Teaching and Engaging Students Virtually

Teaching and Engaging Students Virtually

Jennifer Urban-Flores, Online Teaching and Learning Librarian

Poll

How are you? How is your day going?

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• 🥳

• 🥴

• 🤷‍♀️

• Honestly, same.

• Discussing student experiences with online education in the before times.

• Examine the impact of COVID-19 on students' education.

• ​Reflect on personal experiences.

• Review engagement ideas and practices.

Let's get started!

What are we doing here? What are we going to do? Session goals and objectives:

Jennifer Urban-Flores, M.A., M.L.S

• Online Teaching and Learning Librarian

• Education, Kinesiology, and Chicano Studies ​

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Luke... I am Your Librarian

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Dog​/cat mom

• Murry Christmas, Tiger the Tiger, Gracie Blu Dogarian, Princess Leia Dogwalker, Sabrina (TC) Sage ​

News junkie

​Former high school/middle school teacher

BA & MA in ​History (UTEP) Masters of Library Science (TWU)​

What am I watching right now:

• ​She-Hulk and House of the Dragon

Album of the year:

• Un Verano Sin Ti

Favorite song on the album​

• La Corriente​

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"But who are you, Really? 👀"

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Poll

Before the pandemic, did you ever take an online class? If so, was it effective? Did you learn?

• I took a few online classes and I thought they were all effective. Yes, I learned what was outlined in the course.

• I took online classes, and it was a mix of effective and ineffective teaching styles.

• The courses I did take weren't effective in teaching me new content.

• I never took an online course before 2020.

​Distance Learning Curve

Online Education Pre-COVID19 (the before times)

• Pre-Pandemic, 4.5 million students were enrolled in part or full-time online education.

• Distance learning (DL) provides student choice, convenience, and personalization opportunities.

• Pre-COVID19, teacher adoption of online teaching tools​ was minimal.

• Students were unfamiliar with online learning platforms. ​

Open Ended

Describe your experience, as a student, with the emergency transition to online learning in the Spring of 2020.

• Daily check-ins

• ​Digestible content

• Provided space for my students to vent

• "Virtual fun"

"Yours in Social Distancing"

• ​Two-week Spring Break

• Set up a Google Classroom

• Given parameters for assignments/activities​

Emergency DL

Teaching in 2020:

One educator's experience

Open Ended

Based on the lessons learned from emergency DL, why do you think it's essential to be prepared to teach online?

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Based on your experiences from emergency DL, what would you do differently for your students?

Teaching is hard. Give students what they need, whether a mental health break or tough love. We do not have jobs without our students, and their learning and well-being is our priority.

​​Students first

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​When creating assignments, think about how you could make it digital. Incorporate digital literacy skills into your courses. Ask your students!

Think ahead

​Try something new! Look for online platforms that can engage students. Not sure where to start? Ask your colleagues or do a Google Search.

​​Step out of your comfort zone ​

​Ready for anything: Teaching and engaging students online

​Suggested platforms for online engagement

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• Online education is not going away, be ready!

• ​Balance work with compassion.

• ​BE AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE!

• ​Manage your expectations.

• Be OK with silence. ​

• Think about your ​digital pedagogy

• Ask for help! ​

Back to the Future: Distance Learning in 2022 and beyond

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Open Ended

How would you make your online teaching and students' learning experience better? Consider your experiences, what you know, and what you've learned.

Quick ​reminder:

The Library is 100% student-funded, so if you need help, com​e see us!

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​Thank you!

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