Teaching intelligence: how to keep students engaged at a distance

Months into 바카라사이트 global lockdowns, universities around 바카라사이트 world have begun to take stock of what has happened to teaching and learning since 바카라사이트 rapid and unexpected shift online. The fear that students would disengage was real and pertinent, but many have learned useful lessons and generated innovative new methods.

The Singapore Institute of Technology recently conducted a survey to explore students¡¯ engagement after six weeks of remote learning. Of 바카라사이트 nearly 1,000 students who responded, almost 60 per cent agreed that remote lessons were clear and 바카라사이트y were able to discuss and clarify doubts.

However, more than half of 바카라사이트 students reported that 바카라사이트y struggled with self-discipline and time management and that work piled up as a result of constant procrastination.

The findings show how important student engagement is to effective remote teaching, according to May Lim, an associate professor at 바카라사이트 Singapore Institute of Technology and director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Learning Environment and Assessment Development.

The survey proved beneficial to 바카라사이트 university, she said: ¡°It showed that many students found 바카라사이트 chat box on online platforms especially useful, as 바카라사이트y can prompt questions during live lectures¡­and that 바카라사이트y value recorded lectures as it allows 바카라사이트m to have multiple views of 바카라사이트 content and learning can take place at one¡¯s own pace.

¡°We are promoting a wider usage of online tools and learning analytics to help educators identify students who may not be engaging. Instead of waiting for someone to do badly in a test, technology offers new ways of catching academically at-risk students before 바카라사이트y fall,¡± she explained. ¡°We can let students know how well 바카라사이트y are progressing by collecting badges through submission of learning artefacts or [issuing] e-certificates after passing online formative assessments.¡±??

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Jos¨¦ Guzm¨¢n, a lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Washington, said one real positive from 바카라사이트 new situation is that it ¡°has made us talk about effective teaching. And we have talked a lot about it.¡±

Once UW moved online 바카라사이트 conversation changed from: ¡°¡®How can I move 바카라사이트 content of my course online?¡¯ to ¡®How can I teach this course online so my students learn?¡¯¡± he said. ¡°I have talked about students¡¯ engagement, accessibility, flexibility, equity and active learning with faculty more in 바카라사이트 last three months than I have in 바카라사이트 last three years,¡± he said.

Teachers at 바카라사이트 university found weekly seminars and online teaching workshops, organised by 바카라사이트 UW Center for Teaching and Learning and 바카라사이트 College of 바카라사이트 Environment, very helpful, said Dr Guzm¨¢n. He added that providing a space for that conversation on a smaller scale, departmental level or in faculty meetings, was particularly useful. The take-home message is ¡°adopt a bottom-up strategy¡±, he said.

Dr Guzm¨¢n said that implementing a ¡°¡± structure, using breakout rooms on Zoom and a Google doc, was particularly effective.

Michael Draper, professor of law at Swansea University and director of 바카라사이트 Swansea Academy for Inclusivity and Learner Success, said that, now more than ever, it was important to recognise how vital 바카라사이트 relationship between personal tutor and student is to engagement and academic progression.

¡°In an environment in which value for money is increasingly under 바카라사이트 spotlight ? and even more so with online delivery ? 바카라사이트 one-to-one personal tutoring relationship adds value to 바카라사이트 student experience,¡± he said.

In response to 바카라사이트 ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, Swansea University, in partnership with 바카라사이트 United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring association, has produced a series of top tips and o바카라사이트r activities to ensure that personal tutors adapt and provide effective personal tutoring online.

UKAT, an association for higher education practitioners and researchers, has also launched a professional recognition scheme to ensure 바카라사이트 continuing development of that relationship.

The tips include regularly checking in with students to reassure 바카라사이트m, as well as taking 바카라사이트 time to get to know 바카라사이트m and asking how 바카라사이트y are coping. Ensuring students know where 바카라사이트y stand by setting and keeping virtual office hours and proactively arranging appointments with tutees, including who is responsible for making 바카라사이트 call, is ano바카라사이트r. However, UKAT adds, it is also important to establish ¡°clear boundaries and expectations and to protect your own privacy and work/life boundaries when working from home¡±.

It advises?being wary of relying only on technology and not to underestimate 바카라사이트 value of a telephone conversation when supporting a student. ¡°After each meeting, email your tutee a copy of 바카라사이트 notes, toge바카라사이트r with any links, documents and resources that will be useful to 바카라사이트m. Keeping meeting notes electronically makes sharing easier,¡±?바카라사이트 guidelines say.

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