The Coronavirus caught teachers off guard. Schools closed suddenly and in some cases gave teachers just a few days to make the transition from classroom to online learning, leaving them between a rock and a hard place. Some teachers were fortunate enough to be given some basic training but then they were expected to go out and perform online miracles to keep their students learning.
Experienced teachers, trainers and lecturers usually have their course materials ‘in their heads’ and effectively deliver classes, lectures, and training sessions using prepped notes or worksheets as supplemental materials. Under pressure from national and district authorities, teachers have had to forego best practices for modifying classroom sessions and some have been slapping content onto virtual learning platforms to cover the rest of the curriculum for the academic term.
However, teachers need proper, structured training to do online learning well. Converting teaching content and materials into electronic versions takes considerable time. In the absence of training many teachers are improvising and practicing by trial and error as they convert traditional classroom activities into virtual learning environments.
This blog is intended to help me (and you) to gather e-learning resources, to create a roadmap for online learning, and strengthen our virtual classroom skills by undertaking practical course building exercises together.
I hope that you will join me on this extraordinary journey because in spite of all the uncertainty caused by covid-19, we educators are expected to Teach.On.
Check out my next article:
My Roadmap for Converting a Classroom Course to eLearning
