Episode description
Are you an educator exhausted with online learning?
Pivoting your skills from in-person to a virtual environment comes with its challenges in any industry. But for training and education, the transition isn’t always straightforward, and there’s a lot of pressure to succeed.
But don’t despair! There are many tools that can help educators confidently deliver online training, teach successfully, and avoid burnout.
In this episode of The Visual Lounge, Matt Pierce is joined by Education Innovator and Instructional Designer Janet Lee.
Janet has developed many tools over her 25 years in education and instructional design and now, she's using them to help educators shift from in-person to a virtual workspace.
Learning points from the episode include:
- How to deal with burnout as an educator
- How to structure a successful online class
- Janet’s template lesson plan for synchronous learning
- How to create a micro-learning lecture for asynchronous learning
- Tips and advice for virtually engaging students
Important links and mentions:
- Janet Lee’s website
- Google Jamboard
- Brain Rules by John J. Medina
- TechSmith Knowmia (formerly TechSmith Relay)
- PromptSmart
- CuePrompter
- Camtasia
Learn more about the Techsmith Academy.
To read the blog post on the topic or watch the video, click here.