Course 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 five components:
Foundations of online teaching:
Teaching synchronously:
Teaching asynchronously:
Using Microsoft Teams to communicate your message:
Teaching synchronously with Microsoft Teams:
Teaching effectively in a hybrid classroom:
It is recommended that you complete each of the sessions sequentially.
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
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Session 2
Teaching synchronously
This Session was designed to help a teacher prepare to present classes online synchronously.
R375
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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
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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
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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
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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
Beginner Level
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Intermediate Level
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Advanced Level
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How to choose the right session for you
Some of the sessions require that you have particular skills so that you can benefit completely from the session. The table below will quickly help you decide what your skills are. Each session indicates what level of ICT skills on a device is required to successfully complete it.
Entry LevelNovice
- I have never used a tablet before and don’t know how a tablet works.
- I cannot send or receive emails on a tablet.
- I cannot upload or download files (e.g. a PDF or images) on a tablet.
- I cannot download an app from the relevant online app store (e.g. Google Play Store).
- I have never used a tablet for teaching and learning.
Entry LevelBasic
- I have used a tablet before, but need assistance in most tasks.
- I am able to send and receive an email on a tablet.
- I cannot upload and download files (e.g. a PDF or images) on a tablet.
- I cannot download an app from the relevant online app store (e.g. Google Play Store).
- I don’t use a tablet for teaching and learning.
Entry LevelStandard
- I use my tablet for teaching and learning.
- I show YouTube videos on a tablet as part of my lessons.
- I use tablets in class mainly for drill-and-practice exercises.
- I use eBooks on my tablet, while the learners use print books.
- I decide when and how we use technology in class.
Adoption Level
- I use my tablet for teaching and learning, and also for management and administration.
- I embrace the use of tablets for teaching and learning.
- I use blended learning techniques, such as eBooks, but I also use print books and paper.
- My learners and I use eBooks on our tablets in class and watch videos on our tablets related to the topics we learn about.
- I always use tablets for specific tasks, but not all the time.
- My learners have their own tablets OR our school has a shared set of tablets, that I use as often as I can.
- Although I decide how and when we use technology in class, I am gradually guiding my learners towards independent use of tablets.
Adaptation Level
- I am used to technology and I use my tablet for teaching and learning, and also for management and administration.
- I have a cloud-based system such as Google Drive, or a learning management system, that is linked to my tablet when I teach.
- My learners and I use tablets in class and I push content to them using our learning management system.
- My learners use tablets in class, and this helps them develop future-oriented skills such as collaboration, creativity, communication and critical thinking.
- My learners come up with new ways of using tablets in their group work and individual learning.
- My learners are growing closer to the time when they’ll be able to use their tablets independently.