How has your view of the effective practice changed now that you have read more about teaching presence?
It has changed in becoming more refined. The effective practice incorporated a number of the principles, more so in the first four.
In what ways did the effective practice that you identified show the characteristics of teaching presence?
Assuming the instructor planned to do these videos in advance (at least the idea of doing them, not necessarily the content), it shows design appreciation for open communication and reflection. By creating these videos the instructor modeled open communication and reflection, and also used them as vehicles to encourage questions for students as they went through the material. These videos also helped establish community and inquiry. It helped set a tone for the week, helped provide guidance to groups, and gave talking points for students to work around.
How could the idea of teaching presence have made the experience even more effective than it was?
Maybe the instructor could have structured in opportunities for students do also post videos? Hard to say at the time. There was ‘looseness’ to the videos that I appreciated, and taking steps to make them more structured may have lessened the impact on me. That being said, it is likely other students did not have the same appreciation I had.
Cael