TFAC073 - Teaching Synchronously
Course Description
Teaching Synchronously is a two-session online workshop tailored to enhance your skills in interactive online teaching using synchronous web-conferencing platforms.
Course Outline
During the initial 90-minute session, you'll delve into design and teaching strategies for fostering active learning environments in online synchronous settings. Discover techniques for facilitating effectively and assisting students with minor technical issues. Get hands-on experience with Zoom tools (utilized in the first session) to prepare for facilitating a mini-lesson in the subsequent session.
In the following 2-hour session (scheduled a week later), you'll lead a ten-minute mini lesson using your preferred synchronous platform (e.g., Zoom). Receive constructive feedback from peers and glean insights from their demonstrations. Full attendance in both sessions is expected.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- Implement design and teaching strategies to create an active learning environment for students in a synchronous session
- Assist students with minor technical challenges during synchronous sessions
- Identify strategies to stay organized while facilitating
Notes
- For RRU Faculty and Staff: This course is available at no cost for RRU core faculty, associate faculty, and staff. If you are RRU core faculty, associate faculty, or staff, please contact facdev@royalroads.ca for a discount code.
- Full attendance in both sessions is expected to complete the course.
- For more information on this course please contact facdev@royalroads.ca.