Principles, secrets and tips of online and offline distance education (A. Cannelli)

What should primary and secondary education teachers heed to maximize results when becoming involved in distance education, in either the synchronous or the asynchronous mode? In this interview (the second of a total of three), Alessandra Cannelli, a Rome-based ICT expert and teacher trainer, presents her “golden rules”:

• Try to use what you feel comfortable with, don’t overdo it
• Be part of groups or blogs that may sustain you and provide suggestions (for example FB group “Digital Skills-European Schoolnet Academy”
• Better record your video than stream: students can watch it when it is possible for them
• If you meet your students online use https://www.mentimeter.com or https://answergarden.ch to have feedback and make them feel involved
• Always show your face: it is more motivating and personal. Emphasize social-emotional learning
• Keep it Short and Simple: videos or texts that are too long will not be completed
• Create interactive activities using tools such as quizlet or kahoot to enhance self-paced learning
• Ask your students to create digital content (videos, audios or texts)
• Use platforms such as Edmodo to interact with your students
• eTwinning platform allows projects among members of the same school for this coronavirus time
• Don’t grade but Encourage

The online links presented in the video are the following:
Mentimeter, https://www.mentimeter.com
AnswerGarden, https://answergarden.ch

Bionote: A.Cannelli taught from 1975 to 2001 in the high school of the Jewish Community in Rome. From 2001 to 2014 she worked in junior state high schools. From 2014 to 2017 she taught at «IPSEOA Tor Carbone», a vocational school for hotel and catering. She is an e-tutor teacher trainer in online courses for the Italian Ministry of Education and INDIRE, the online teacher training centre for language teachers and in pre-service courses. She has been the eTwinning pedagogical advisor for the Italian region of Lazio. She has worked as tutor coordinator at Roma Tre University, where she has mainly worked as an expert in the use of technology in education. She held courses on the use of ICT in language learning both at Roma Tre University and Verona University. She has taken part in several experimental projects by EUN (the network of 34 European Ministries of Education), has written several publications on ICT and produced teaching resources available on the INDIRE website for teachers’ professional development. Alessandra is at present taking part in the EU-funded (Erasmus+) project titled «ENRICH» (http://enrichproject.eu) as an online trainer.

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