Remote Teaching – ELA Source

remote-teaching

Some people prefer to call it ERT, or Emergency Remote Teaching, so as not to normalize the lack of preparation and training many teachers have been given for teaching online this past spring and this fall during a global pandemic. Like many of you, my institution decided to switch to “remote learning” at the last minute, after a summer of promising and preparing to be in-person.

I have some experience teaching online courses and I enjoy it under normal circumstances, but I’ve been exploring different options for course delivery this fall, which includes things like remote synchronous (teaching “live” during scheduled class time), asynchronous (most traditionally online courses are delivered this way) and HyFlex (a combination of three delivery methods when and if in-person instruction is also available). I will be using this post to provide a curated list of resources and links to all three approaches. In helping other teachers, I believe in simplicity, so instead of including an exhaustive and comprehensive list of resources, I’ve included the three I find most helpful. I will also be writing up a few posts about the approach as I plan my fall classes, and will be making up some free resources (such as active learning graphic organizers) to share. Please follow this blog for more!