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If you haven’t met the students before hard to talk to them about work because you aren’t really friends and haven’t had that face to face chit chat before hand so it makes it awkward and no one talks

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Breakout rooms are always quiet. Mics off, no cameras. Just the empty, silent void of the monitor

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I believe that most of these comments have some sort of validity, especially if you have older teachers that are rather technophobic. They may have bounties of knowledge on their topic but as soon as they are looking at a screen they are clueless

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I've been put in breakout rooms before with students who haven't done the reading or aren't bothered about the tasks. WORST THING EVER

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Breakout room are the worst things ever created

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I agree with the comment about breakout rooms - students often find this ‘awkward’ and so disengage from tasks

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Paying attention when there are distractions and comfort at home. It's not as engaging as the actual experience such as in University.

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I think one challenge for teachers is the use of breakout rooms. Often the breakout rooms are when students disengage because the teacher isn't present. In my experience they have been used as an excuse to chat

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When students have more control over when they want to learn and complete work. They may not feel motivated and fall behind easily

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Distracting home situations

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It just really isn’t that engaging despite best efforts

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The students are In a different learning environment when they are at home, this is obviously going to add to the issue of keeping students attention. The WIFI issue has been raised time and time again, more so from students. UOM students has massive issues when the WIFI was turned off/not working in their residential buildings.

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I agree with the post about having to force engagement in your online classes, which also made a good point about this being unsustainable, thankfully its only temporary

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It’s important to always keep the students on their toes by asking questions and encouraging discussion. This is the best way to ensure engagement but what should a teacher do when they have a heavy part of content, which may require explaining a couple times over.

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Students should decide how much time do they want to allocate on their studies. When they don't have an option, they become uninterested.

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engage with students, try to put their cameras on because people tend to listen more and are more focused, greet them and give them feedback right after the exercise, ask students for their opinion (what is working good/ what can be done in other way), break tasks down.

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It is hard to make sure all learners are engaging with the material especially if they do not have their cameras on. Its also harder to make sure they are understanding the material as they may be more hesitant to ask for help online.

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I am worried I dont know how to use the computer enough

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Keeping attention is a difficult one for all ages, you need to try and engage all students but from a screen it is much more difficult.

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Broadband is a big thing.  Learners having to give their education second place over parents need to take up wifi for work

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Balance the active and passive roles in the virtual classroom so one doesn't overwhelm the other.

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It’s 100% really difficult to teach a practical subject I.e. animal as there is no way to access the equipment and complete some of the tasks and for many of the students in my class who have ehcps virtual learning itself is a barrier for them ...

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I agree with the third quote- small activities during a session helps keep engagement up especially in a home setting where not everyone has desk space and can get into the zone easily. I don't believe its always the fault of pupils when they become disengaged. There are lots of factors like noise, other people working from home, poor mental health and lack of space that all play a role.

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Teaching in China seems a lot like teaching in Salford

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I can relate to post 4, not being able to see someone makes it extremely difficult to know if people are engaged. I think requesting students to have their cameras on for short periods of time is a good idea.

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Allocate a timeframe where pupils and parents are together and go from there.

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its difficult teaching a practical subject such as Art/Textiles through remote as students are not able to access facilities and equipment which is a major concern. Also there are learners who learn better through face-to-face rather than digital.

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Accessibility - so difficult for parents working at home to supervise their children while they learn online. Inevitably leads to either the child’s learning or parents work suffering. Maybe the school day needs to be amended? More recorded teaching?

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Create a timetable of slots for group meetings beforehand and have the learners agree to join a group/time slot in time for the meetings.

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Be more flexible and adapt the lessons to account for delays and more than one person talking at any one time

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Good points about bite-sized learning - links into your planning and formative assessment techniques too

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this is scary,

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Teachers experiences of Remote Learning. - Annotate the quotes below with your thoughts and feelings.
Can you relate to these teachers? Do you think there is anything they could do to improve the situation? What would you suggest to them to help change the situation?