10 Online Teaching Tips beyond Zoom: Teaching Without Walls Episode 1
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- 10 Online Teaching Tips
I reluctantly started teaching online 4 years ago. Now I absolutely love it. Instead of teaching "online" I see it as teaching "out in the world" - without walls. This is Episode 1 where I go over the basic setup and structure of my class:
Tip #1 - Simplify the structure - 1:59
Tip #2 - Greet them at the virtual door - 3:27
Tip #3 - Justify your Decisions - 3:50
Tip #4 - Built community with video introductions - 4:34
Tip #5 - Consider having a discussion about discussions - 5:03
Tip #6 - Weekly overviews - 5:22
Tip #7 - Don‘t waste their time - 7:46
Tip #8 - Read to them - 8:32
Tip #9 - Respond freely - 8:56
Tip #10 - Get feedback - 9:36
Check out the whole series! New videos posted every week.
E2: Super Simple Videos
• Make Super Simple Vide...
E3: Learning from CZcamsrs: Off-Camera Options
• What Teachers can lear...
E4: The MixTape : Audio Options
• The Mixtape: Creating ...
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Check out the rest of the series here: czcams.com/play/PLbYkdovMggXGALfVh80UDGKQYBRx1Z3ZO.html
I'm half way through your video and had to tell you how inspiring it is. I'm getting lots of great ideas! Thanks so much for taking the time to make it.
some subjects such as engineering and medicine are very challenging to teach online due to lack of hands on experience.
Thanks for the ideas! Here is little song teachers can use to end their online classes with, czcams.com/video/SM7_690xar4/video.html
I love these tips, and couldn't agree more that instructors need to share more. A bonus--someone else in humanities like me. Some of your tips I'm already doing (simplify the structure, justify your decisions); others that will push me (respond freely). Looking forward to diving more into your channel.
Tip #1 - Simplify the structure - 1:59
Tip #2 - First impressions matter - 3:27
Tip #3 - Justify your decisions - 3:50
Tip #4 - Built community with video introductions - 4:34
Tip #5 - Consider having a discussion about discussions - 5:03
Tip #6 - Weekly overviews - 5:22
Tip #7 - Don‘t waste their time - 7:46
Tip #8 - Read to them - 8:32
Tip #9 - Respond freely - 8:56
Tip #10 - Get feedback - 9:36
Super helpful to list this! I was going to ask for a list of the tips in one screen but including the times is awesome - thank you!
Why would anyone even dislike this video? Probably those professors I had in college that literally didn't do much and was more just an extra body in the room that threw up a powerpoint slide.
That aside, thanks for this Michael!, I am potentially starting a part-time teaching position for a course related to my professional field, and I found your video to be really insightful. You sound like an amazing teacher, something I've had only very few of in my time in school. You don't need me to tell you this I'm sure, but keep it up!, your students appreciate you for sure.
You just became a hero to every K12 teacher in Wisconsin! Thanks!
"Just turn on the camera and be yourself" - I like that Mr. Wesch. Thanks for this very useful video.
This is AMAZING! This is exactly what I would like to do with material I want to teach. Teaching should be a form of storytelling.
I'm impressed, Michael. Great to see you giving advice on teaching online.
I've been teaching fully online and in blended learning formats (online and face-to-face) since 2002 via Moodle. I thought I was addicted to online communication and learning until a few years ago. I now take every opportunity to teach face-to-face. I need to look into my students' eyes. I never thought I'd go back to regular face-to-face halls. I was hooked to Second Life, Virtual Worlds and social networking. I was so addicted that I started organizing online conferences, MOOCs, webinars and regular courses. I'd spend most of the day and night in front of the screen. I hardly slept and stopped my long distance running. I haven't stopped my online ventures, but except for online libraries, Google, my CZcams channel, and Amazon, I need two-way eye contact to feel connected.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch I feel like you feel, Nellie . The only difference being that I’m having to forcefully start the online thing right now and I don’t want do it, but have to😕
Wanted to let you know how helpful this video is for helping me think about my summer class, which will be remote learning. I have used podcasts now for several years as a way to augment and focus my lecture, but I never thought about actually reading the book to the students. I'm going to start RIGHT NOW! This idea is a hidden gem.
I absolutely loved this. I am so worried about online teaching but this makes it feel Iike I can make it much more interest and personal than I thought. You did an amazing job. Thank you for this !
Hi Michael,
I want to thank you for this genuine and engaging video. I really appreciate it. I am working with a few other instructors at my college to design an course for our instructors on how to teach online. Your tips are excellent! I hope you managed to return home safely from your travels.
