
20 Emerging Best Practices For Remote Teaching & Learning
Description Challenge Teachers are being asked to redesign their courses to replace in-person classes with live video-based classes using Zoom, WebEx, or other platforms with little if any training. Even with a semester of personal experience, most teachers have not had time to consider emerging best practices in this modality. Key TakeawayWe now know that the potential for promoting student learning in remote classes is high if teachers avoid the pitfalls of thinking they can replace in-person classes with online video sessions instead of capitalizing on the unique potentials of this new modality.OverviewAs we now know, success in remote teaching and learning where video-based meetings replace in-person sessions requires reconsiderations of course design, the ways students engage and interact, and the teaching and learning dynamic itself. Having a few semesters of remote teaching behind us, teachers can now begin to reflect on emerging best practices as we plan for Sprin