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Remote Teaching 2020 (based on slides created by CILT – see http://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/cilt/remote-teaching) Unless otherwise stated, this resource is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International license
Creating Content
Creating Content – Key elements of learning
Digital: investigations, blog
posts, online presentations;
Digital content: video lectures, podcasts,
screencasts, audio recordings, simulations,
podcasts, book chapters, OERs, annotated
readings, reading guides
Content Student
Activities
Communication Assessment
& learning
organisation
Digital: collaborative group projects;
chat groups; discussion forums; Digital: assignments,
Q&A quizzes, lockdown
browser
Unless otherwise stated, this resource is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International licensePreparing to present content...
1. List all planned teaching and learning activities.
2. Identify what can be taught or achieved remotely. You will need to find or create materials
or activities for these.
3. Identify what cannot be achieved remotely. Liaise with HODs and colleagues about
activities that may need to be dropped or for which special arrangements will need to be
made.
● Plan
● Find or create suitable content.
● If you are making content, decide what mode you will be presenting course content
through: video, audio, or text, then choose a suitable tool for making such content.
● Upload content to Vula, and share it using the Vula Lessons tool (zero rated data)
Unless otherwise stated, this resource is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International licenseChanging content into a digital mode
F2F Transferred Translated Transformed
… can simply be … need substantial … are transformed by
uploaded or shared change for an online the affordances of the
online. space. online.
Hand out a journal Upload as a PDF Upload as a PDF with Upload as a smart/
article in a handbook, accompanying reading interactive PDF with
or require students to guide or questions notes, voice notes, links
read in short-loan to resources etc
Screen a video in class Upload video to LMS Upload video with Upload video with
captions. captions, embedded
quiz, like/dislike
optionsMode Tools & Tool guides Advice
Video ● Find pre-existing materials e.g. Youtube ● Keep videos short. “Cut
● Use previous lecture recordings - email up” a single lecture into
help@vula.uct.ac.za to request this. 10 minute pieces. [Video
● Make a narrated Powerpoint using either editing tools]
Powerpoint or screencasting software ● Consider data - reduce
● Film a video e.g. using One Button Studio, file size where possible,
your cellphone or laptop encourage students to
● Schedule a lecture recording (in an empty download while on
venue) campus, organise some
● For small groups, record a video flash-drives with
conference e.g. Zoom, MS Teams, Adobe recordings.
Connect ● Upload to Vula (with data
● Screen-sharing software e.g. Zoom, MS zero rated, they can
Teams, Adobe Connect access it for free).Mode Tools & Tool guides Advice
Audio ● Create audio recordings. Use your ● Keep audio short. “Cut up” a
phone’s recording app to make a single lecture into 10 minute
recording then upload to Vula. pieces.
● Label files clearly.
Written texts ● Notes, journal articles, book chapters ● Adobe Pro (UCT licensed)
etc ● MS Office suite
● MS Word, Excel ● Office 365
● Annotates slides ● Google Suite
● PDFs
● Google Docs, Spreadsheets or SlidesSTUDENT ACTIVITIES
1. Lessons Tool in Vula ● Lessons helps with structuring your content - creating learning pathways. ● Navigate the site - use instructional text. ● Lessons integrates with other tools on Vula, and can pull other tools such as google docs into Vula. ● Lessons can create a better overall look and feel. ● Watch a screencast on how to use Lessons.
Lessons template 1. Beginning of the week email 2. Introduce the week/ module 3. Introduce Objectives 4. Deadlines and schedules for key activities 5. Core content 1 6. Short activity: For example, discussion, Vula Question/ poll, MCQ, short blog post 7. Core content 2 8. Short activity: For example, discussion, Vula Question/ poll, MCQ, short blog post 9. Assignment for the week 10. Additional/ Extension materials (Limit this for remote teaching context) 11. Checklist 12. Closing note/ email from lecturer for the week
2. Questions in a face-to-face lecture ● Vula Questions tool (Q&A) ● Vula Tests and quizzes - esp mcqs, hotspots, etc ● *Add a mentimeter code and then embed the presenter view (2-7 days)
3. Collaborative & group work activities
Successful collaborative activities Four UCT-supported, groups of
requires: tools:
● designing the task, ● Google has excellent
● setting up the group, resources for using the
● supporting group processes, Google Suite: Drive, Docs,
and Sheets, Slides, Forms
● supporting writing and ● Office 365 with Onedrive
assessment. ● MS Teams
● Vula: Forums, chat4. Tutorials ● Distributed - allow for time to access ● “Chunked” ● Combine tools: Vula’s blogs, tutorial groups and forums ● What to do about tutors?
5. Think authentic and relevant
● Students “scattered”. Creative responses...
● Leverage their context
● Co-created tasks:
○ The challenge of time
○ Open tasks that allow interpretation and contextualisation
● Community engaged learning6. Consider time ● Clear instructions - don't make them figure out the details ● Mindful of time requirements esp under remote teaching context ● Distribute activities to allow for access challenges ● Clarify expectation and behaviours - to manage student expectations
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