Online Teaching & Digital Skills
Engagement, tools and pacing for synchronous and asynchronous teaching.
Lessons
Lesson 1 · 6 min
Setting up your virtual classroom
Camera, audio, lighting and a distraction-free background that pupils can focus on.
Lesson 2 · 7 min
Engagement in a live online room
Cameras, chat, polls and breakout rooms — when each one helps and when it hurts.
Lesson 3 · 5 min
Cameras on or off? Navigating policy and trust
Why a blanket policy backfires, and how to encourage cameras without coercion.
Lesson 4 · 6 min
Choosing the right digital tools
Polls, quizzes, collaboration boards — fewer tools used well beats many used poorly.
Lesson 5 · 6 min
Asynchronous learning that actually works
Designing recorded lessons and tasks for pupils working independently.
Lesson 6 · 6 min
Behaviour and routines online
Establishing online norms — entry, mute, hands-up — and enforcing them calmly.
Lesson 7 · 5 min
Online safety in your live classroom
Protecting yourself and your pupils — recording, 1:1s, and what to escalate.
End-of-module quiz
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