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Segment lessons in a way that is accessible Each lesson, no matter the length, should
to students, you’ll have a much higher chance of remain tightly focused on the learning
engaging your virtual classroom during objective itself.
synchronous learning. A brief introduction reminding your student
Often that will mean focusing on smaller pieces what happened last time before you launch
of content. Shorter pieces make larger concepts into the next piece of the puzzle is another
easier to teach, just make sure that each segment way to keep comprehension up despite som
is crucial to the lesson itself. of the handicaps of distance learning.
3. Make learning objectives accessible to
4. Adaptable curriculum and instruction
students
Discussions
The Gradual Release of Responsibility Before the live class, students answered
Model is a teaching strategy characterized questions independently, and then
by a sequence of learning activities that shared their responses at the start of th
shift the responsibility from the teacher to meeting as a jumping-off point for a
the student. broader class discussion.
The goal of this approach is autonomy and It has been successful as a means to get
efficacy on the part of the student–ideally, kids to credit their peers with helping
the ability to transfer understanding on them come up with new ideas, which
their own. helps build rapport
Wilhelm Peralta
ProfEd Student