This document contains 30 questions about the challenges of moving to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks teachers about the hardest parts of transitioning classes online, concerns over student engagement and access to technology, how well students have adapted, the increased workload, and the impact on their own social-emotional well-being. It also asks about maintaining relationships with students remotely and how schools and universities can further support teachers.
This document contains 30 questions about the challenges of moving to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks teachers about the hardest parts of transitioning classes online, concerns over student engagement and access to technology, how well students have adapted, the increased workload, and the impact on their own social-emotional well-being. It also asks about maintaining relationships with students remotely and how schools and universities can further support teachers.
This document contains 30 questions about the challenges of moving to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks teachers about the hardest parts of transitioning classes online, concerns over student engagement and access to technology, how well students have adapted, the increased workload, and the impact on their own social-emotional well-being. It also asks about maintaining relationships with students remotely and how schools and universities can further support teachers.
1. What has been the hardest part about moving your classes online? 2.
What has been
the biggest challenge and why? 3. How do you think your students have adapted? 4. How much work has it been moving your classes online? 5. What do you miss about teaching in person? 6. What are your biggest concerns about online teaching? 7. Are there any requirements for physical education, and how will educators help students meet those requirements? 8. What pieces of technology or programs do you think would be most beneficial to teachers dealing with this situation? 9. What do you say about the problem of students who don’t have the same access to the technology and equipment necessary for online education? 10. Do you foresee a crisis like this making online education more palatable or appealing to teachers? 11. What kind of effect is the current learning model having on your social-emotional well-being? 12. How difficult or easy has it been for you to implement the COVID-related safety measures and protocols in your building? 13.How difficult or easy is it to support other people in your life (family, friends, loved ones, etc.) with the current learning model? 14. How concerned are you about students’ social-emotional well-being right now? 15. In the past week, how many of your students regularly participated in your virtual classes? (Instructional staff only) 16. In the past week, how engaged have students been in your virtual classes? What about your in-person classes? (Instructional staff only) 17. Compared to past years, how much harder or easier is it to form relationships with your students right now? 18. How can you manage your stress during this pandemic? 19. Before this pandemic how can you describe your experience? 20. How helpful your [School or University] has been offering you the resources to teach from home? 22. How helpful your co-workers have been while teaching from home? 21. How stressful do you find teaching remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic? 23. How was your experience teaching students from home as compared to teaching at school? 24. How well could you maintain a work-life balance while teaching remotely? (Consider 5 being extremely well and 1 being not at all) 25. What kind of response have you got so far from your students? 26. How important is face-to-face communication for you while teaching remotely? 27. How can your [School or University] support you further? 28. How often do you have a 1-1 discussion with your students? 29. What kind of support do you offer to students (tech support, teacher's assistant, etc.)? 30. what are the challenges of distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic? What do you think is necessary/important to overcome these problems?