An online class is a course conducted over the Internet. They are generally conducted through a learning management system, in which students can view their course syllabus and academic progress, as well as communicate with fellow students and their course instructor.
The online learning has started since the PANDEMIC come.All the school has deceide to do ONLINE LEARNING they will use gadgets like phone,laptop and others to study at their home.BUT have ever being bored and very slow at online class?? until you got low score at your exam? or maybe thinking how can online learning be fun?
Present your best (online) self
Connecting via webcam isn’t always easy and it takes creativity to keep students’ brains stimulated! In fact, teaching online requires you to use completely different skillsets compared to those used to teach in-person! With the home environment being surrounded by potential distractions, keeping students engaged, motivated, and interested in their lessons can be one of the biggest challenges online teachers face. The question most of us online teachers ask ourselves at least once is: “How can I make the online classroom experience more exciting for my students?” Luckily, there are plenty of tips and tricks to help you increase engagement in the classroom Let’s dive right in then. Here are the 8 best tips that will help you learn how to make lessons fun and engaging in an online classroom: Present your best (online) self Use technology to your advantage Find what inspires your students Set goals and help students stick to them Keep it interactive Break down the lessons and make it digestible Make your students feel valued Be patient with your students 1. Present your best (online) self Visuals If your students can see you via a webcam, make sure that not only do you look presentable, but the location that you’re in does too. Tip: a simple background works best to eliminate any distractions. And that’s just the first step! If students can see your face, it’s going to be 100 times more motivating for them if you look engaged and interested in what they are saying (even if sometimes this requires all your saintly teacher patience!). Also, your visual materials must be up to scratch. Make sure your slides look clean and clear and any videos you use are of good quality. Audio Try changing the tone of your voice to introduce new activities or mix up the tempo of your class! Practice your storytelling skills and offer praise out loud. This can make a huge difference in encouraging your students. And, again, make sure any audio clips you plan to use are of good quality. Finally, this might be stating the obvious, but make sure you can teach your online lessons from somewhere with a reliable internet connection. Nothing will have students switching off their attention quicker than a crackly connection that keeps on cutting out.
Teaching online comes with its challenges, but it also puts a whole load of really cool tools at your fingertips. Whether you use whiteboards, pointers, virtual games, text editors, drawing tools, file editors, breakout rooms, or screen-sharing tools, you can use the technology you have to add variety to your lessons and keep students on their toes. First of all, make sure you know how to use these virtual tools and take time to explain them to students, so they feel confident with using them too. Then think about how you might use them to liven up your lessons. For example, you could use fun rewards to entice students. There is no kid out there whose eyes don’t light up at the prospect of 30 seconds of free play on a drawing tool!
The good news is, just like in any face-to-face classroom, the real key to getting your online students involved is to find out what inspires them and gives them a reason to be engaged in the classroom. Whether you’re teaching English online or you are a classroom teacher turned virtual, use the same mediums you would use in a real-life classroom. Turn up the fun by playing music or just go to town with the drawing tool! Don’t be afraid to try different things with your students until you find something that works for them.
Another way to help online students stay on track with their studies (and keep a sense of purpose) is to set goals and remind them of their progress.
Setting goals for online learners One simple way to introduce short-term goals into your online classroom is to make sure each lesson has a clear outline that you share with your student so they know where they are in the learning process and the context for any activity they are doing. Then think about how you might reward students for finishing tasks (or, even better, for working hard) during a lesson. You could try positive feedback, badges, points, playing games or doing other fun learning activities your students would like. When it comes to long-term goals, going too far into the future might not be effective, but try taking time now and then to check in with your students and set goals together for the next month, three months, or six months down the line.
In a face-to-face class, it’s typical to give students some quiet reflection time to work alone or read a text. But these kinds of activities don’t translate well in online classrooms. Long, dense texts are challenging to read on a screen (it’s much easier to break things into chunks). Silence just doesn’t translate that well in virtual classrooms as it provides the perfect excuse for a student’s attention to drift elsewhere! Planning activities that keep your students actively clicking, typing or talking throughout the lesson is the way to go. You can do this by asking lots of questions, including games and making sure learners have to physically do things like use drawing tools or type in the dialogue boxes. And when you’re planning your lesson, you can make sure your student has to say something every three minutes or so.