LearnerConnect - A New Way to Get More Students!

George,

We have been thinking about what you mentioned in your post - the analytics. Could you elaborate a bit about what you would like to have? We were thinking:
1. # of classes attended
2. Average time spent in a class - and time spent in a specific class

George, We have been thinking about what you mentioned in your post - the analytics. Could you elaborate a bit about what you would like to have? We were thinking: 1. # of classes attended 2. Average time spent in a class - and time spent in a specific class

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Sure George, we will have that too. I will discuss it with my technology team.
Also, I will be there in your class today.

Sure George, we will have that too. I will discuss it with my technology team. Also, I will be there in your class today.

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Now students can connect with teachers too using LearnerConnect. The enhanced service helps 1) teachers connect with students, 2) teachers connect with other teachers & experts on WiZiQ, and 3) students connect with teachers.

Now <a href="http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2010/03/connect-students-teachers.html">students can connect with teachers</a> too using LearnerConnect. The enhanced service helps 1) teachers connect with students, 2) teachers connect with other teachers & experts on WiZiQ, and 3) students connect with teachers.

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I just added a post on the blog: Now get more students to teach using LearnerConnect on WiZiQ

I find it very interesting when you visit a member's profile who attended your class or took a test, and you can see activity on your classes or tests. You see links right there to that activity.

I just added a post on the blog: <a href="http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2010/03/get-more-students-to-teach.html">Now get more students to teach using LearnerConnect on WiZiQ</a> I find it very interesting when you visit a member's profile who attended your class or took a test, and you can see activity on your classes or tests. You see links right there to that activity.

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I am really glad to have this feature. This is one of the best gifts the wiziq team could offer to its teachers. Besides, saving the teacher's time, the new add on will actually directionalize the proper scheduling of the classes.
Thank you!

I am really glad to have this feature. This is one of the best gifts the wiziq team could offer to its teachers. Besides, saving the teacher's time, the new add on will actually directionalize the proper scheduling of the classes. Thank you!

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I am really glad to have this feature. This is one of the best gifts the wiziq team could offer to its teachers. Besides, saving the teacher's time, the new add on will actually directionalize the proper scheduling of the classes.
Thank you!

I am really glad to have this feature. This is one of the best gifts the wiziq team could offer to its teachers. Besides, saving the teacher's time, the new add on will actually directionalize the proper scheduling of the classes. Thank you!

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First, remember rule #2 when dealing with George:
Never assume that George knows what he is talking about.

I think what I am saying is...
Most of us (as teachers) are only able to evaluate our performance and our class offerings in a microcosm. That is, we can evaluate a given class or a singular student's progress responsiveness to a given class style. It is very hard to evaluate trends and macro level success (e.g. total number of students in classes and number recommending a teacher).

Even though I understand the importance of looking at statistical data, I am woefully inept and identifying and designing systems for gathering and analyzing said DB information. Particularly if one extends the the scope to discipline wide queries (e.g. all English teachers at WIZIQ).

I am suspicious that there is important lessons available for all of us to improve our offerings and effectiveness if we could better view the data available. The items I spoke to above were some general guesses at what could be mined from that data. I really don't think I even know how to ask the questions that I think are begging to be asked and to be answered.

In a nutshell, read my mind and help me out.

First, remember rule #2 when dealing with George: Never assume that George knows what he is talking about. I think what I am saying is... Most of us (as teachers) are only able to evaluate our performance and our class offerings in a microcosm. That is, we can evaluate a given class or a singular student's progress responsiveness to a given class style. It is very hard to evaluate trends and macro level success (e.g. total number of students in classes and number recommending a teacher). Even though I understand the importance of looking at statistical data, I am woefully inept and identifying and designing systems for gathering and analyzing said DB information. Particularly if one extends the the scope to discipline wide queries (e.g. all English teachers at WIZIQ). I am suspicious that there is important lessons available for all of us to improve our offerings and effectiveness if we could better view the data available. The items I spoke to above were some general guesses at what could be mined from that data. I really don't think I even know how to ask the questions that I think are begging to be asked and to be answered. In a nutshell, read my mind and help me out.

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Thanks Harman,

I doubt I will be using this feature but I would ask the following:

As I have approximately 600 in the list, is there a way to find out which class and how long they attended. It would be informative to me to see some statistics along those lines to better evaluate the effectiveness of some class series.

As you know many students drop in for 1-5 minutes and then go happily on their way. It seems that a teacher using this would want a little more info to ascertain which students were genuinely attending rather than just shopping.

I believe that Team WIZIQ efforts continue to set a new standard for all learning portals. I would suggest that we teachers need a little more than lead generation help. Some DB analytics to help us better refine our class offerings would also be a boon.

Another area of interest that I am almost totally blind to is, who has been viewing the recorded versions? These numbers and who they are would be very pertinent.

As I have so many the ordering of the list (e.g. alphabetical, most attended, etc.) would also be helpful.

