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I nominated Dr. Herd because of the outstanding teacher she actually is
She’s more of a facilitator rather than the standard pedology professor
standing there lecturing and since she has mostly adult students, that’s vital
because if something doesn’t make sense, we’ll say “hey, wait a minute. That doesn’t make sense.”
So what she does is she takes the theories and the lessons that she’s trying to pass onto us
and say okay, in your life experiences, how do you correlate this and that way it all clicks
Well that’s a wonderful comment that the student made
I really appreciate it and that really does fit in with the primary goal in every course
whether it’s an online course or face to face courses
For students in that course to really understand that they have a lot of experience already in this particular subject
So they bring to the table a wealth of experience
and part of the goal and the task that we have in the class is to tie in what we’re learning
in the course to their previous experiences.
Then help them see how they can use what we’re learning in the course back in the workplace
or back in some other area of their life right away.
It is hard to connect when it’s an online class. Simply because you can’t reach out
and touch someone after class and have a discussion
So the way she does it, she makes herself available
Phone call, to her office, to her cell phone, email
I’ve had many discussions that way
and especially when you have people overseas that are in the service
that technology becomes a lifeline. She really does make great use of it.
We live in a world full of technology and we might as well use it
So, I encourage students to just pick up the phone if they have a question
about how I’ve structured the course or something that we’re discussing in the course or something like that
or shoot me an email anytime
That way we can have even more engagement about this particular course.
Being honored by my students with this award makes me feel humbled.
Teaching is a privilege, teaching is an honor, teaching is really fun
but this award really does make me feel humbled because it’s inherently a privilege to teach