Tuesday, 25 February 2025

"thinking inside the box" - teaching approaches for the online classroom

Teaching and learning online became necessary if not commonplace during the pandemic:

Jay Doubleyou: the homeschooling revolution

Jay Doubleyou: is e-learning a good thing?

Jay Doubleyou: how to teach on zoom

Now the teaching and learning world is a very different place:

Jay Doubleyou: the english teaching industry is evolving

And today there are all sorts of great places to go online:

Jay Doubleyou: great online resources to improve your english

Jay Doubleyou: voice recognition apps to help learn english pronunciation

But even before 2020 this was already happening - as we learnt to adapt our teaching and learning approaches to the 'online classroom'.

The following are notes from an excellent seminar given in February 2016.

Screen-sharing is so easy:

Show your screen during a meeting - Microsoft Support

Sharing your screen or desktop on Zoom

Material-free lessons: getting teachers and students to notice:

Pedagogical grammar: teaching options, with Scott Thornbury – The TEFL Zone

The role of ‘noticing’ in grammar teaching – The Art of TESOL

Noticing and second language acquisition: Studies in honor of Richard Schmidt | NFLRC

There are lots of tools to help working online:

Virtual Classroom and LMS Software | WizIQ

Online Learning With The World's Most Popular LMS - Moodle

Learning management system - Wikipedia

Open eLMS: FREE LMS that's AI Powered - Open eLMS

25 Free LMS in 2025 to Check Out | SC Training

The Socratic method in online teaching:

How I Designed an Inclusive Socratic Seminar (and You Can Too!) - YouTube

Refresh Online Discussions with a Socratic Approach | U-M LSA LSA Technology Services


Socratic method of teaching In Online Tutoring

Finally, there are a lot of free online seminars for teachers:

Training | TeachingEnglish | British Council

Events Oxford TEFL • Oxford TEFL

Teaching English online | Cambridge English

With thanks to Nicola Clarke-Siegel:

Nicola Clarke-Siegel - English Teacher - The Abbey school Faversham | LinkedIn

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