Education and the way things are taught have changed dramatically in recent years. Students are now expected to learn from a distance to a certain degree. It might be fully virtual or a blend of brick-and-mortar learning and distance learning. Whichever mode, the main goal remains the same: to ensure that students are learning. Our K-12 Virtual Student Engagement course provides steps for fostering teacher-student relationships, increasing clarity and engagement in a virtual setting. We describe the proper ways for planning, coaching, and demonstrating lessons across platforms and how to provide constructive feedback and assessment.
K-12 Virtual Student Engagement Module 1
Teacher-Student Relationships from a Distance
Our first module discusses the importance of developing and delivering quality distance learning experiences for students in any location. We describe how to develop a classroom management plan for distance learning and how to identify student and teacher expectations.
Identify Expectations
Establish Norms
Develop and Teach Organizational and Procedures Routines
Characteristics of Teacher-Student Relationships
Reaching the Hard to Teach
K-12 Virtual Student Engagement Module 2
Teacher Credibility and Clarity
Ensuring clarity with assignments and directions can be a bit of a challenge at a distance. This module describes how to ensure credibility and clarity in a virtual environment, as well as how to create valid and attainable learning intentions.
Teacher Credibility at a Distance
Unit Planning
Teacher Clarity
Create Learning Intentions
Identify Success Criteria
K-12 Virtual Student Engagement Module 3
Planning Instructional Units
Designing assignments with engagement in mind is vital for any classroom, but especially in a virtual learning environment. In this module we learn how to design experiences that impact students’ understanding and how to create engaging tasks.
Conditions for Engagement and Learning
Scheduling to Promote Engagement
Demonstrating
Collaborating
Coaching and Facilitating
K-12 Virtual Student Engagement Module 4
Feedback, Assessment, and Grading
In our final module, we discuss how to give effective, constructive feedback during assessments and while grading. Distance learning underwent dramatic changes during the pandemic in 2020. A lot of educators had to ‘make it work’ very quickly. We describe how crisis learning can make schooling better.
Student Feedback
Formative and Summative Evaluations
Competency-Based Grading
Crisis Learning
Making Learning Better for Students and Teachers
After completing this course, learners should be able to:
Describe ways to foster teacher-student relationships in a virtual learning environment
List steps for increasing clarity in virtual learning
Recall steps for engagement and lesson planning
Recognize the fundamentals of feedback, assessment, and grading
Certificate of completion
This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.