Bionic Tips for eLearning Engagement
When I was a young girl my bedroom walls were plastered with posters of my idol, The Bionic Woman. “Jaime Sommers” was a teacher-by-day and a secret government agent on the weekend. On top of catching bad guys using her robotic superpowers, she was kind, vulnerable and funny. I absolutely adored her.
The Three i’s of Online Teaching
Online teaching has unique challenges. Most of the time, we’re teaching learners we can’t see. It’s a new medium and we “beta test” lessons continually. Creating media and visual learning items is time consuming and requires a constantly expanding skill set. The classes often have exaggerated teacher / student ratios, and can have
How to Help Learners We Can’t See
Imagine a group of learners you can’t see. They work at home, and the classic “observation clues” classroom teachers have aren’t available to you:
– The random, too-fast page flip
– Distracted non-attending during instructional time
– Reading aloud miscues (skipping words, substitutions, etc)
– Blank stares
– Peering at others’ answers
– work avoidance
… These clues