5 Simple Ideas to Improve Student Engagement While Teaching Virtually

Posted by Craig Leager

Let’s face it, maintaining student engagement can be tough, even when you are with your students in the same physical space. That said, there are things you can do to increase students’ active participation in online learning sessions and activities.

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Topics: teaching online, distance learning, "remote learning", Making Online Instruction Work - Now!, virtual teaching, student engagement

5 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners Remotely

Posted by Craig Leager

It’s great that some of the same powerful strategies that support native-speaking students also assist English language learners (ELLs), even when they’re at various stages of English acquisition.  

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Topics: distance learning, Making Online Instruction Work - Now!, virtual teaching, student engagement, ELL, English language learners

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