from Walden Links on left side of Home Page:

• Walden Writing Center
  http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/
• Ask a Writing Tutor
  writingsupport@waldenu.edu

 Please copy and paste application rubric after reference list. It is located in doc sharing. 

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Comment:

You did not copy the application rubric for grading.

I saw a link for it, but you need to copy and paste the entire application rubric at the end of your document—It is in doc sharing.

Contact technical help if you need help in finding doc sharing documents.

In doc sharing:

They are listed on the right side in an index.

Quick notes and Write Ups were very good.

Reflection was short. You need 1-2 pages for reflection.

You also need to cite correctly in APA format—You are not doing citations correctly.

See my help in reflection section

Then, every item or area refereed to in this general summary gets a detailed highlight of how better to do it the next week within the body of the work. For example, where I entered one or two sentences as responses, she would put, this is too minimal, it should be more. Her mode of correction makes me want to learn, and though it will take me into lots of searching out for myself, her approach makes me want to go all out for it.

Up to the 5th week, I was yet to know how to paste the rubric. She was patient about it, teaching me each week till I got it right.

My experience with that course enabled me to grow confidence in the handling of technical matters in the course. She inspired me such that I would like to be like that with everyone who works with me. That I would be attentive, decipher these needs and meet them. It enabled me feel a sense of worth and confidence that I was learning. Of course, I will say it again and again, She made a role model and mentor of herself for me just from that course.