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  1. 8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom

    3. Flip your classroom to stimulate deeper discussion: Forrest Hinton, a high school math teacher, says he found that a blend of asynchronous and synchronous instruction worked well to stimulate student discussion during remote learning. First, he taught new content asynchronously through recorded videos and online activities.

  2. (PDF) The Effectiveness of Google Classroom as a Virtual Learning

    Analysis and interpretation show that 39.19% feel very excited about the implementation of google classroom in the learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic, 41.89% of students feel very happy ...

  3. What Is A Virtual Classroom And Why Does It Matter?

    High interactivity. An effective virtual classroom is one that makes use of multiple communication channels, such as online virtual meeting software, chat rooms, messaging, voice calls, and conferencing options. This is so that learners with varying preferences are all able to benefit equally. Collaborative education.

  4. (PDF) Assessing students' writing skills in virtual classroom

    Assessing students' writing skills in virtual classroom: Strategies and challenges in EFL context. ... in virtual classroom. Journal on English as a Foreign Language, 13 (1), 147-170 .

  5. PDF Teaching to Connect: Community-Building Strategies for the Virtual ...

    Students' interactions with content, technology, and support services all play a role in their experience of an online academic program (Berry, 2017a). Scholars also note that community is vital to students' engagement in a virtual academic program (Berry, 2017a; Rovai, 2003). A community can be defined as a supportive social group (Rovai ...

  6. Does Virtual Learning Work for Every Student?

    The flipped classroom model allows students to work at their own pace, and educators can use class time more creatively. The flipped classroom, where students consume instructional content—largely videos—on their own at home and then use class time for discussion and activities, has been gaining traction in recent years.

  7. Unleashing imagination: an effective pedagogical approach to ...

    Creative writing is a valuable skill that enables learners to become proficient writers. One reason students often struggle with creative writing is their lack of contextual experiences. Spherical video-based virtual reality (SVVR) has been argued to support students' writing through immersive virtual experiences. However, what specific pedagogical practices can be developed and integrated ...

  8. Bringing What Worked During Virtual Learning Into the Classroom

    This frees the teacher to provide targeted support to students based on assessed needs. Access to assignments and scaffold support materials. Teachers reduce the risk of students losing assignments with a virtual space that houses everything. Students can re-download needed materials on any digital device and complete the work.

  9. 7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom

    Here are some different ways that teachers can use formative assessments in the virtual classroom: 1. Dipsticks. Like using a dipstick to check the oil in a car, teachers can use short, quick checks virtually to make sure that students are on track—both academically and emotionally. At the start of a live class, pose a general question about ...

  10. The Influence of Virtual Education on Classroom Culture

    There are a number of ways teachers can develop and build social presence that include holding face-to-face class meetings and understanding the communication medium that is used ( Garrison et al., 2000 ). First, virtual education that is synchronous is vital to improve social presence and develop an inclusive class culture.

  11. Full article: Lessons for/in virtual classrooms: designing a model for

    Lessons for/in virtual classrooms: designing a model for classrooms inside virtual reality. Eugy Han Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford ... build with models, and write on whiteboards. Soon, students turned into 3D avatars, and the classroom turned into serene Greek courtyards surrounded by nature or stadium-sized ...

  12. PDF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING ENGAGEMENT IN THE VIRTUAL ...

    classroom management plan (Martin, 2017). This article will discuss how online instructors can employ ground classroom management strategies to increase these crucial virtual relationships with their students across the globe. By building relationships with their online students, online instructors will increase the engagement level,

  13. PDF Students' experiences of learning in a virtual classroom

    Figure 2: Adobe Connect virtual classroom activity Figure 2: Virtual classroom activity system In this activity system, the subject represents the student(s) who are the focus of the study. The object is the purpose of an activity. In this case, the students' purpose was to present their research to the other members of the class.

  14. Capturing the benefits of remote learning

    With schools open again after more than a year of teaching students outside the classroom, the pandemic sometimes feels like a distant memory. ... Rossen said because many school districts shared virtual curricula during the period of remote learning, older students could take more challenging or interesting courses than they could in person ...

  15. Student motivation and engagement in online language ...

    Online language learning with virtual classrooms (OLLVC) is becoming a reality to a large number of students across contexts. Yet students' motivation and engagement in OLLVC remains underexplored. The current study evaluated 6364 university students' motivation and engagement in OLLVC and its interrelationships with environmental support, learner attitude and readiness in the Chinese ...

  16. Virtual Teaching Practices With Staying Power

    Remote teaching prompted teachers to find new ways to reach kids and build a feeling of community, and some of those will be well worth keeping. By Joanna Schwartz. April 28, 2021. skynesher / iStock. Like so many other teachers, I've found that keeping my third-grade students engaged in virtual learning has been a bit of an uphill climb.

  17. Enhancing teacher-student interactions and student online engagement in

    Introduction. Ideally, students should achieve greater academic success and engagement with an increased teacher-student interaction (TSI) in a technology-enhanced learning environment, where communication can be more efficiently and effectively conducted for online teaching and learning (Gecer, 2013; Harper, 2018).During COVID-19, schools were forced to switch to online teaching with the ...

  18. Virtual Classroom: 10 Craft Articles for Creative Writers

    The Tolkien Toast: Writing tips from J. R. R. Tolkien to inspire your writing craft. https://bit.ly/2RVVt3C How Writers Can Best Optimize their About Me Page : So few writers take the time to ...

  19. PDF Students' experiences of learning in virtual classrooms facilitated by

    This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license. Students' experiences of learning in virtual classrooms facilitated by Google Classroom Wahid Bakar Hamad a * a Institute of Social Work, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Suggested citation: Hamad, W.B. (2023). Students' experiences of learning in virtual classrooms facilitated by Google Classroom.

  20. Virtual Classroom: The Future of Distance Learning

    A virtual classroom is an online space that simulates a live classroom. Lessons are usually synchronous with the educator and the learners all appearing in an online space to interact in real-time. However, many virtual lessons include pre-recorded components depending on the needs of the educator or learner. Like real-world classrooms, virtual ...

  21. The Evolution of Technology in the Classroom

    A History of Classroom Technology: The Primitive Classroom In the Colonial years, wooden paddles with printed lessons, called Horn-Books, were used to assist students in learning verses. Over 200 years later, in 1870, technology advanced to include the Magic Lantern, a primitive version of a slide projector that projected images printed on ...

  22. 7 High-Impact, Evidence-Based Tips for Online Teaching

    We looked over all the research we've read about online learning to find seven high-impact, evidence-based strategies that every teacher should know. 1. Your Virtual Classroom is a Real Learning Space—Keep it Organized. "Students value strong course organization," explain Swapna Kumar and her colleagues in a 2019 study.

  23. 30+ Virtual Learning Platforms for Distance Learning

    Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has a wealth of products, but Teams is great for education! Build collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, and connect with colleagues. Conduct individual and group chats, store files, and even make calls through the platform. Plus your virtual classroom stays secure.

  24. How to Create an Inclusive Virtual Classroom

    Provide a scaffold for each part of your lesson: If students are typing a free response, offer sentence starters beneath the prompt. If you teach a class that requires students to read, record yourself reading the chapter and offer a read-along option. If your class requires students to solve problems, provide extra video examples.