When remote teaching moved us to a new world, I was already someone always on the lookout for novelties. In the modules of the Remote Schools project I learned new tools and apps, and was then very keen on applying them in my remote teaching after the workshops. In the Methodology and Didactics module, I had the opportunity to deepen my knowledge of the particular phases of remote schooling, and get a better insight into what works better in which phase. What else would you like to see in the project?
For the second half I would be interested in the topic of learning material differentiation, by difficulty/complexity, and in feedback differentiation. I.e., how can I make feedback and feedforward good and sometimes even playful in formative evaluation? How can students, after self-assessment, define their own ways/strategies (previously learned in class from their teacher) to improve in avoiding mistakes and develop further? And in which age groups would that be possible?
What has changed about your teaching during the pandemic?
As I said before, I already had experience using some apps and tools, but when it came to replacing the whole classroom with online classes, a lot was still unclear at the beginning. The technological foundation was already there, but I didn’t quite know how to present the content, and I didn’t have the matching skills. So, for me, an hours-long learning process began in other forms in front of the screen.
Before the pandemic, many teachers still used to teach in a very traditional way, forgetting about content production. With the pandemic we learned that we were actually the producers of the lesson content, and that the responsibility for that was ours. Finding new forms to create the lessons also became very important. For these reasons, the content and delivery of teaching will continue to strengthen over time.
How do you imagine your teaching in 10 years from now? What will be different?
Ten years from now, students’ learning process will be based on privately planned remote lessons delivered by us depending on their needs and interests. Through communication opportunities they may get from their schools, they will be able to contact other students from their own region and from all over the world for foreign language learning.
Would you like to continue teaching remotely in the future? In what form?
Remote schooling is very practical, especially given the fewer copies and worksheets needed. As for the ‘motivation’ part, there are many apps and tools to help. So I think that from now on, remote and face-to-face teaching will co-exist. Remote schooling will have a new and very decisive role to play in schools and learning in the future. Students’ development will be informed by their skills and interests. We as teachers will develop in a paradigm of inclusivity and multidisciplinarity.
