Teaching online
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown taught us that learning and teaching can keep going if we move online. However, if online learning and teaching is to be effective, teachers and lecturers need the knowledge, skills and values to do online learning well. This course is made up of sessions that will introduce you to the theory you need to know to do online teaching well; introduce how to teach online synchronously and how to prepare lessons for asynchronous teaching. You will also learn about Microsoft Teams as a platform for teaching online. The challenges posed by hybrid teaching are tackled as well. It is recommended that you complete the first session before completing the teaching synchronously and/or the teaching asynchronously session.
Sessions
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Session 1
Foundations of online teaching
This Session develops a theoretical understanding of online teaching and provides a sound base for teaching and learning online, whether synchronously, or asynchronously.
R125
Session description:
Session description
This Session develops a theoretical understanding of online teaching and provides a sound base for teaching and learning online, whether synchronously, or asynchronously. It has been designed as an introduction to the other two Sessions in the Course, but can stand alone as a broad introduction to the field.
Outcomes of the Session
By the end of the Session, the participant will:
- understand the theoretical underpinning of online teaching
- define synchronous and asynchronous online teaching
- identify the possibilities of online teaching.
Assessment Task
- Multiple choice questions completed online.
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Session 2
Teaching synchronously
This Session was designed to help a teacher prepare to present classes online synchronously.
R375
Session description:
Session description
This Session was designed to help a teacher prepare to present classes online synchronously. It covers issues of content preparation, online platform selection and the actual how-to of teaching online. Assessment and feedback are covered to ensure a full teaching and learning cycle. It is aimed at anyone new to the online teaching and learning environment and whose institution does not currently have an online learning platform.
Outcomes of the Session
By the end of the Session, the participant will:
- understand the requirement of teaching synchronously online
- identify the target audience
- define what he/she wants to do
- understand the affordances of the various online platforms
- be able to match his/her own pedagogy and content to the selected platform
- prepare for running a live presentation.
Assessment Task
- Multiple choice questions completed online.
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Session 3
Teaching asynchronously
Teaching asynchronously is all about helping you as a lecturer create videos using a smartphone and/or computer.
R375
Session description:
Session overview
Teaching asynchronously is all about helping you as a lecturer create videos using a smartphone and/or computer. It is aimed at anyone new to the online teaching and learning environment, or anyone new to making videos at home using (mostly) a smartphone. The session is meant for lecturers whose college does not use an existing Moodle system like Blackboard for their online training already. The aim here is for asynchronous online learning.
We start with an overview of the requirements of the modern online environment and what you will need, what you want to do, and who your targeted audience is.
- We then discuss scripting and planning a video, and we help you find the best possible recording space within your own environment. We also provide numerous tips regarding camera angles and sound for the first-time video recorder.
- You will now do an actual recording, using the guidelines we have provided. Next, we will discuss various ways in which you can transfer, upload, and share your video.
- Finally, we discuss various platforms and apps such as Google Keep, Google Drive, YouTube, WhatsApp and a number of other resources that would be useful to anyone wanting to create a collaborative, shared online learning space, as well as various online resources.
Assessment Task
- Multiple choice questions completed online.
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Session 4
Using Microsoft Teams to communicate your message
This Session was designed to help anyone who needs to communicate their message to develop the knowledge and skills for using Microsoft Teams. For educators, this session is a useful addition to the rest of the course if they plan to offer online teaching full-time or as part of a hybrid offering.
R125
Session description:
Session overview
This session has been designed to help anyone use Microsoft Teams to communicate their message, whether it is in a meeting or in a teaching or training situation. The session develops the knowledge and skills you need to use the Microsoft Teams App and takes you further than the overview provided in Session 2 of this course (Teaching synchronously).
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- talk about the different online meeting and teaching apps available
- explain why Microsoft Teams is a good choice of meeting and teaching app
- identify the different elements of the Microsoft Teams App
- discuss the difference between a team and a channel
- set up a team
- set up a channel
- use the Teams Calendar to start an instant meeting
- use the Teams Calendar to set a meeting at a future time
- set up a meeting/teaching session
- identify and use the different buttons and options in a meeting/teaching session
- run a meeting/teaching session
- use the Chat Function
- use Files in Microsoft Teams
- add other apps in Microsoft Teams
Assessment Task
You will be asked to complete a summative task at the end of the session. You have a copy of this task in your Class Notes for your reference only. Please note that you must complete the Final Assessment online. No printed, scanned, emailed, or faxed copies of the task will be accepted.
We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.
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Session 5
Teaching synchronously with Microsoft Teams
This Session was designed to extend the learning of Session 4 by focussing on real-life teaching and learning using Microsoft Teams by exploring classroom teaching opportunities provided by the app.
R125
Session description:
Session overview
This session has been designed to help teachers develop the skills to use Microsoft Teams to teach online in pedagogically sound ways. Anyone can use Microsoft Teams to teach, but it takes effort and skill to teach well using Microsoft Teams. The session extends the learning of Session 4 (Using Microsoft Teams to communicate your message) by focussing on real-life teaching and learning using Microsoft Teams. It does this by exploring classroom teaching opportunities provided by the app.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- use Microsoft Teams to teach
- create teams and channels for classes
- set up class teaching times
- create class lists
- use file sharing
- make online teaching interactive with Microsoft Teams
- understand the pitfalls of screensharing
- use Breakout Rooms for effective teaching
- create and manage online rooms
- appreciate the pedagogical considerations of Breakout Rooms
- use Forms effectively
- create Forms
- understand the possibilities of collaboration in Microsoft Teams
- use Word, Excel and OneNote to collaborate in Microsoft Teams
- use the Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams
- use the Chat Function effectively
- understand the positive uses of the Chat Function
- appreciate how the Chat Function can be abused
- use recorded lessons from Microsoft Teams
- record a lesson and find it in Microsoft Teams
- understand the effects on learners of using Microsoft Teams
- set the ground rules for teaching and learning in Microsoft Teams
- appreciate the tasks required before, during and after a Microsoft Teams session
Assessment Task
You will be asked to complete a summative task at the end of the session. You have a copy of this task in your Class Notes for your reference only. Please note that you must complete the Final Assessment online. No printed, scanned, emailed, or faxed copies of the task will be accepted.
We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.
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Session 6
Teaching effectively in a hybrid classroom
This session focuses on teaching and learning in a hybrid classroom, in which learners who are in person and online experience a synchronous lesson with a teacher.
R125
Session description:
Session overview
This session focuses on teaching and learning in a hybrid classroom, in which learners who are in person and online experience a synchronous lesson with a teacher.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- define hybrid learning
- debunk myths about hybrid learning
- know why teachers are afraid of hybrid learning
- understand a model to get started with effective hybrid learning
- identify the similarities and differences between a usual teaching and learning space and a hybrid one
- state the requirements of the physical teacher space
- state the requirements of the virtual teaching space
- explain how to do hybrid teaching with limited resources
- define the culture and experience for teachers and learners in a hybrid teaching and learning space
- appreciate the required technology-use and knowledge for teachers and learners
- understand the role of the Institution
- discuss key pedagogical aspects of hybrid teaching and learning
Assessment Task
You will be asked to complete a summative task at the end of the session. You have a copy of this task in your Class Notes for your reference only. Please note that you must complete the Final Assessment online. No printed, scanned, emailed, or faxed copies of the task will be accepted.
We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.
R1250
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