TEAMS FOR TEACHING Strategies for Simultaneously Teaching Online and In-person (50/50)
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TEAMS FOR TEACHING Strategies for Simultaneously Teaching Online and In-person (50/50) Ron Roberson and Gus Ruby, OIT August 18, 2021 Don Lane, ETSS (Classroom Support) 10 am – 12 pm Ann Cavallo, Andrew Clark, Beth Fleener, Nali Kim, CRTLE CRTLE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON TEACHING AND LEARNING EXCELLENCE CDE CENTER FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION OIT OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETSS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES PARTNERS IN SUPPORTING TEACHING EXCELLENCE
1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Format of this session • Presentations of Topics • Demonstrations of Techniques • Participant Questions in the Chat or Raise Hand Icon 3. Topics • Checking classroom technology and set-up • Preparing for 50/50 meeting in the classroom • Setting up class TEAM and recurring meeting days/times Agenda • • Setting controls for your class meetings (e.g., presenters, mute) Sharing and projecting your screen (Session will be recorded) • Using and sharing/projecting media, Whiteboard, PowerPoints • Using the document camera in TEAMS • Implementing Polls and other interactive tools • Setting up groups, breakout rooms, channels • Teaching strategies and pedagogy in 50/50 classrooms 4. Continued Discussion on Teams, Q&A 5. Contact Information 6. Optional: More 50/50 Teaching Strategies, TEAMS, Technology
• Go to your classroom and check the technology Prepare for • Webcam? Class: • Speaker and Microphone? Technology • You may use your laptop if it connects to the projector. • Do you have a microphone with Bluetooth? • Do you have external speakers (or built into the computer/projector)?
• What is the classroom set up – chairs, tables, movable, non-movable? Prepare for • Where is the projection screen? Class: • Before your first class, check that Technology TEAMS is downloaded on the classroom computer and updated (takes about 10 minutes). • Do not use the web version of TEAMS • What do you need? Contact: classroomsupport@uta.edu
Prepare for Class: TEAMS • Activate the TEAMS channel for class. • Prior to the first day of class, send out calendar invitations to all students as recurring TEAMS meetings – schedule these within the TEAM • Set controls for your meeting including presenters, camera access, mute, recording, announcement when people enter and exit.
Teaching in 50/50 Classrooms • Begin class 10-15 minutes early so students can join. Ask students joining remotely if they can hear and see you. • Remote students see you as a synchronous TEAMS class meeting. In-person students see you in front of the classroom and the screen projected from your computer. • Minimize movements to be heard by remote students, and seen on the webcam • Use Bluetooth microphone if moving away from the computer • Remember to look out at your in-class students periodically as well as into the webcam and make your best effort to engage both groups in class activities.
Teaching in 50/50 Classrooms • Students may bring laptops and join via TEAMS but will need to use headphones or mute computer sound and mute microphone. • Share your computer screen so it is projected to students in the classroom and to remote students. • Share media, PowerPoints, Whiteboard, Word/pdf documents on projector and computer screen. • In sharing media, click on “Include Computer Sound.” • Use live captions so students can see your spoken words and follow words spoken in media
Teaching in 50/50 Classrooms • Use EZ interactive to show the document camera on desktop and share in TEAMS. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Demonstration Don Lane, ETSS
Teaching in 50/50 Classrooms • Assign an in-person student to monitor the chat in Teams and let you know when there is a question. You may also show chat on the classroom screen. • Repeat questions aloud asked by classroom students; and repeat or read aloud questions in the chat • Post course materials in Canvas, Teams, Teams Channels • Post an agenda or course outline for students to follow. • Use interactive and digital activities, polls, chats, breakout rooms. • Record your class session. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Continued Discussion: More Features in Teams for Teaching Ron Roberson, Gus Ruby, OIT
Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence (CRTLE) Email: CRTLE@uta.edu Website: https://uta.edu/crtle Center for Distance Education (CDE) Email: Training: cdetraining@uta.edu Instructional Design: cdeid@uta.edu Support: cdesupport@uta.edu Website: https://www.uta.edu/distance/about-cde.php Office of Information Technology (OIT) Email: helpdesk@uta.edu Ticket: ServiceNow Self-Service Ticket Website: https://oit.uta.edu/index.php#oit-services Educational Technology Support Services (ETSS) Email: classroomsupport@uta.edu Website: https://www.uta.edu/edutech/ Contact Information
More 50/50 Teaching Strategies and Pedagogy Ann Cavallo, Andrew Clark, Beth Fleener, Nali Kim CRTLE Adapted from: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/08/26/strategies-teaching-online-and-person-simultaneously-opinion
Simulate in-person • Record your lecture • Use class time for discussion, small groups, and projects. • Do homework during class with the instructor as a guide.
Simulate in-person • Breakout rooms with deliverables. • Use groups in class and breakout rooms online. • Have the same objectives or different objectives. • Interactive tools • Use polling, quizzing, or other interactive tools to engage students in class or online. • Pit one group against the other or divide them into groups to solve problems.
Simulate in-person • Chat Mods • If you’re lecturing in the classroom assign a student to moderate the class chat. • Assign points or some other reward for participation.
Differentiate Online Engagement • Online discussion leaders • Have student(s) online lead the discussion. • You might have to facilitate asking of questions. • Search masters • Engage online students in live searches. • Assign them tasks a day or two before class so they’re prepared. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
Differentiate Online • Reflective summaries or Engagement analogies • Start class with a reflection of what they have learned • Write or talk about how they apply the material to their everyday life. • Have online students generate memes as a form of reflection. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
Which approach? • It depends on the number of students online vs. face- to-face. • It depends on what the subject is. • It depends on how you’ve structured the course. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
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