Synchronous sessions involve connecting in real-time with your students. During class sessions, your students can hear, and often see you, thereby enhancing the impact of course content, explanations or other forms of instruction you provide. A high degree of immediacy affords opportunity to provide feedback or clarification to students in real-time. The scheduling of synchronous class sessions can provide a steady pace throughout your course and help maintain learner engagement. Alongside these benefits are also some potential downsides. Successful delivery of synchronous sessions can be contingent on a high level of participant engagement and especially vulnerable to technology issues. Synchronous sessions can also be a taxing experience for faculty and students alike. This session will explore various approaches to plan and deliver active and engaging activities within synchronous class sessions for remote and hybrid delivery.  The following topics, in particular, will be covered:

• Active learning

• Backchannel

• Hybrid and blended delivery

Each session will feature an active component and also provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences, insights and challenges. If format or timing does not suit, consider instead a one-on-one consultation with Paul Maher.  

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