Elizabeth Skopec has shared seven useful ways to set up and deliver online lessons in an effective manner.
When our classrooms moved online this year, many of us scrambled to find ways to engage students with lessons remotely, only to find that it was no simple task. Many of us, myself included, didn’t know where to start.
Even the most basic communications, like the daily lessons that I posted for students, were trickier than I anticipated; my posts careened from being too wordy to too vague, from too content-heavy to too task-heavy. Students felt overwhelmed by their new, independent workload, and I wasn’t streamlining our learning effectively. It just wasn’t easy to transform a 50-minute lesson into a clear, pithy post that would serve my high school students.
1. Same time, same place: Post your lessons in the same place every day. Once students know where you’ll be posting your materials for the day—whether it’s on a certain page of a learning management system or via email—be consistent and encourage kids to bookmark the landing page.