Michael, this is great! I love the flow of the video, as well as the positivity you give faculty to teaching online! Keep these coming!
I'm a teacher and during this Coronavirus outbreak this is exactly what I need! Will probably even make a video about it. Thanks!
alo is coming soon this year you can Sign up for a demo too !! alo.live/learn-live/
Should be the next main platform for live e-learning. From what i know its worth signing up as they haven’t launch yet and could have some decent offers & promotions when it starts. This is what I know so far
“alo is an all in one platform that allows you to broadcast your LIVE classes and training sessions worldwide whilst removing ALL the admin!
No more time spent doing the boring stuff, no more planning, no more handling payments, no more hassle. Focus on what you’re great at, teaching and educating LIVE in the alo classroom”
Your Web 2.0 video was mentioned in Ottenheimer’s intro to anthropology book that I’m reading right now, I found you that way. I teach in China and thanks to Coronavirus, we’re moving to online for a couple months, so this vid title got me! Next time you bring your family to Asia, I have a spare upstairs for you and your family! Really enjoying your content! :)
Thank you for the tips! I still can`t believe what we went through in the spring. I would not gain this much skill otherwise given the fact that I literally had zero knowledge and practice in online teaching including recording and editing, and a million other things. Searching for more knowledge and here I am :)
Great video Michael! Such passion for your work and students! Can feel your excitement and just great content. Thank you for sharing your insights!
Well said. Smart advice. Well filmed. Thank you.
Thank for this video Michael- it's terrific and the tips have certainly started a conversation in my head! I think it's time that many teachers stop comparing online to traditional delivery and
just "get into it" and enjoy the numerous possibilities of online teaching and learning! Best wishes from Melbourne Australia!
Hey, Michael. Great to see your face after many years. I was at K-State for eons and am now in Chicago at Malcolm X College. I'm going to share this with our instructors. So appreciate it. (Nice to see some Manhattan scenes.) Cia Verschelden
This is wonderful! It’s very helpful when I’m about delivering my units fully online due to the coronavirus pandemic! Thank you from Sydney
This is worth the time to watch and watch again. Full of good ideas.
Wow Michael, you've inspired me! Thanks. Will definitely use this to improve my university lecturing.
Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed the idea about implementing the learning in your daily life and making videos while jogging and dishwashing. It takes confidence to do, but once it worked, I think students will feel more freedom and connection with you as a teacher too! Sure want to try it. What helped me to teach online during this spring semester is actually the experience of taking online courses myself (and copying some activities from them). Never thought it would be so helpful!
Because of the covid I'll be teaching my first online class in a few weeks! This is the first vid I've seen on doing such and well.. although I'm gonna bleedin' HATE being out of the class room, it is what it is! Thanx!
Michael, you are a beign from the future, a very bright one. Your content is not only inspiring buy also beautifully done. You sure are a very skilled content creator and an awesome teacher. Thank you very much, you have earn a new subscriber.
Thanks Michael for sharing your experience. I am a cultural studies teacher and also have two teenagers at home. You are totally right. That is a very good first step for teachers like me that are trying to scape from the heavy traditional ways of teaching, matching today's kids needs. This is pure LOVE, a very religious concept. Cheers
Wow! This is so inspiring! This should be the model for all online learning!
I really enjoy your videos, Mike! They are incredibly helpful.
Beautiful video and amazing energy! Thank you so much :) this was extremely helpful
Thank you for sharing Michael, I was looking for someone honest and straightforward about the real online teaching!!
Thank you for sharing! This new chapter of my teaching career is scaring but I know together we can achieve greatness!
Love simplicity! You nailed it! Thank you! Greetings from Pa!🇺🇸
Like so many, I’ve been suddenly thrust into the world of online teaching (college level). And I want to do right by the students. This video was a big help. Most of my colleagues hold live Zoom lectures in what seems to be an attempt to duplicate on-campus lecturing, and a fear of losing on-time interaction with students. I believe we live in an increasingly on-demand world. Unlike us, our students don’t tune in their TVs to such-n-such a time to watch their favorite shows; why should we impose this for their lectures and other course facets when we have such a great opportunity to reinvent our product? And we can use our students’ on-demand lifestyles as a model. It’s not been an easy transition, but videos like yours have been very helpful and give me hope for what teaching will look like in the future. Thank you.
This was such an interesting, easy, and inspiring video to watch. I have become one of your students today and I will definitely recommend this to my peers! This is what we need right now as teachers...thank you so much!!
