I've been running sessions for educators adjusting to online teaching and many are facing challenges with live, synchronous teaching...here's some small ways to enhance things...1/ #onlinelearning #onlineteaching

There are so many distractions when teaching via videoconferencing, including the video of yourself. We have a tendency to keep looking at ourselves, so hide this to remove an unnecessary distraction. 2/

Eye contact is an important aspect of communication, but we usually look everywhere but our webcam. Looking into the webcam is hard but good to master - adding post-it notes with key points adjacent to it can help. 3/

We’re all staring at screens so much and this puts strain on our eyes. So consider colour contrasts on anything you share like slides. Too high and it may cause eye strain and impact reading stamina, too low and it’s bad for accessibility. 4/

Good educators ask questions. Consider adding questions to the chat, not just throwing questions out verbally. This might just help include people experiencing poor connectivity that impacts their audio. 5/

Make a greater and more conscious, deliberate effort to acknowledge students and use their names. This could be through welcoming them, highlighting their contributions or even highlighting prior contributions. This helps reduce the distance between you and students. 6/

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