MODULE 5. Effective teaching tools to employ in hybrid teaching and learning
Online differentiation
Teachers should be familiar with a range of platforms which aid online differentiation and have trialled one in their own teaching.
In this unit we will look into how artificial intelligence-based programmes and Miro could be utilized to overcome some of the challenges online and hybrid teaching and learning impose.
In this module you will find two units.
In each unit you will find:
- a short introduction,
- a video and
- additional readings and other recommended resources.
At the end of each unit an assignment and a self-reflective questions will help you to apply the lessons to your teaching practice.
ENJOY!
5.1. Strategies for differentiation
Teachers should be familiar with a range of platforms which aid online differentiation and have trialled one in their own teaching, and that can be used online and in school too. .
It is a common trope that any good pedagogy has the ability to see each student as an individual. This admirable distinction though, can be tackled with any support that differentiates between students and can be the result of only the teacher’s consideration of what a student needs.
In this video you will see practical examples of various tools used for differentiation in hybrid and online teaching:
- Using adaptive artificial intelligence digital tools for differentiation
- Using adaptive Google Forms for differentiation
- Various grouping of learners for differentiation
- Using OneNote to allocate differentiated resources
Assignment: Giving clear instructions to online and on-site students
For students in hybrid situations, instruction should be clear and concise and relatively short as there may be no teacher to clarify. Those could be used in class too to enhance reading comprehension.
Teachers will exercise to give clear instructions to their online and offline students.
Reflection question for Unit 5.1
Which parts of your descriptions need visual and which need auditive support?
When is both necessary?
5.2. Using Miro to create an active hybrid learning environment
It is a common trope that any good pedagogy has the ability to see each student as an individual. This admirable distinction though, can be tackled with any support that differentiates between students and can be the result of only the teacher’s consideration of what a student needs.
Personalisation instead creates learning that is personally relevant to each student so that they take ownership of, and responsibility for, their own learning. This idea is a natural consequence of the constructivist pedagogies as students must build their learning on their interactions with their own environment (which can now be online). They must want to achieve a final outcome and to do this they must understand it and believe that they have the power and tools to do it.
Hybrid Learning, and online differentiation within that, afford us the opportunity to personalise the curriculum both inside the classroom and for independent learning and self-efficacy.
Additional resources worth checking:
Have never used Miro? Watch this MIRO BASICS video:
Experienced with MIRO? Watch this video for advanced use:
Miro examples booklet for download: Free-ED-MIRO-EXAMPLES-booklet.pdf
A research finding on the use of interactive whiteboards:
https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=mathcs_etd_masters
Assignment: Design an activity using MIRO
Assignment from a choice of 2
Choice 1 – Design an activity focused on solving a problem
Do you have an area in mind you would like to focus on, such as differentiation, improve collaboration amongst students or improve writing skill
Choice 2 – Design an activity ‘template’ for long term impact
Would you like to create an activity that could be used and reused multiple times?
Create your favourite type of activity using Miro. This way you will have long term benefits from this activity as you will be able to use it in the future with many of your classes.
Reflection task in Unit 5.2.
Outline 3 things that you found useful in this unit and plan to use it in your teaching practice
Explain one challenge (a teaching or learning challenge) that you think could be tackled using Miro.