Thank you for this video--extremely helpful! (Might be both a little jealous and tempted to take your class now!)
This was great! Thank you. Now I want to take your class too.
Awesome! This is wonderful thank you Michael!
Loved the quality, content, and confidence! Sending greetings from Peru.
I really appreciate this video. Def an amazing video it seemed shorter than 10 Mins which is a talent and skill! Stay Blessed brother greatly appreciated.
Superb 10 Tips, Thank you and Looking forward more
thanks for this, preparing for my first zoom remote Yoga Therapy mini lecture class in a few hours. This helped me mind map a few things.
Very inspirational and filled with great ideas. Thank you for sharing this excellent advice from your experiences!!
Thank you Michael. Excellent tips.
Very inspiring as I am in the process of starting to offer online classes! Your approach is what I would like to incorporate!
This has really energized me and made me feel less ... overwhelmed. New subscriber based on this video alone.
What? 354 likes including mine? While confinement is going on ? What the...fantastic video that is so relevant in April 2020. Thank you Michael.
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the phenomenal video and insight!
Awesome! Exactly what I want to work on. Thanks for the awesome example!
Thank you so much for this video!
I have no idea why anyone would thumb this down?!? Heartless meanies lol. Thank you for these videos....inspiring, humorous and helpful. Three home runs in my book! Thumbs up, subscribed and bell rung :)
Good god that was amazing! you are truly a positive force in this world
This is a great video. I wish I could have watched it before I set up my 6 week English class. I was much too formal and did not allow enough student engagement online. Thanks for sharing!
Sir I am a science teacher. I started my online teaching through Zoom app . I was just researching how best I can do in online teaching .
This video gave me 10 tips which are very very much useful and I'll be inculcating them in my future classes thanks a lot sir.
Thank you! This video makes me want to take your class.
If only my classes were a bit like that.
Unfortunatly it's just a professor on zoom 2-3 hours straight.
This is great and much more engaging!
Thank you for the advice!
I never wanted to teach online but Covid has forced it on us. I now want to be as good as I can be at it. Thanks for the series! It has taken me hours to make short videos of lecture topics for my students. And hours for those to be "processed" and loaded onto my course. I'm looking forward to learning more about the technical aspects (camera, editing software, etc).
Great stuff, very useful 👍🏿
Good video 👍👍
I just start online teaching in this lockdown..
I am from India.
Nice tips.
Thanks
Thank you @Micheal for your wonderful Idea
brilliant video thank you!
These are great tips. Thanks.
Very inspiring. Trying to figure out how to teach my instrument to my students.
This is great, thank you so much for teaching these techniques and making entertaining and clever videos!
Thanks! Great to hear from you!
Hi Michael, thank you for sharing your tips. Your video is awesome. As we are transitioning into online class, what video editor software would you recommend? Great thanks!
Inspiring insight ... Thanks for sharing
I really liked this but I loved your bookshelf more!!!🤩
I find myself pretty much in the position you began this video with- (until we saw more than your Tee!😃) Thank you for the tips Sir,regards from Kolkata, India .🙏🇮🇳🙂
Hey, somehow I like your this video so much that it's my third watching right now, Which has never happened to any other video that's not mine on CZcams. Thanks :)
One thing I'd love to know more about is how you handle class discussions in your online courses.
Thank you for this video. This winter break, I am leading an afternoon seminar on online teaching, and I colleague shared your video with me for inspiration. And it did inspire me! I just spent a couple of hours making a trailer for my writing class. And you've reminded me that it's alright not to have "perfect" editing for the videos I make for my classes. Letting students see my own miscues and how I work through them is important for them to see. At my college, we are emphasizing captioning our videos. Do you caption yours?
you. are. amazing......... thank you!!!!!
Thank you soooo much! ;)
I love your work. I came across it in ACUE class. What mobile app would you recommend for recording videos on the go?
This video is amaaaaaaaaaaazing! Loved it!!
Thanks Seiji! Great to hear from you!
Love man!!! superb idea! I will do the same/.
Great video and awesome tips/modeling of the course's structure. What are you using to create/edit videos? CZcams? What format do set up/send your lectures?
I use DaVinci Resolve for editing (free!) and often just post them to CZcams as unlisted videos. Our school also uses Mediasite, but I find CZcams to be a little better. I will be posting a few tutorials on how to make videos for classes next summer.
Inspirational
Thank you
Thanks for your amazing work ! Which platform do you use with your students ? (for the exercices, assignments, videos etc.)
