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8 Ways to Get Students to Engage in Active Learning Online
It is not always easy to connect via webcam, and it takes creativity to keep students' brains stimulated.
Online teaching requires that you use different skills in comparison to teaching in person! If students remain committed, motivated, and interested in their classes, one of the most significant challenges facing online teachers is the home environment, surrounded by possible distractions.
Most of us online teachers ask ourselves at least once: "How to make online learning more engaging?"
Luckily, there are several guidelines and tricks to help engage students in the virtual classroom.
So, let's dive in.
Sort It Out
This is a digital turn in a conventional exercise to map the concept. Sort it out calls students to reflect on the relationship between the fundamental concepts, lesson, or chapter. This digital concept mapping activity can be completed independently or in pairs by students in Google Draws to help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. The directions require that text and visual media be combined to show the relation between concepts.
Teachers are invited to finish this asynchronously online and share it face-to-face (mixed) or during video conferencing sessions (online).
Online Fishbowl
The traditional fishbowl divides the class into two groups to help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. During a discussion or attempt at a problem, the second group observes and captures its observations, questions, and observations. This strategy can be tailored for a virtual conference session when teachers host small groups of virtual sessions. For example, the teacher divides students into groups–Group A and Group B before the video conference. I would propose that you share your screen and list your students' names in a double-column chart.
When students know what group they are in, the teacher presents a question or a problem for discussion in Group A and sets the time limit (e.g., 5 minutes). After that, group A students will discuss the subject. Group B watches and observes while engaging with each other. Their job is to publish their comments on the chat or Google Documents shared.
The teacher may invite Group B members to dispute and share their ideas as the timer goes off. When they observed their peers, what did they notice? What are they asking? What are they going to suggest? After Group B has had the opportunity of commenting, Group B changes roles and participates, while Group A observes in a discussion or problem-resolution task. This is one of the most excellent methods when it comes to engaging students in the virtual classroom.
Expert Group Investigations
Teachers will have less time for direct teaching if they work on a hybrid schedule with students or are entirely online. This is an opportunity for students to become experts in research and online curation, as it can help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. Install them in expert groups and let them lead the training instead of using precious class time to tell kids everything about a topic.
Teachers can put 4-5 students together in a group and ask them to spend some time online studying a particular topic or design to become experts on that subject or concept. This is one of the best methods which helps in engaging students in the virtual classroom. First, however, the participants must work together in a cohesive and visually compelling presentation that mixes text and visual media.
Teachers can request students to attend (mixed) or visual conferences during their face-to-face time (online).
Collaborative Annotations
Teachers can annotate and hence help with engaging students in the virtual classroom by merely grouping students into a joint document, which is usually an individual endeavor. For example, teachers can insert in a Google Document a two-column diagram and then copy and add text to a column on the left. Scholars can highlight keywords and phrases in the right column and capture their annotations.
During their work, they can discuss the reading using the chat function within the document when working synchronously or insert comments with questions to be answered asynchronously by other group members; this not only helps in engaging students in the virtual classroom but also teaches them the quality of the team working. In addition, this adds to the learning task a social component that helps students who work on the task at home to feel connected to their peers.
Google Map Adventures
It is critical for engaging students in the virtual classroom to find fun ways to improve their learning. The more creative the tasks, the more likely they are to learn. Google Maps is a versatile learning tool available in all fields. Students can track the path of a story on a map, link the historical information they learn to a geographical location, and students can use maps to create creative mathematical challenges. The chances are unlimited! Students can make their maps or work together on shared maps, place word pins and media, and share maps as evidence of their learning.
Spotify Playlist
Please encourage your students to make their reviews creative. At the end of a chapter, students must work together to identify the key concepts, concepts, and issues in the chapter or unit on the shared Google Document. Then ask them to make a playlist for Spotify. The aim is to use music to inspire children to think deeper about ideas, concepts, or themes covered by a text or unit. This is a fun way to help you with engaging students in the virtual classroom.
Scavenger Hunts
Hunting Scavenger is an amusing way to promote research and exploration among students and engage students in the virtual classroom. If teachers' efforts are limited in face-to-face time to "go through" the content, they can create a hunt online or offline.
Scavenger hunts can encourage students to read a text carefully or conduct informal research to answer questions from a distance. This strategy allows teachers to identify information relevant to students while finding that data attractive and fun. Professors can create scavenger-hunting activities using Google Documents or Google Slides to make their tasks individual or collaborative.
Online Discussions
Online talks are an essential element in any online training course. They create space for students to connect online, explore course issues, ask questions, and make sense with their peers. In addition, teachers looking for strategies to encourage students to reflect on higher order should regularly participate in online discussions.
Teachers working with older students will work well to involve students in text-based asynchronous discussions through the Google Classroom questions function or the discussion functionality within a learning management system.
In class, conversations will most likely start at a far greater level and are significantly more substantial when teachers give students time to think of an issue, formulate a reply, read their peers' answers, and answer their classmates.
The perfect time to explore how to make online learning more engaging and plan is now. I hope these strategies inspire teachers to create a new understanding of how students can engage in meaningful online learning activities.
