Learner Centered Online Teaching

Learner Centered Online Teaching

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn”– Ignazio Estrada

Learner-centered learning has been gaining consideration in the past few years, shifting the focus from the teacher to the learners. Learner -centered instruction helps students cultivate a “can do” attitude and allows for autonomous and active learning.While it is necessary to be aware of the technology affordances, it is more important to focus on the pedagogy of how to use the features of online teaching effectively to foster student engagement and learning.

This course has been designed to foster engagements of learner on online teaching by designing LeDs, Learning by Doing activities. Moreover, how discussion threads on discussion forum , assimilation quiz and reflective quiz make online teaching learner centered is also shared in this course.

The course will have videos on  Learning Dialogue (LeD Videos) by Instructor that will familiarize the learners with dividing content  in chunks and creating reflection spots. Few videos will have Reflection Spots, where learners are supposed to pause the video and then think, reflect and think/ write on peardeck interactive slide as to how the discussed content will be applicable in  their own context. Learners will be acquainted with creating Learning by Doing (LbD) activities  that are small activities aimed at providing practice in the content discussed within the LeD video shows creating LbD on the Canva Platform. The course will also  provide the information about creating various discussion threads on  Discussion Forums for Learning experience Interactions that are driven by focus questions. By creating focus question, instructor  expects that all participants will take part in the discussion forum to advance their learning by discussing the course content, and sharing their own experiences with others. How Learning Extension Trajectories is useful for advancing the learning is also shared in this course.

Handling disengagements in online classes, Fostering active participation of diverse learner

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What you will learn

• After the completion of the course, learners will be encouraged to show active participative involvement in the learning process.
• To develop effective learning extension trajectories supported by assimilation quiz
• to spark intellectual curiousity while creating learning dialogs in the classroom followed by reflection spots.

Rating: 4.75

Level: All Levels

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Dr.Poonam Sharma