Canvas
GREAT tutorial, Dr. Wesch, from a fellow Wildcat! A quick question, what microphone are we seeing you use in much of this video...the silver one?
Blue Yeti
Thank you Michael for your videos and your help so far. I am now one month into this new adventure of designing level 3 Anthropological Theory. With your tips I managed to get a teaching assistant/moderator for the group work! I am wondering aobut platforms for posting short lectures. Our university mandates Panopto. To use that programme - which streams content from an Amazon server - you have to surrender your rights to that company. You obviously feel comfortable with CZcams. Do you feel confident that you can control your content - remove it if necessary - and not worry that it will be distributed in unexpected ways? My thought was to mount lectures there - and put links into our central learning management platform.
Wow!!! Thanks for the wonderful video! May you suggest where did you get the handheld video camera/phone holder appeared around the 7 mins when you went out to the church? I’d love to do some vlog for my students in the coming semester! Thanks for sharing! ;)
I am using a GoPro Max in 360 mode for most of that. Using 360 mode allows me to just hold the camera without worrying which way it is pointing. Here is a segment from another video showing my basic setup for vlogging: czcams.com/video/pQj3DKzmSyc/video.htmlm12s
Michael Wesch thanks for sharing! I should dig out my dusted GoPro and learn from you for better online teaching soon! Thank you from Australia 🇦🇺
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your thought leadership & innovation in an age of mass information. I teach online for two Universities. I am always striving to improve my role as a distance learning Instructor. Many Thanks.
"You only have to keep half of your office clean" :D :D :D
Thanks for this resource. Very helpful for those thousands of us who have been thrust into on-line teaching whether we like it or not. I got a lot out of this video, but I would like to point out that you seem to have professional looking lighting equipment in your office, a real camera, a professional looking microphone, and you seem to have a camera-person filming you as you walk down the street with the local pastor or jog with your family. Most of us will simply not have this kind of equipment or support for the on-line material we are making. This video and your video class are thus not a realistic standard for most of us, and I wonder if you might in future videos focus on more attainable standards? I wonder whether you could share nuts and bolts information like the kind of equipment that would be affordable and which investments would make the biggest difference in our content for the lowest price? And what editing software do you use for your video production? Thanks!
Check out the rest of the series and you will see that I do not use the lighting (I bought it and used it for a few videos, but now just use window light), I don't have a camera person (that's a cheap 360 camera), and I use free editing software (DaVinci Resolve).
Here is a video about making great-looking videos with a cellphone, duct tape, and a window: czcams.com/video/s0lQJvBC_1I/video.html
Here is a video that includes a tip for using PowerPoint to make slick professional-looking animations: czcams.com/video/9nQn8D0yUnc/video.html
And here is a video showing how I use a 360 camera for my "Out in the World" videos: czcams.com/video/pQj3DKzmSyc/video.html
I also have a video for people who don't want to do video, as audio can be a great addition or alternative: czcams.com/video/gJdEQfvgww8/video.html
@@mwesch Thanks for taking the time to respond and for anticipating my concerns! I look forward to watching these other videos.
Your recording tech looks rather elaborate. I loved the sound of reading the course material - but I just have my laptop (admittedly with a brilliant mic but very average camera). Any free software to suggest to record MP3?
I use the All That Recorder on my Android phone. On a PC you can use Audacity with the LAME exporter.
Hey man, thanks for the video! Very inspiring. What platform did you use?
Canvas
I'm a high school teacher who has been forced by the Coronavirus pandemic to make the transition from classroom teacher to online teacher. I wish I had seen your video over a month ago before the poo hit the fan. These are great tips.
Great video, Mike. Can I use Canvas to create my audio recordings? Or what do you recommend to create good mp3s?
I like to do some minor editing, so I use DaVinci Resolve (free). Resolve does not export in mp3, so I have to export as a WAV and then convert to mp3 using Audacity.
Thanks for a very helpful video! What do you use to record your video? What do you use to edit them?
I record with Screencastomatic and whatever camera is handy (the key to a good image is lots of light). I edit with DaVinci Resolve (which is free!)
What software do you use to record your videos? I like that you overlay text on to your video as you're talking about grading.
Davinci Resolve
Michael, a question. How do you get the audio from the CZcams videos to incorporate them into the "big audio" for the students? I've found these tips GREAT and I tested them in one of my summer courses. It was AWESOME and plan to use a lot of these ideas for fall!! Thank you!
