{"id":252,"date":"2020-03-19T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T10:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/?p=252"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T10:10:15","slug":"preparing-students-for-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/2020\/03\/19\/preparing-students-for-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing students for online learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/files\/2020\/03\/home-office-336373_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Susan Smith<\/strong><br><em>Associate Dean (Education and Students)<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve moved our content online successfully and developed an\nassessment but how do the students now know what we expect from them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The guidance is to be clear and consistent in your\ncommunications with students. They, like us, are facing significant uncertainty\nabout the spread of the Covid-19 virus and are naturally anxious about the\nimplications of moving teaching, learning and assessment online for their\ndegree outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Module level communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Be clear about how the module will be conducted online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What to expect from online teaching. This might include when slides will be available. When a recording will be available e.g. the scheduled lecture time. <\/li><li>What online learning means on your module and the expectations for interaction with the resources and activities. These should be well signposted on Canvas.<\/li><li>How to contact faculty e.g. virtual office hours, discussion boards, bookable web conferences.<\/li><li>Where to address questions e.g. to a discussion board so that answers are shared.<\/li><li>How quickly you will address emails and respond to discussion posts.<\/li><li>What sort of regular communications you will send out to the class e.g. weekly reviews\/updates. Plan to send students an update email at the same time in the remaining weeks of term to aid regularity and structure during these uncertain times.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tip: You can schedule announcements for release at a specified time within Canvas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Student to student communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a face to face environment students can easily clarify\nunderstanding with their classmates. These informal interactions are important\nin supporting learning. Whilst we cannot fully replicate this online you can suggest\nsome routes for students to connect with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Create a student led discussion within your module \u2013 perhaps the course rep could lead this?<\/li><li>Some cohorts may wish to organise their own online social space through WhatsApp and other social media tools.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Students as online learners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving from a structured timetable and a familiar study\nenvironment to an online only mode of study is likely to be a difficult\ntransition for many students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tips to communicate to your students for self-organising for\nonline study include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Plan when you\u2019re going to study around your other\ncommitments.<\/li><li>Let others know when you\u2019re studying and\nshouldn\u2019t be interrupted.<\/li><li>Organise your study space so it is comfortable\nand you will be productive.<\/li><li>Engage with your tutors and peer group. Everyone\nwill share similar concerns and difficulties.<\/li><li>Ask questions if you are unsure.<\/li><li>Try to enjoy studying online.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Student support and wellbeing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a particularly difficult time for students who may\nbe facing significant personal challenges whilst trying to maintain their\nstudies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can continue to access support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school\/internal\/staff\/teaching-and-learning\/success-advisors\">Student\nAcademic Success Advisor Team<\/a> within the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/student.sussex.ac.uk\/new-students\/help-and-support\/student-life-centre\">Student\nLife Centre<\/a> is also a useful source of advice and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other resources that may be useful include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentminds.org.uk\/coronavirus.html\">Student Minds website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan SmithAssociate Dean (Education and Students) We\u2019ve moved our content online successfully and developed an assessment but how do the students now know what we expect from them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4956,250],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parRft-44","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}