Online teaching hints

From Monday, 27 July, South African public schools are in lockdown again. We hope that all learners will one day have the ability to participate in online teaching, but in the meantime teachers can work on their skills to use it.

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In March, The Conversation published an article with 14 easy tips for online teaching. It is perhaps a good idea to explore this again in view of the new lockdown. Here they are:

• Record your lectures – don’t stream them
• Show your face
• Keep videos short
• Test out slides
• Use existing resources … and make sure they’re open access
• Give specific instructions
• Provide interactive activities
• Set reasonable expectations
• Use auto-checking to measure attendance
• Use group communication carefully
• Let students take control
• Don’t hide your feelings
• Repeat

Here is a pdf file of the article. Our thanks to The Conversation for the valuable information.