Great! To extract the audio from CZcams videos you can either use a downloader like 4kDownload and set it to download as an mp3, or you can download as a video and then put all of them into an editor like DaVinci Resolve. Line them up as you want them and then export the audio only. Resolve only exports in WAV format, so you will have to use Audacity to convert to mp3. All of these tools (4kDownload, Resolve, and Audacity) are free.
@@mwesch Perfect - thank you SO MUCH!! The summer class gave me lots of suggestions for tweaks - I'm really excited to make this a great experience for the students despite...everything... Thank you!
If you come to Thailand, please visit our school. The kids would be happy to learn from you.
Dude thank you so much this is going to help me immensely! Hope to return the favor when I get mine put together.
Question: Is that a software you are using for the class modules?
I am using Canvas. canvas.instructure.com/login/canvas
I suppose online teaching is the best way forward but it has its challenges too. Just shared a couple of them and how to navigate them.
I am an American teacher in Thailand and our schools are closed until July 1st.
Just had a meeting and we will be doing online lessons starting next month until schools resume.
Came here to to see how others do online classes and also what equipment. And software I should consider buying.
Thanks for the video, let me know if you plan on coming back to Thailand anytime soon.
Will do. I'm sure we will be back sometime in the next 2 years. I will be posting a video series about our time in Thailand soon.
Good content. Is there a way to turn off the background music in the segments where you are talking? It's quite distracting.
I appreciate your optimism and tips. For people with flexible platforms who are designing online classes, I can see a lot of this working out for people. Having seen online ed at a big research university used by administrators to generate more funds and teach 700+ students at a time and used by students to get credit hours as fast as possible, I'm pretty skeptical about this entire enterprise. The students I've talked with universally seen online classes as a joke. Given your previous video work, I'm surprised that you'd come out as such a strong supporter of online teaching in the university. Your class itself looks pretty amazing, but I wonder if the larger context of online ed undermines your cool work as a teacher in this mode ...
These are all concerns that I have had as well, and no doubt the system is abused by admins, profs, and students alike. But since I started teaching online I have had a few surprising eye-opening experiences. The first is the moment I met my first online students (via video) and learned all the reasons that they couldn't be in a classroom on campus. I immediately realized a very real need for high-quality online education. I am all the more determined to help create high-quality online education because of all the ways it can be abused for the expediency of selling or earning credits. I have also found that the online environment offers several possibilities that the traditional classroom cannot, and the shortcomings are not as drastic as I once thought. Teaching online has ultimately made me a better classroom teacher - with better materials, a better structure, and more empathy for the range of learners who might be in the room. I would love to hear more about your concerns. They are important, and I think it might be worth making a video noting all the ways online education is currently being mis-used and creating the impression among so many that online classes are a "joke" (I have heard that expressed quite a bit as well).
@@mwesch I can see your points and share many of them ... my own online class (I only developed one) had affordances I couldn't tap into in the classroom. Still, I see faculty and contingent faculty being exploited through online teaching ... and students being deprived of valuable experiences through online classes that are less robust than yours. So I worry a bit about it ...
I definitely get the skepticism about university administrations' financial motives for online classes. At the same time, at our big university we have a fairly large number of students who can't afford to be a traditional, on-campus student. These students have to work their education around work and parenting. While I think most professors would prefer to limit their teaching to on-campus, doing so would be elitist. Online teaching has the potential to be much more democratic and accommodating of differences (e.g. students with disabilities who may find it hard to get to class every day.)
If we don't want students to think online classes are a joke, we need to take them more seriously ourselves. Elevate the content and the expected level of engagement.
@@metaspencer Yeah, it isn't hard to imagine that this is the beginning of the end of high-quality meaningful education for many - even as we are trying to extend that education to more. Somehow we have to inspire faculty, admins, and students to dig in and create meaningful learning experiences even when that path is so much harder than the expedient routes.
@@metaspencer Great conversation and very valuable points. There has been too much exploitation of online learning from many directions and we are all struggling to take back this valuable learning pathway to create meaningful interactions and opportunities with students. Faculty absolutely deserve to have support in the course development process and administration - they should not be overwhelmed with large courses consider equivalent to teaching a face-to-face course with 20 student enrollments. The students deserve a robust learning environment that is more flexible for their busy lives.
Great videos, as always. Do you have a public website for your online World Religion class? The readings and videos sound fascinating!
Not yet but I will be creating one over the next year
@@mwesch Awesome.
Michael, I'd love to simplify my website but we are not able to edit the left hand column in our Canvas. How do you do it?
Go into settings / Navigation and move everything you do not want in the menu to the "hide from students" list