Thanks Harman, I doubt I will be using this feature but I would ask the following: As I have approximately 600 in the list, is there a way to find out which class and how long they attended. It would be informative to me to see some statistics along those lines to better evaluate the effectiveness of some class series. As you know many students drop in for 1-5 minutes and then go happily on their way. It seems that a teacher using this would want a little more info to ascertain which students were genuinely attending rather than just shopping. I believe that Team WIZIQ efforts continue to set a new standard for all learning portals. I would suggest that we teachers need a little more than lead generation help. Some DB analytics to help us better refine our class offerings would also be a boon. Another area of interest that I am almost totally blind to is, who has been viewing the recorded versions? These numbers and who they are would be very pertinent. As I have so many the ordering of the list (e.g. alphabetical, most attended, etc.) would also be helpful.

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I am finding a lot of value in the bio page listing of interaction between myself and any given student. I would ask for one more piece of information. As you know, many view recordings vs live class attendance. Showing what classes they viewed as recorded would complete the picture. Thanks,
George

I am finding a lot of value in the bio page listing of interaction between myself and any given student. I would ask for one more piece of information. As you know, many view recordings vs live class attendance. Showing what classes they viewed as recorded would complete the picture. Thanks, George

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I think this is a good idea.

I think Harman and George's idea to include some additional information could be helpful too:

1. # of classes attended
2. average time spent in each class
3. the class attended where they spent the most time

I'm thinking that what may be most important is keeping open lines of communication between different elements.

I'm also more in the stage where I'm hoping to increase the quality of my classes before thinking about promotion (and other teachers may be also), but one idea would be for WiZiQ to do some open wiki tutorials on promotion. How to promote the classes through social networking ( twitter, facebook, learnhub , etc.) (with suggestions and advice on responsible promotion of classes)

I get confused and wonder sometimes why people do certain things.

It's interesting. If you look at Raina's classes or my first class you see lots of people who sign up for the class, but those people don't show up. In fact it may be the case that for most classes the number of people who show up randomly is greater than the people who sign up beforehand.

It's consistent with the idea that people sometimes just go on the web and click randomly at things that they like.

I don't know that I'm that interested in getting such students in my classes anyway. Similar to Prof. Raina I'm interested in getting serious students not just passer-bys (maybe it is possible on some rare occassions to convert a passer-by to a serious student, but it may be only about 5% or 10% of passer-bys)

David

I think this is a good idea. I think Harman and George's idea to include some additional information could be helpful too: 1. # of classes attended 2. average time spent in each class 3. the class attended where they spent the most time I'm thinking that what may be most important is keeping open lines of communication between different elements. I'm also more in the stage where I'm hoping to increase the quality of my classes before thinking about promotion (and other teachers may be also), but one idea would be for WiZiQ to do some open wiki tutorials on promotion. How to promote the classes through social networking (<a href="http://www.twitter.com"> twitter, <a href="http://www.facebook.com"> facebook, <a href="http://learnhub.com"> learnhub </a>, etc.) (with suggestions and advice on responsible promotion of classes) I get confused and wonder sometimes why people do certain things. It's interesting. If you look at <a href="http://www.wiziq.com/profblraina"> Raina's</a> classes or my first class you see lots of people who sign up for the class, but those people don't show up. In fact it may be the case that for most classes the number of people who show up randomly is greater than the people who sign up beforehand. It's consistent with the idea that people sometimes just go on the web and click randomly at things that they like. I don't know that I'm that interested in getting such students in my classes anyway. Similar to Prof. Raina I'm interested in getting serious students not just passer-bys (maybe it is possible on some rare occassions to convert a passer-by to a serious student, but it may be only about 5% or 10% of passer-bys) David

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Good evening frinds ,a special warm greeting to Harman who had raised his voice for "LearnerConnect - A New Way to Get More Students!" . Based on the above captioned topic I would like to share few things with the discussion family of WiziQ .I had found many expirienced people (including techers and lerners as well as both) from the past month in this foum.
My Thinking :-
1.Improving the technology @ wiziq (at least minimum so that one attendie should not leave the room during running classes)
2.Reading the mind of attendies is more important at that perticular session .
3. Graphically illustratons will be more attractive when u r implementing a new method in wiziq as wll as in every teaching classes. I think this will make people understand what u r teaching.
4. Flexibility in every aspect.
5. Safety & Security
I , appriciate everybody's comments who r still thinking togerther to improve in wiziq. But , I still feel that wehave to think about technology & Illustrating graphilclly while representing in whiteboard.

pl.let me know ur views and ideas.

Good evening frinds ,a special warm greeting to Harman who had raised his voice for "LearnerConnect - A New Way to Get More Students!" . Based on the above captioned topic I would like to share few things with the discussion family of WiziQ .I had found many expirienced people (including techers and lerners as well as both) from the past month in this foum. My Thinking :- 1.Improving the technology @ wiziq (at least minimum so that one attendie should not leave the room during running classes) 2.Reading the mind of attendies is more important at that perticular session . 3. Graphically illustratons will be more attractive when u r implementing a new method in wiziq as wll as in every teaching classes. I think this will make people understand what u r teaching. 4. Flexibility in every aspect. 5. Safety & Security I , appriciate everybody's comments who r still thinking togerther to improve in wiziq. But , I still feel that wehave to think about technology & Illustrating graphilclly while representing in whiteboard. pl.let me know ur views and ideas.

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