{"id":19518,"date":"2020-04-13T21:16:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xello.world\/blog\/remote-curriculum-online-learning\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:20:15","slug":"webinar-remote-curriculum-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xello.world\/en-ca\/resources\/webinars\/webinar-remote-curriculum-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Curriculum Development: How to Create Online Learning Programs that will Educate and Engage Students During a Disruption [Webinar]"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can you create online learning programs for students during COVID-19? How can schools, districts and educators work together to craft remote curriculum that effectively engages students & ensures they continue to become future ready? During our most recent Remote Roundtable session, our expert panelists gave advice on how to create engaging remote learning programs for students. Here’s our Remote Roundtable recap.<\/h2>\n

We know this is an uncertain time for educators, parents, students & district leads. At Xello, we decided we should come up with a way for our community to come together and address any burning questions they may have during this time.
\nWe therefore kicked off our Remote Roundtable series, and held our first Remote Roundtable on April 2, 2020<\/strong>, where we had three amazing panelists:
\nLindsey Howe, Virtual Educator at Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy
\nRussell Driesen, Curriculum Manager at Florida Virtual School
\nErica Birkmeier, Career & College Advisor at Chesaning High School
\nWe asked the panelists some key questions and then turned to our audience so they could ask our panelists their burning questions. Here are some of the questions we covered and here’s what the panelists had to say.
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Where do you recommend educators start when transitioning to or building a remote curriculum?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Under the current circumstances, where there is so much uncertainty and disruption, our panelists urged folks to start with understanding the types of technologies that need to be deployed to be able to reach and communicate with students and parents.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe first thing you should do as an educator who’s developing remote curriculum, is to figure out where you will house your lessons? Is it going to be on Google Classroom<\/a> or some other place? Figure out the best tool for your school and district and then educate your teachers on how to use that tool before looking into additional tools.
\nRussell Driesen urged teachers to use this time to back up and review materials that have been previously taught.
\n“If you introduce new material at this point, the challenge of having to absorb new material in a new environment is going to be stressful for students.”
\nHe also encouraged the audience to seek guidance from leadership and understand the types of students within each district before introducing new tools.<\/p>\n

Understand the types of learners you have in your district and what kinds of tools and technologies can be used or not used.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With these things in mind, teachers can begin to create lessons, assessments and select the right tools and technologies to deliver instruction.<\/p>\n

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How do education priorities change when going remote vs. in the classroom, or do they?<\/b><\/h3>\n

According to our panelists, education priorities do need to change. With everyone moving online and systems crashing, connectivity has to be the top priority.<\/span>
\nThere\u2019s also a shift from just serving up content to building online interactions and really connecting with students; you must first re-connect with students before you begin engaging with the content.<\/span>
\n“In a virtual setting you\u2019re going to quickly learn that the connection you make with students is going to drive everything,” our panelist, Lyndsey Howe stressed.<\/p>\n

Reconnect with the kids every single time before you actually engage with the content. You have to really let the kids know you\u2019re there for them during this uncertain time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What tools and methods do you use to connect with students and deliver curriculum? How do you help students should they have a problem?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Our panelists suggested a variety of tools that can be used to deliver curriculum online. While Erica has found great success with using Xello in her district to connect with students<\/a>, Russell talked about the importance of teachers reaching out to students directly through phone or text messaging, rather than solely relying on email.
\nThese were the top tools recommended by the panelists for delivering online instruction and connecting with students:<\/p>\n

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