In this episode, we talk about a variety of topics including:

  • Day 1 status - what went well and what didn't
  • The importance of socialization to successful online learning experiences
  • How consistent communication plans contribute to successful online learning experiences
  • Why structure is important in online courses
  • Leveraging moderators
  • The importance of level setting and setting expectations on the first day of an online course
  • Using Zoom breakout rooms for small group interaction
  • Zoom vs asynchronous content (i.e. videos)
  • Key differences between short and longer class sessions
  • Online vs face-to-face differences for lecture and discussion
  • The importance of naming conventions for online sessions recordings
  • Digital divide issues with remote learning
  • Humanizing remote learning sessions - chit-chat at the beginning of each session