Presented by Paul Maher

Thursday, August 26 | 11:00am to 12:00pm

Synchronous sessions involve connecting in real-time with your students.  A high degree of immediacy affords opportunity to provide feedback or clarification to students in real-time. The scheduling of synchronous classes and meetings can provide a steady pace throughout your course and help maintain learner engagement. Alongside these benefits some potential downsides and challenges come with virtual classes and meetings. Facilitating these sessions is a challenge especially ensuring equitable participation across all learners, particularly for those vulnerable to technology issues.

Synchronous sessions can also be a taxing experience for faculty and students alike. Using digital platforms relies on core executive functions which then reduces participants ability to perform higher order executive functions during a virtual session. This webinar will explore various approaches to plan and deliver active and engaging activities within your synchronous class sessions for remote and hybrid delivery.  Included in the topics covered are the following:

            ▪           Active learning

            ▪           Backchannel

            ▪           Hybrid and blended delivery

Each session will feature an active component and 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.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/91437716059?pwd=aVlzQjNjOVN5ZFBYMGRGUHgvUUw0Zz09

Meeting ID: 914 3771 6059

Passcode: 145745

If you have any questions, please contact Paul at Paul.Maher@smu.ca.