5 Simple & Effective Models for your Live Webinars
As teachers, our goal is to lead our students to achieve specific learning objectives. Either in person or behind a camera, the outcome must be the same. The question remains: how do I engage my students when lacking physical interaction? How can I generate debate if I do not have the students in front of me? How to make my session dynamic?
In today's’ article, we will dive into five frameworks specifically designed and tested for a live webinar session.
Hook the group
- Introduce a problem or a challenge.
- Ask your students to work independently in small groups, using the breakout groups, to discuss and resolve the task.
- Visit the different groups. Observe their interaction. It is your opportunity to identify possible knowledge gaps or misconceptions.
- Reunite all the students in a general session. Ask each group to debrief their findings.
- Consolidate their learning by going through the problem and further explaining the theory.
- Assign a follow-up assignment (i.e.: read an article, write an essay, etc.) after the session.
I do, we do, you do
- I do it — Direct instruction: Provide direct instruction on how to do a specific task, establish a goal and define a model. The students listen actively, takes notes and asks for clarification.
- Ask your students to open a shared Microsoft Word file or a Google Doc. This will be their sandbox to place ideas and work towards the set goal.
- We do it — Guided instruction: Interactive instruction. Work alongside your students to check, prompt and give direction. Students have the chance to ask and respond to questions. Peer collaboration towards completion of the task in a group.
- You do it — Independent practice: Challenge your students with a similar task for homework. This time, they shall do it individually. Students rely on notes, activities and what they learned during the live session. The student takes full responsibility for the outcome. As a lecturer, you provide feedback after the delivery, determining the level of understanding through assessing the work.
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Check & review an assignment
- Ask students to do pre-work, by creating an assignment prior to the session.
- At the beginning of the live session, provide a model or answer key for the assignment students had to do before the live-webinar.
- Students shall contrast the information you have provided with the output of their assignment. They shall come up with answers to help them clarify any possible mistakes and correct their homework.
- Review as a group and provide a further explanation on the subject to cover knowledge gaps.
- Follow-up with an additional assignment after the webinar.
Present, Pause, Discuss and Repeat
- Do a short presentation (3–5 minutes maximum) on a specific subject.
- In a large group, ask students to crowdsource their notes on a shared document (Microsoft Word in Teams or a Google Docs).
- Pause the crowdsourcing. Give students 60 seconds to write down any questions they might have about the information given in the presentation.
- Open a discussion as a group to review their questions.
- Repeat.
Quiz + Q&A
- Create a 10–20 questions quiz with an online tool (i.e.: Kahoot!, Quizizz, Socrative) prior to the live session.
- Start the session administrating the quiz.
- Use the analytic features of the quiz tool to identify which questions students struggled the most and collect them in a list.
- Start the Q&A session by covering up the knowledge gaps, provide additional instructions and scaffolds as needed.
- If necessary, create an ad-hoc assignment as homework to follow-up on the hot topics.
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Are you ready to make your digital classroom more dynamic? Which model is the most interesting for you? Have you ever tried any of these or do you have any other one that works for you? I would love to hear more in the comments section below!
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