{"id":2099,"date":"2020-03-13T01:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classtime.com\/blog\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:11:27","slug":"4-ideas-to-effectively-teach-with-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtime.com\/blog\/4-ideas-to-effectively-teach-with-distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ideas to effectively teach with distance learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Student & Teacher Requirements<\/h3>\n

– Both students and teachers can use any device<\/b>\u00a0that supports an internet browser (smartphones, tablets, computers, Chromebooks) (Learn more<\/a>).<\/p>\n

– Both students and teachers require access to the Internet – either via WiFi or mobile carrier network. (Learn more<\/a>).<\/p>\n

– Both students and teachers do not<\/b>\u00a0have to install any applications.<\/p>\n

– While teachers need to register for an account, students do not<\/b>\u00a0have to register with an account. Students can access Classtime immediately with any nickname.<\/p>\n

– Note: Classtime does offer a feature to print an entire question set for students<\/strong>, so you can also provide the material offline.<\/p>\n

Instructional Applications – Practical Advice & Use Cases for Distance Learning<\/h3>\n

Self-Study and Ensuring Understanding for Home-based Learning<\/h4>\n

– Share your teaching material (PDFs, Classtime Assessments, YouTube videos, etc.) on Microsoft Teams, Google Drive or your school’s own Learning Management System (LMS) (“_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>see video example<\/a>).<\/p>\n

– Classtime assessments<\/a> can be integrated for self-practice with the Preview Link: Here, learners do not even have to enter a name and can practice and repeat your tasks as often as they would like to. Simply pick a Question Set, click on Preview,<\/i>\u00a0and share the link with your students:<\/p>\n

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Alternatively, if you want to also collect real-time insights of your learners’ progress, you can create a new Session and share the Session Code (e.g. via link). We recommend selecting the Session Settings “Show solutions immediately”<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0“Allow only one attempt”<\/i>\u00a0to ensure that every learner immediately receives feedback. You can also schedule exact start and end times of your Sessions. Afterwards, all results can be discussed personally via video conferencing.<\/p>\n

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Group Work and Ensuring Understanding with Mini-Assessments<\/h4>\n

Build expert student groups and give them a topic to research and create teaching materials about it, e.g. within your LMS or Google Drive. Let students share their material with other student and learn from each other’s work. Then, check their understanding with a mini-assessment across all topics.<\/p>\n

Online Classroom Instruction<\/h4>\n

Use your favorite video conferencing tool to share a presentation that is enhanced with Classtime assessments with your students (” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>see video example<\/a>). Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, popular conferencing tools are now also offering FREE access to educators (Google Hangouts<\/a>,\u00a0Skype<\/a>,\u00a0Zoom<\/a>). You can screen share your Session Dashboard, a Preview Link of your Question Set to discuss questions, or even launch a Collaborative Challenge for you students to engage with (learn more<\/a>)! This is a powerful way to mitigate one of the biggest challenges of distance learning: student loneliness!<\/p>\n