How do I Move From Face to Face Teaching to Online?
Traditional face-to-face teaching allows students to ask questions and immediately obtain an answer. When teachers move to online teaching for distance-learning students, there are new challenges. Teachers and students don't have direct contact, so teachers don't see students' body language to know when they are confused about a concept. Teaching styles vary dramatically from online teaching to face-to-face teaching.
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Tape teaching lessons. Designing the online courses requires teachers to tape the necessary lessons and then post them into the course. Tape a basic lesson as it is given during a normal lecture.
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Edit the taped lesson. Unlike face-to-face teaching, online teaching allows a teacher to edit and make changes to the lesson for their distance-learning students. Teachers need to make the lesson as simple as possible and make changes as necessary. Unlike an in-person setting, students can't ask questions for clarification. Lectures must answer common questions so online students get as much information as students do in class.
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Determine how students can contact the teacher with questions. Online teaching requires students to email, call or otherwise contact a teacher differently than traditional instructions.
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Work out an assessment program. Some teachers will have only one test at the end of the course while others will provide quizzes in the online curriculum. Unlike traditional classes, grades are determined online, so teachers must work out tests that are taken online. Short-answer tests are usually easier because students can type in answers to the main curriculum.
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Provide a chat room for students to participate and communicate with other students in the class. Student participation is a major challenge of online learning because students are online at different times according to their personal schedules.
In traditional classrooms, teachers can involve the entire class at one time. A forum allows discussion and participation at any time during the day, as students are posting questions or replying to a discussion when it's convenient for them.
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Post questions on a forum for students to answer and discuss. This is similar to asking questions in a classroom discussion, but it allows students to take their time and answer whenever they are available.
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