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I am not a master at online teaching but would like to share a thread of what I& #39;m doing/what students told me they appreciate. I& #39;m doing this in hopes that at least one of these tips helps someone out there and would invite others to share what& #39;s working in their class.
Students really like to take advantage of asking questions in private. This is such an amazing feature on Zoom. And I was afraid that the chat would show in the recording to reveal who said the question but the recording doesn& #39;t capture it! :)
Speaking of questions, I tell students to ask me at least 1 question before we move on. It& #39;s still early in the semester so it takes a while but students can type their question in a private message.
I also have two mandatory office hour meetings for students: once before test 1 and once after test 1. This is to show students that office hours aren& #39;t scary, to show that I& #39;m accessible, to get to know students more, and to give a chance for students to ask ?s one-on-one.
I do a lot of chat blasts where I give a couple minutes for students to do an exercise then have them type their answer in the chat box, then on the count of 3, I tell them to press enter.
Also, to see where students are at when giving them a couple minutes doing a few problems, I tell them to show me what problem they are on by putting up 1 finger if they are on #1, 2 fingers for #2, or a fist if they are done.
Frequently after teaching a new topic, I tell my students to type in the chat a number between 1-10 how comfortable they feel with the topic, with 10 being the most comfortable. I use this to see what to do next.
I post all of my slides and session recordings on Canvas for accessibility. I actually think my materials are more accessible during online instruction so I need to think about how to make in-class instruction in the future more accessible.
I keep it simple by mostly relying on collaborative Google Slides when students are working in breakout rooms. No need to use a billion different platforms.
During the last few minutes, I ask my students to write down what they learned today in their notebooks and I ask a couple students to share what they learned.
And I always end each class session with one of my memes. Believe it or not this is the first semester I& #39;ve shared my memes but this is one small way to bring more of myself into class. It& #39;s great to end with students smiling. Here are a couple that I& #39;ve posted so far:
Hope at least one of these tips helped at least one person out there!
Oh, and forgot my most recent strategy: https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1300585141975183360">https://twitter.com/howie_hua...
