COVID-19: Strategies for Online Engagement of Remote Learners

doi:10.7490/f1000research.1117835.1

Published April 8, 2020 | Version Zayapragassarazan Z. COVID-19: Strategies for Online Engagement of Remote Learners [version 1; not peer reviewed]. F1000Research 2020, 9:246 (document) (https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1117835.1)

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COVID-19: Strategies for Online Engagement of Remote Learners

Z. Zayapragassarazan¹

1. Department of Medical Education Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 605006, India.

The COVID-19 outbreak across the globe has forced educational institutions including medical schools to suspend campus learning in order to curb the spread of the virus. This has forced the teaching community to think of new avenues and alternate strategies for engaging our students. Many institutes of higher education have shifted to online-mode to ensure continuity of teaching-learning and assessment processes. In online mode of flexible learning, students are provided with a variety of choices for their learning and allows them to take more responsibility for their own learning. Since, many of the teachers are new to online mode of teaching their apprehension towards active online engagement of their students is inevitable. This document presents a variety of strategies for increasing and ensuring higher levels of student engagement in online teaching.

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The COVID-19 outbreak across the globe has forced educational institutions including medical schools to suspend campus learning in order to curb the spread of the virus. This has forced the teaching community to think of new avenues and alternate strategies for engaging our students. Many institutes of higher education have shifted to online-mode to ensure continuity of teaching-learning and assessment processes. In online mode of flexible learning, students are provided with a variety of choices for their learning and allows them to take more responsibility for their own learning. Since, many of the teachers are new to online mode of teaching their apprehension towards active online engagement of their students is inevitable. This document presents a variety of strategies for increasing and ensuring higher levels of student engagement in online teaching.

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