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Remote Learning Strategies

1. Lesson Segmenting 2. Be intentional in the lesson proper

  Segment lessons in a way that is accessible  Each lesson, no matter the length, should
to students, you’ll have a much higher chance of remain tightly focused on the learning
engaging your virtual classroom during objective itself.
synchronous learning.  A brief introduction reminding your student
 Often that will mean focusing on smaller pieces what happened last time before you launch
of content. Shorter pieces make larger concepts into the next piece of the puzzle is another
easier to teach, just make sure that each segment way to keep comprehension up despite som
is crucial to the lesson itself. of the handicaps of distance learning.
3. Make learning objectives accessible to students
4. Adaptable curriculum and instruction

 One easy remote teaching strategy anyone


can use is accessibility: make sure every
student knows what they’re learning and  Show flexibility and humor - even when it’s
that what they’re learning is accessible to difficult.
them  Modelling a growth mindset for students–
 It also helps to keep students on track. It responding to uncertainty and difficulties wit
also gives you a little bit of time to prepare flexibility and humor – can help students
to dive into the next lesson planned. develop ‘soft skills’ more important than the
content itself.
5. Ongoing Formative Assessment 6. Socratic Discussion or Fishbowl

Discussions

 Depending on the software you’re using, you


may have more or fewer options for  A form of cooperative argumentative dialogu
interactive lessons. between individuals, based on asking and
 The more that your students are interacting answering questions to stimulate critical
with the content, the better chances they’ll thinking and to draw out ideas and underlyin
retain information once the lesson is over. presuppositions.

7. Gradual Release of Responsibility 8. Spider Wed Discussion

 The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model  Before the live class, students answered
is a teaching strategy characterized by a questions independently, and then
sequence of learning activities that shift the shared their responses at the start of th
responsibility from the teacher to the meeti ng as a jumping-off point for a
student. broader class discussion.
 The goal of this approach is autonomy and  It has been successful as a means to get
efficacy on the part of the student–ideally, kids to credit their peers with helping
the ability to transfer understanding on their them come up with new ideas, which
own. helps build rapport
 

Wilhelm Peralta

ProfEd Student

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