Written by:
Swapna Seshadri
Leader - Customer Engagement Skoolz
8 Ways to Get Students to Engage in Active Learning Online
It is not always easy to connect via webcam, and it takes creativity to keep students' brains stimulated.
Online teaching requires that you use different skills in comparison to teaching in person! If students remain committed, motivated, and interested in their classes, one of the most significant challenges facing online teachers is the home environment, surrounded by possible distractions.
Most of us online teachers ask ourselves at least once: "How to make online learning more engaging?"
Luckily, there are several guidelines and tricks to help engage students in the virtual classroom.
So, let's dive in.
Sort It Out
This is a digital turn in a conventional exercise to map the concept. Sort it out calls students to reflect on the relationship between the fundamental concepts, lesson, or chapter. This digital concept mapping activity can be completed independently or in pairs by students in Google Draws to help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. The directions require that text and visual media be combined to show the relation between concepts.
Teachers are invited to finish this asynchronously online and share it face-to-face (mixed) or during video conferencing sessions (online).
Online Fishbowl
The traditional fishbowl divides the class into two groups to help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. During a discussion or attempt at a problem, the second group observes and captures its observations, questions, and observations. This strategy can be tailored for a virtual conference session when teachers host small groups of virtual sessions. For example, the teacher divides students into groups–Group A and Group B before the video conference. I would propose that you share your screen and list your students' names in a double-column chart.
When students know what group they are in, the teacher presents a question or a problem for discussion in Group A and sets the time limit (e.g., 5 minutes). After that, group A students will discuss the subject. Group B watches and observes while engaging with each other. Their job is to publish their comments on the chat or Google Documents shared.
The teacher may invite Group B members to dispute and share their ideas as the timer goes off. When they observed their peers, what did they notice? What are they asking? What are they going to suggest? After Group B has had the opportunity of commenting, Group B changes roles and participates, while Group A observes in a discussion or problem-resolution task. This is one of the most excellent methods when it comes to engaging students in the virtual classroom.
Expert Group Investigations
Teachers will have less time for direct teaching if they work on a hybrid schedule with students or are entirely online. This is an opportunity for students to become experts in research and online curation, as it can help with engaging students in the virtual classroom. Install them in expert groups and let them lead the training instead of using precious class time to tell kids everything about a topic.
Teachers can put 4-5 students together in a group and ask them to spend some time online studying a particular topic or design to become experts on that subject or concept. This is one of the best methods which helps in engaging students in the virtual classroom. First, however, the participants must work together in a cohesive and visually compelling presentation that mixes text and visual media.
Teachers can request students to attend (mixed) or visual conferences during their face-to-face time (online).
Collaborative Annotations
Teachers can annotate and hence help with engaging students in the virtual classroom by merely grouping students into a joint document, which is usually an individual endeavor. For example, teachers can insert in a Google Document a two-column diagram and then copy and add text to a column on the left. Scholars can highlight keywords and phrases in the right column and capture their annotations.
During their work, they can discuss the reading using the chat function within the document when working synchronously or insert comments with questions to be answered asynchronously by other group members; this not only helps in engaging students in the virtual classroom but also teaches them the quality of the team working. In addition, this adds to the learning task a social component that helps students who work on the task at home to feel connected to their peers.
Google Map Adventures
It is critical for engaging students in the virtual classroom to find fun ways to improve their learning. The more creative the tasks, the more likely they are to learn. Google Maps is a versatile learning tool available in all fields. Students can track the path of a story on a map, link the historical information they learn to a geographical location, and students can use maps to create creative mathematical challenges. The chances are unlimited! Students can make their maps or work together on shared maps, place word pins and media, and share maps as evidence of their learning.
Spotify Playlist
Please encourage your students to make their reviews creative. At the end of a chapter, students must work together to identify the key concepts, concepts, and issues in the chapter or unit on the shared Google Document. Then ask them to make a playlist for Spotify. The aim is to use music to inspire children to think deeper about ideas, concepts, or themes covered by a text or unit. This is a fun way to help you with engaging students in the virtual classroom.
Scavenger Hunts
Hunting Scavenger is an amusing way to promote research and exploration among students and engage students in the virtual classroom. If teachers' efforts are limited in face-to-face time to "go through" the content, they can create a hunt online or offline.
Scavenger hunts can encourage students to read a text carefully or conduct informal research to answer questions from a distance. This strategy allows teachers to identify information relevant to students while finding that data attractive and fun. Professors can create scavenger-hunting activities using Google Documents or Google Slides to make their tasks individual or collaborative.
Online Discussions
Online talks are an essential element in any online training course. They create space for students to connect online, explore course issues, ask questions, and make sense with their peers. In addition, teachers looking for strategies to encourage students to reflect on higher order should regularly participate in online discussions.
Teachers working with older students will work well to involve students in text-based asynchronous discussions through the Google Classroom questions function or the discussion functionality within a learning management system.
In class, conversations will most likely start at a far greater level and are significantly more substantial when teachers give students time to think of an issue, formulate a reply, read their peers' answers, and answer their classmates.
The perfect time to explore how to make online learning more engaging and plan is now. I hope these strategies inspire teachers to create a new understanding of how students can engage in meaningful online learning activities.
Written by:
Swapna Seshadri
Leader - Customer Engagement Skoolz
