Give a distance learning course

During this complicated period, it is important to know how to adapt in order to know how to teach a course in all possible conditions.

Your goal will be to reassure students so that they feel safe, even through their camera. Remember to give them some time to adapt, even if they are starting to get used to it now.

Some tips for a distance learning course

Don’t get absorbed in technology. If you use a digital tool, it must meet your educational needs.

If you wish, it will be possible to adapt your teaching method. To avoid the course being too boring, avoid te expository method (lecture), this is the key to not putting everyone to sleep.

Create your lesson based on the students’ materials. You need to make sure their equipment can run the tools you are using. Don’t aim for overly complex software.

To avoid losing your students, anticipate the issues they might address during class. This will save you time on Q&A sessions .

Prepare your lesson well

Try to vary your exercises with your learners. Redundancy is the worst thing in distance learning, without social interaction, classes will quickly seem long.

Don’t hesitate to make a nice presentation so that they have support during the course. We produced an article on presentation materials right here .

When you talk about a subject or set up an exercise, try to provide as many resources as possible for your students (articles, videos, etc.). However, you have to know how to gauge and not give too much information so as not to lose your learners.

A structured course

If all your courses take place remotely, you will have to choose a clear organization. You can choose to divide your lessons by chapter or by session . It all depends on the subject you teach and the length of your program.

It’s already difficult to follow a distance learning course, if you change your vocabulary every two minutes, it’s a guaranteed disaster. The same goes for your visuals, avoid overloading your presentation support.

Establish a clear organization

It is important to make a schedule of the given objectives by specifying the deadlines for each work to be carried out. Additionally, make sure you give instructions that everyone can understand.

Don’t overload your students with work. To be sure that there is no dropout, monitor the progress of your learners as they go through the exercises. Relaunch them if necessary on certain specific points.

Interaction with students

This is undoubtedly the most important point. Indeed, it is difficult for students to take classes remotely, but if you don’t interact with them, it’s even worse. Turn on your camera, talk with them, discuss various topics at the start of class.

Challenge your learners regularly to check that everything is clear and understood. Try to adopt a friendly tone.

The distance learning means that they cannot come and ask you questions at the end of the course. So stay a few more minutes connected to your computer at the end of the hour for any help.