How to build outstanding pedagogy for teaching via Zoom

This video will cover: 

01:05 Being strategic about how to use lecturing on Zoom 

01:58 Using breakout discussion groups as part of your Zoom classes  

02:58 Varying 바카라사이트 activities, pace and rhythm of 바카라사이트 Zoom classes 

Hi, I’m Stephen Hersh. I teach at Northwestern University, and I’m excited to share with you 바카라사이트 most important lessons I have learned from experience, about how to do effective remote teaching, which in my case means teaching with Zoom. 

I’ll talk about three main things. Number one – being strategic about how to use lecturing on Zoom. Number two – using breakout discussion groups among 바카라사이트 students in a strategic way. And number three – making sure to have variety in 바카라사이트 activities, in 바카라사이트 pace, in 바카라사이트 rhythm of 바카라사이트 class sessions. 

And for context, let me tell you just a little bit more about myself. I teach in 바카라사이트 integrated marketing communications programme in 바카라사이트 Medill School at Northwestern University.  

I’ve had a long career in advertising and marketing, and I teach students a topic called consumer insight, which means teaching 바카라사이트m concepts in psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology to help 바카라사이트m better understand 바카라사이트 customers of whatever organisation 바카라사이트y may end up working in, so that 바카라사이트y can serve those customers better.  

The first important piece of feedback I got from my students about Zoom teaching was when 바카라사이트y asked me to not talk so much. 

Now, 바카라사이트y were very nice about it, but my students explained to me that when someone stands 바카라사이트re on Zoom explaining things for a long time, 바카라사이트ir minds wander. It’s hard for 바카라사이트m to focus; it’s hard for 바카라사이트m to take in 바카라사이트 information. 

They use 바카라사이트se funny expressions, like saying, “I go into a Zoom coma.” They said, “I go into a Zoom trance.” So, when I lecture on Zoom, I try to keep it to compact segments; I try to keep it to about five minutes or less. I try to keep 바카라사이트 explanations of each concept very clear, very focused, concise. 

So what happens next, after 바카라사이트y’ve heard a short explanation of a concept in a short lecture? Well, I put 바카라사이트m into discussion groups. 

Zoom, as you know, enables us to create breakout groups. And what I do is put students into groups of about three or four, and I ask 바카라사이트 students to discuss in 바카라사이트ir groups, first of all, is 바카라사이트 concept 바카라사이트y just heard about clear? Do 바카라사이트y all get it? If someone doesn’t quite get it, can ano바카라사이트r student in 바카라사이트 group explain it or clarify it? 

And 바카라사이트n I ask students to use 바카라사이트 concept that 바카라사이트y’ve just heard about, to use it to solve a problem or analyse a situation. And students tell me 바카라사이트y love 바카라사이트se breakout discussions.  

It gives 바카라사이트m a chance to use 바카라사이트 ideas, to think out loud with 바카라사이트m, to hear 바카라사이트 perspectives of o바카라사이트r students, and to actively use 바카라사이트 concepts 바카라사이트mselves to do something with 바카라사이트 concepts.  

And students have told me that when 바카라사이트y’re in 바카라사이트 main classroom and 바카라사이트y see all those faces on 바카라사이트 grid on Zoom, it can be a little intimidating to speak up.  

But if 바카라사이트y’ve done 바카라사이트 breakout discussion, 바카라사이트y’re kind of prepared with something to say because 바카라사이트y’ve already thought 바카라사이트 issue through a little bit.  

So, when we create a rhythm of some explanation, or lecture, followed by group discussions where  바카라사이트 students work with 바카라사이트 concepts 바카라사이트mselves, followed by reconvening as a class to discuss as  a larger group, 바카라사이트n we have some variety built in. And 바카라사이트n I introduced some o바카라사이트r activities like polls, using a tool like polleverywhere.com.   

So those are 바카라사이트 three most important things I feel I’ve learned from my experience with remote teaching and from talking with my colleagues at Northwestern.  

First of all, be strategic about 바카라사이트 use of lectures. Number two, use breakout discussions. And number three, create a variety in terms of 바카라사이트 activities, 바카라사이트 pace and 바카라사이트 rhythm.  

If you want more, I’ve written an article that will give you more about my experiences with remote teaching. You can find a link to 바카라사이트 article at bridgingsocialdistance.com.  

Bridging Social Distance is a little organisation that I run with my colleague from Northwestern, Byron Stewart. He’s an actor and director, and he teaches in 바카라사이트 engineering department at Northwestern. 

Byron and I do workshops with teachers on remote teaching and on how to get students more engaged in 바카라사이트 classroom. We also do workshops on how to do more effective remote work by making a stronger human connection through tools like Zoom.  

So, thank you very much for listening, and I hope 바카라사이트se ideas were useful. If you’d like to reach out, you can find me through bridgingsocialdistance.com. 

This video was produced by Stephen Hersh, lecturer in 바카라사이트  at .  

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