My primary role as an educator is to facilitate, guide, support, and mentor students to investigate and discover their learning through hands-on experiences, inquiry-based participation, and active involvement. My ultimate goal is to instill in my students the importance of receiving and reciprocating education and becoming life-long learners.

While I am an advocate for structure, I also believe that the classroom environment should be one that fosters constructivist thinking and student engagement. Students should be encouraged and involved in cooperative and independent learning opportunities. I involve my students in the process of constructing knowledge as a member of a community; working together towards a common goal. I incorporate weekly discussions and assignments with basic requirements to engage students in a learning community where every student has a voice and is heard.

An 8-week online course takes a traditional 16-week course and compresses it into 8 weeks. Therefore, 6-8 hours per week shall be carved out from your weekly routine. Online classwork includes weekly video messages, online lectures, discussions, module activities, and preparing for assessments via Canvas. However accessible (no cost) reading material, preparing for assignments, and constructing unit assessments should be factored into your schedule. Yet using technology can enable us to stay focussed on work, family, and school. My goal is to eliminate failure in my courses. Therefore I dedicate most of my time nudging students via Canvas to stay on task. 

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