BEHIND THE
SCREEN
The Myths of Online Learning:
The Truth Behind the Screen
An article by : L AW , Wai Chung , Rosetta
We are moving our remaining lessons
of the semester to online learning mode
in response to the Covid-19 emergency have a working mic. Some students
prefer to ask questions using ZOOM’s
“chart room” feature and usually when
to reduce human contact and chances of
virus transmission. However, the
arrangement does not seem to be met
with loud applause. I understand how tutors notice that, they will immediately
respond. In one of my classes, I guess
that the tutor knew that students were
not very talkative, so she sometimes
difficult it has been for everyone,
including teachers and students, to get
used to drastic changes in teaching and
learning arrangements within a short
period of time. Therefore, I would like to
share how my perspectives changed
after experiencing some classes through asked us to use the “clap hands” and/or
“thumbs up” features to indicate our
stance towards a particular topic, or
show that we understand the content.
ZOOM also has a “breakout room”
function where group-mates can do
group discussions. The one thing this is
ZOOM: “bad” about the breakout rooms is that
you will never know who opens their
mouths
(because
they
want
to
contribute) until your voice clashes with
theirs, as opposed to in a real classroom,
you can tell from cues related to body
language that a person is going to speak.
That is to say, online learning can be
interactive.
Myth #1 Online learning is not
interactive
ZOOM has a lot of features that allow
interactions among participants. As most
of the lessons are in synchronous mode,
teachers can throw questions to
students, and vice versa, as long as you h
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