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Online Learners Overnight Preparing and migrating a class online during the COVID-19 Crisis Ideas for those planning blended approaches and migrations of their own within pre-accredited adult education
You’ve got 48 hours in the classroom or computer lab to prepare a group of students with low digital literacy skills for full time online study from home … What do you think they need to know? What would you teach them?
My 14 adult students What could they do before classes were suspended? with basic language and digital literacy • locate my site skills • download files • save files to computer/USB • print Relevance and applications for Blended learning • receive / send/ & attach files to through Gmail
Create an online ‘classroom like’ culture – togetherness, safety, expectations, predictability, fun
Keep it: simple, consistent, highly supported, fun How did I design an online model of delivery to match those basic skills and replicate some familiar features of the classroom ? Strategies for Content Staging post or central location for resources learners with low digital Classroom Communication strategy - replicate some familiar features of the classroom literacy asynchronous (Email, SMS) synchronous (Phone, later Video Rooms) Teacher Support Some stand alone support and review tools
Downloadable Review and Review Quiz Workbook correction video Progress Release early in the week Release review tools late in backed up with email lessons the week so students have and phone mini lesson to keep had some time for workbook students on track and activities and any extra engaged activities from email and mini lessons
students Review video : Make presentation in Powerpoint using screenshots from Workbook --- add Voice overs each slide --- save as video ----- upload and embed in blog TOOLS FOR Workbook : Make in Word --- save as PDF --- upload to Drive --- link on blog and/or GETTING directly share via Gmail link STARTED students Review Quiz: Make in Google Forms --- save as Quiz --- share link from Drive
Blog The Blog is the central location - (or Drive or Sites) launching and landing pad - students can go to download workbook, watch the Review staging post for Video, do the Review Quiz content Gmail Provides channel for daily support and guidance. You can also attach workbook directly if that is easier, communication link to the Review Video, link and (asynchronous) even embed the Review Quiz. You can also quietly introduce link to linking Video Room requiring no software download Students check in by SMS (or email) Phone Teacher arranges mini-lesson (later Video Room) Students can call teacher for help Trouble shooting communication (synchronous) Students can call one another Cheap Smartphone is a computer
Use email or some other quick communications means to “push” the course along through the cycle, to link to tools and resources, to organise and keep students on track
Feedback
Workbook V.2 Innovation … o No downloads, moving forward o No printing But … o No email or snail mail returns Keep the PDF Version to download on o Deliverable /copy and SHARE back website / send as attachment in email for o Student can input directly into the printing and email return for those who workbook prefer it. o Teacher can directly correct and comment o Can embed links, video and sound files Keep the option of sending a printed o The Workbook could be shared with version by mail to those still struggling, others those new to the class, those without o Potential for deeper, more creative resources. Give students options collaborative work and activities concentrated in a single text Keep the Google Quiz as a Keep the self paced second review tool and for Workbook Review and collecting evidence of Correction video in the cycle participation in the cycle
Video Conferencing V.2 o In response to wanting better Innovation … tools for practising speaking in groups or whole class moving forward o In response to wanting more socialisation and bonding (continued) o Students now in a position to begin downloading and running apps and programs But … Keep pop-up video room options and keep the telephone options as backup … Again, give students options! All tools underpinned and linked to the familiar and stable channel of communication with only a single login - Gmail
TERM 3… Yesterday’s first ZOOM class Yesterday’s first interactive Workbook V.2
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