Engaging Learners through Zoom

Keep your virtual students focused and meaningfully engaged with this invaluable teaching resource

Engaging Learners through Zoom delivers numerous practical strategies and helpful advice on how to engage students virtually. Many of the tools are also applicable in face-to-face and hybrid environments. Backed by cognitive neuroscience research, this book is a collection of dozens of active, synchronous online learning structures that can be used in any discipline, perfect for middle and high school through higher education.

This book provides teachers, college educators, administrators, and trainers the antidote to Zoom fatigue! Transform Zoom (or any video-conferencing platform) into an ideal environment for students to focus more fully, learn more effectively and have more fun!

Dr. Brennan, accomplished author, professor and distance education expert, improves learner performance and addresses equity in education with:

• Over 150 active learning strategy examples with step-by-step directions

• Ideas for including diverse content across 83 different disciplines

• Multiple examples for 26 of the most commonly taught courses

Engaging Learners through Zoom belongs in the collection of every educator who wants to motivate and inspire their students to excel in a virtual learning environment.

Autorentext

DR. JONATHAN BRENNAN is an English faculty member at Mission College (CA). Researching best practices in student engagement, he has authored five books, including On Course: Strategies for Success in College, Career, and Life. He received the Hayward Education Excellence and Stanback-Stroud Diversity awards and has trained over 6,000 educators in active learning.

Klappentext
This must-have book is an essential guide to active learning on Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms. "Engaging Learners through Zoom is like a banquet of ideas for polls, chats, and breakout rooms, using the main session as a central hub, and far more. What's terrific about this book is that it gives concrete, innovative examples for practically every disciplineany instructor can benefit! I never knew I needed this book, but now, I couldn't do without it!"
Dr. Barbara Oakley, Coursera "Innovation Instructor" of the world's most popular MOOC; Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University; Engineering Professor, Oakland University and author of A Mind For Numbers, Learning How to Learn, and Mindshift Engaging Learners through Zoom leverages the rapid shift to virtual learning into an opportunity to transform Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms into a powerful pedagogical tool. You'll learn how to use active learning strategies to meaningfully engage students in any discipline and at any level of education. You can ensure greater equity with the diverse and inclusive content examples throughout that support all learners in achieving their educational goals. In this book, accomplished author, professor and distance education expert Dr. Jonathan Brennan shares practical tools any educator can implement:

• Dozens of synchronous online learning structures backed by cognitive neuroscience
• Over 150 active learning strategy examples with step-by-step directions
• Ideas for including diverse content across 83 different disciplines
• Multiple examples for 26 of the most commonly taught courses Engaging Learners through Zoom offers K-12 teachers, college instructors, administrators, and trainers the antidote to Zoom fatigue!

Inhalt
Acknowledgments xiii

About the Author xv

Introduction: Zoom and Active Learning Structures xvii

Chapter 1 Polls 1

Polls 1

Account Settings 1

Meeting Controls 2

1. Icebreaker Polls 2

2. Starter Polls 3

3. Prediction Polls 3

4. Reflection Polls 4

5. Engagement Polls 5

6. Survey Polls 6

7. Gallery Polls 6

8. Comprehension (Testing) Polls 7

9. Practice Polls 9

10. Closing Polls 9

Preventing Issues and Troubleshooting 10

Edit Polls 10

Stop Sharing 10

Polls Not Working 10

Gallery Polls and Using Padlet 10

Chapter 2 Chat 11

Chat 11

Account Settings 12

Meeting Controls 13

Tech and Meeting Support 13

1. Networking Chats 14

Topic-Based Focus Questions 14

Social Networking Starter Questions 14

2. Instructor Question Chats 15

3. Instructor Read-Aloud Chats 15

4. Assigned Paired Chats 16

5. Reporting Chats 16

6. Feedback Chats 17

7. Practice Chats 18

8. Quiz Chats 18

9. Debate Chats 20

10. Whole Group Chats 21

11. Forwarding Chats 21

Preventing Issues and Troubleshooting 22

Chapter 3 Breakout Rooms 23

Breakout Rooms 23

Account Settings 25

Meeting Controls 26

1. Icebreakers 26

2. Collaborative Quizzes 28

3. Learning Partner Activities 30

4. Observer Trios 32

5. Read-Arounds 33

6. Talk-Arounds 35

7. Jigsaw Teams 37

8. Fishbowl Conversations 40

9. Topic Rooms 45

Troubleshooting and Problem Prevention 48

Chapter 4 Main Session Room 51

Main Session Room 51

Account Settings 51

Meeting Controls 52

1. Strategic Storytelling 53

2. Video Guest 54

3. One-Minute Paper 55

4. Learning Stations 57

5. Scoring Clusters 60

6. Detective 63

7. Why, How, What If? 65

8. Paradigm Shift 66

9. Column A, Column B 68

10. Obstacle Race (Hope Theory) 69

Chapter 5 Minimizing Zoom Fatigue 73

Minimizing Zoom Fatigue 73

Introduction to Zoom Fatigue 73

Student and Educator Fatigue 74

1. Video Fatigue 76

2. Audio Fatigue 79

3. Physical Fatigue 82

4. Cognitive Fatigue 85

5. Social-Emotional Fatigue 87

6. All Zoom Fatigue 89

A Word from the Wise 91

Chapter 6 Whiteboards for Sharing 93

Whiteboards for Sharing 93

Account Settings 93

Meeting Controls 93

Annotation Tools 94

1. Volunteer Scribes (Main and Breakout Sessions) 94

2. Solo Problem-Solving with Instructor Feedback 95

3. Drawing Activities 97

4. Feedback Questions Using Stamp 97

5. Breakout Room Whiteboard Use 99

Preventing Issues and Troubleshooting 101

Chapter 7 Virtual Backgrounds and Profile Photos 103

Virtual Backgrounds and Profile Photos 103

Account Settings 104

Meeting Controls 105

Profile Photos 105

1. Learning Structure 105

2. What's Up Next? 106

3. Topic Related 106

4. Break Reminders 107

5. Reflections 107

6. Field Trip 107

7. Energizer or Relaxer 108

8. Background as Poll 108

9. Everyone on Location 108

10. Tracking Emotions 109

11. Lighten Up 109

12. Time of Day/Weather 109

13. Promoting Office Hours 109 Troublesho...