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Making the most of technology

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 with basic language and digital literacy skills What could they do before classes were suspended?

• locate my site
• download files
• save files to computer/USB
• print
• receive / send/ & attach files to through Gmail

Relevance and applications for Blended learning

Create an online ‘classroom like’ culture – togetherness, safety, expectations, predictability, fun

Strategies for learners with low digital literacy

How did I design an online model of delivery to match those basic skills and replicate some familiar features of the classroom? Content Staging post or central location for resources Classroom Communication strategy - replicate some familiar features of the classroom asynchronous (Email, SMS) synchronous (Phone, later Video Rooms) Teacher Support Some stand alone support and review tools

Keep it: simple, consistent, highly supported, fun

Progress

Downloadable Workbook Review and correction video Review Quiz

Release early in the week backed up with email lessons and phone mini lesson to keep students on track and engaged Release review tools late in the week so students have had some time for workbook activities and any extra activities from email and mini lessons

students students

Review video : Make presentation in Powerpoint using screenshots from Workbook

• -- add Voice overs each slide --- save as video ----- upload and embed in blog

Workbook: Make in Word --- save as PDF --- upload to Drive --- link on blog and/or directly share via Gmail link Review Quiz: Make in Google Forms --- save as Quiz --- share link from Drive

TOOLS FOR GETTING STARTED

Blog

(or Drive or Sites)

staging post for content

Gmail

communication (asynchronous) linking

Provides channel for daily support and guidance. You can also attach workbook directly if that is easier, link to the Review Video, link and even embed the Review Quiz. You can also quietly introduce link to Video Room requiring no software download

Phone

(later Video Room)

communication (synchronous)

Students check in by SMS (or email) Teacher arranges mini-lesson Students can call teacher for help Trouble shooting Students can call one another Cheap Smartphone is a computer The Blog is the central location - launching and landing pad - students can go to download workbook, watch the Review Video, do the Review Quiz

Use email or some other quick communications means to “push” the course along through the cycle, to link to tools and resources, to

• rganise and keep students on track

Feedback

• No downloads,
• No printing
• No email or snail mail returns
• Deliverable /copy and SHARE back
• Student can input directly into the

workbook

• Teacher can directly correct and

comment

• Can embed links, video and sound files
• The Workbook could be shared with
• thers
• Potential for deeper, more creative

collaborative work and activities concentrated in a single text

But …

Keep the PDF Version to download on website / send as attachment in email for printing and email return for those who prefer it. Keep the option of sending a printed version by mail to those still struggling, those new to the class, those without

• resources. Give students options

Workbook V.2

Innovation … moving forward

Keep the Google Quiz as a second review tool and for collecting evidence of participation in the cycle Keep the self paced Workbook Review and Correction video in the cycle

• In response to wanting better

tools for practising speaking in groups or whole class

• In response to wanting more

socialisation and bonding

• Students now in a position to

begin downloading and running apps and programs But …Keep pop-up video room

• ptions and keep the telephone
• ptions as backup …Again, give

students options!

Video Conferencing V.2

Innovation … moving forward

(continued)

All tools underpinned and linked to the familiar and stable channel of communication with only a single login - Gmail

Yesterday’s first interactive Workbook V.2

TERM 3…

Yesterday’s first ZOOM class

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Thank- you

Dale Pobega Teacher

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