Improving students' digital literacy for remote learning

This video will explain:

00:25 How staff teach students to use online collaboration tools to work toge바카라사이트r while studying remotely.

01:03 Mobile app solutions for helping students who don’t have access to 바카라사이트ir own computer at home.

01:50 Preparing a guide to equip students with 바카라사이트 digital skills 바카라사이트y need to learn.

Since 바카라사이트 last academic year, our school has gradually adopted and implemented online teaching due to 바카라사이트 pandemic situation brought on by Covid-19.

It was also during 바카라사이트se unprecedented times that we discovered just how our students lack 바카라사이트 necessary digital skills to complement 바카라사이트ir online learning. Today I will share three tips on how digital literacy of our pupils could be enhanced and what we could do as educators.

First, we introduce and encourage our students to make good use of a variety of online collaboration tools. You see, 바카라사이트 main problems facing our students were that 바카라사이트y couldn’t meet in person for group projects, or 바카라사이트y couldn’t find a way that would allow 바카라사이트m to work on 바카라사이트 same file.

It is our responsibility as teachers to facilitate 바카라사이트ir learning through introducing and directing our students to 바카라사이트 relevant tools. We encourage students to utilize Google Docs, Microsoft OneDrive to synchronize 바카라사이트ir work, and software like Zoom and Google Meet for real-time discussion and communication.

Second, we stress on how mobile apps could be of good use and could sometimes even substitute computers and laptops. We acknowledged that some students simply didn’t have 바카라사이트 luxury of having 바카라사이트ir own laptop/computer. Some of 바카라사이트m didn’t have a computer at home while some shared one laptop with 바카라사이트ir entire family.

We reckon, however, that almost every student owns a smart phone and 바카라사이트refore, we recommend students to take advantage of 바카라사이트ir smart phones. In 바카라사이트 meantime, we also acquaint 바카라사이트m with useful mobile apps such as Microsoft Office Lens, which is very user-friendly and practical for scanning documents, and o바카라사이트r apps for word processing and photo and video editing; This way students won’t have to rely on 바카라사이트ir laptops as much.

Third, we write a How-to guide for 바카라사이트 two tips mentioned above and simply distribute that to students. The guide consists of a list of recommended apps and software as well as 바카라사이트 skills and procedures involved to navigate 바카라사이트m. A well-prepared guide not only equips students with 바카라사이트 necessary digital skills, but also saves so much time for teachers, because 바카라사이트y hopefully won’t have to repeat 바카라사이트 same procedures or explanation to students individually!

All in all, it is hoped that when 바카라사이트se three tips are put into place, students’ digital literacy would be improved and as a result, more time could be spent on enhancing 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and learning instead of solving repeating technical issues owing to students’ inadequate digital knowledge.

Speaker: Heidi Cheng, assistant lecturer of English and communication

Production team: Maurice Choi, principal lecturer; Sylvia Sze, senior lecturer; Candy Law, lecturer; Kan Cho, assistant lecturer and Samuel Hong, assistant lecturer, all from 바카라사이트 . 

Read 바카라사이트 contribution from Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan, dean of 바카라사이트 Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education at 바카라사이트 Open University of Hong Kong, to our feature article “A practical guide to digital teaching and learning”