In this expert article, Andrea Giordano talks about five useful insights to improve student engagement online.
After 12 years of teaching online in both synchronous and asynchronous classrooms, I’ve come to realize that student engagement is the lifeblood on virtual learning. I’ve also learned that creativity is the key to successful student engagement.
As interesting as we believe our lectures to be, nothing substitutes for students’ active participation with the material.
In 2020, there is no end to the amazing technology tools that exist to make learning more exciting. That’s why I’m sharing 5 of my favorite tools to increase student engagement in the synchronous online classroom.
Kahoot is a wildly fun trivia tool that you can use to engage and assess your students. More than 1 billion play Kahoot every year, and it’s easy to see why. Teachers can pre-load questions, and then students guess the correct answers as the clock ticks down. The faster the student answers correctly, the higher the student gets for that round. After each question, Kahoot displays your class leaderboard, along with point totals. Students love fighting for the top spot in the class. You can use Kahoot synchronously or asynchronously, and you can see how students did after the game is complete.