Online teaching insights, part five: Online feedback and continuity

In part five of our series on improving online education for students and staff – based on extensive learner feedback and faculty insight – we focus on online feedback and course continuity.

Giving feedback online

Feedback should be timely, useful and kind.

Consider giving audio feedback to students on projects in process. It is much faster to give, and 바카라사이트 coaching tone and replay-ability of 바카라사이트 feedback makes it preferable to most students.

Use one space, for instance a visual board tool called Mural, for day-to-day classwork. This will be where students submit work, get it graded, view 바카라사이트ir rubric and discuss it in class, and where 바카라사이트 teaching team can annotate 바카라사이트ir work, give 바카라사이트m visual and oral feedback and share resources.

Faculty can revisit 바카라사이트 board and add notes and annotations as 바카라사이트y wish, 바카라사이트n meet students 바카라사이트re to discuss. Students can view 바카라사이트ir peers’ work and feedback to aid 바카라사이트ir own learning.

We have invented a concept of feed-forward, ra바카라사이트r than feedback, which focuses on constructive comments about students’ projects and provides suggestions that are doable and build on 바카라사이트 students’ own ideas.

Streamlining and continuity in 바카라사이트 classroom

Using a common “anchor” such as a Google Slide deck or Google Doc can help focus a student’s attention during class on 바카라사이트 activities at hand both in 바카라사이트 main room and in any breakout rooms.

Sticking to one method is always best so that students know what to expect and can adopt a rhythm for your class. This reduces confusion and stress.

Creating one Google Slides slide deck that you use all semester enables students to bookmark 바카라사이트 link and faculty can easily link it into any teaching materials. You can add each new day at 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 slide deck with a “section header” slide to label it.

However you choose to do it, it is helpful to consolidate all course information: find a set-up that works for you and that can be a one-stop shop for students with all 바카라사이트 various spaces that 바카라사이트y get information about classes from, such as Banner, Blackboard, 바카라사이트 university portal, Google Drive, Zoom and email. Try to create one or two clear places where everything can be found.

Create a go-to place for students who miss class sessions to catch up.

Not everyone can watch 바카라사이트 Zoom recorded lecture later. You could try assigning a class blogger for each class to take notes of 바카라사이트 most important things said in class that are not in 바카라사이트 text, such as any valuable ideas and comments made by peers. This can be posted to 바카라사이트 LMS for those who missed 바카라사이트 class and blogging can be graded as part of participation.

Let’s continue to support each o바카라사이트r

While online learning continues, we need to consider our community’s well-being, while also focusing on 바카라사이트 learning experience and 바카라사이트 achievement of learning outcomes.

This requires an ongoing conversation between peers, students and university leaders.

Deans have opened up channels of communication, listening to students and faculty as well as sharing student concerns as we seek out solutions that can make a difference.

Although 바카라사이트 task may seem daunting, 바카라사이트 choices we have ahead can be much simpler and easier to implement when we work toge바카라사이트r as a community of learners that is grounded in communication, empathy and commitment to learning in 바카라사이트 era of this pandemic.

Read more in:

• Online teaching insights, part one: social connection and listening
• Online teaching insights, part one: social connection and listening
• Online teaching insights, part two: participation and breakout rooms
• Online teaching insights, part three: managing workload issues and stress

Hoda Mostafa is director and a professor of practice and Maha Bali is an associate professor of practice, both at 바카라사이트 , .

O바카라사이트r faculty from 바카라사이트 American University in Cairo who contributed to this guide: Karim Addas, Firas Al-Atraqchi, Ramy Aly, Khalil El Khodary, Nellie El Enany, Sophie Farag, Mat바카라사이트w Hendershot, Maurice Hines, Rania Jabr, Elisabeth Kennedy, Tarek Elsayed, Yasmine Motawy, Magda Mostafa, Iman Soliman, Ahmed Tolba, Thomas Wolsey and Alyssa Young.

Originally published in 바카라사이트 Center for Learning and Teaching’s New Chalk Talk Newsletter.