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MY DISTANCE EDUCATION JOURNEY
• Prior to coming to MCAS no experience in this setting
• 2017 – First distance delivery for Stage 1 Physics
• 2020 – Delivering Stage 1 Physics and Stage 2 Mathematical Methods to four different sites
MY INITIAL GOALS• Students live in all
scheduled lessons
• Students engaged in class conversation and activities
• The experience of students at our site differing as little as possible to those students off site
• Meet once at term, mixed
THE INITIAL SET UP
• WebEx running on my laptop and audio connected via a headset and microphone
• No direct communication between students onsite and online
• Slow internet speeds
• In normal classroom
THE INITIAL SET UP
• Relationships with class members not as good as they could be
• Very me centered
• Formative assessment was very assignment based
• Class discussion was clunky
THE CURRENT SET UP
• Dedicated space to use
• Much faster internet
• Logitech meetup system connected to a dedicated pc and screen.
• Microsoft Teams
THE CURRENT SET UP
• Pretty much feels like the students are in the class
• Very few activities need significant adaptation
THE SEARCH
• Software (ideally web based apps) that is universal and ideally free
• Easy to use with minimal support
• Meets all department risk assessment criteria
• Have an ongoing record and not have 10,000 emails
MONITORING UNDERSTANDING
• Uploading photos of bookwork into a Class Notebook in Microsoft Teams at the completion of lessons
• Done on a students phone, can be at home when they connect to wifi, takes 1-2 minutes.
ASKING QUESTIONS
• Ongoing feedback and exit card
• After school drop in sessions twice a week
• When students email questions the reply is often sent as a video
• Can break into a separate meeting with a student when needed (wasn’t previously possible)
GROUP DISCUSSION
• Enables whole class to participate
• Can break into small groups or as a whole class
• I can record and watch back or watch live all meetings
• Students can share files, their screen, etc easily
• Whole class student led discussions
• Able to use the no hands up method with whole class visually