teacher’s guide
The exposure to edtech learning and virtual classrooms raises the challenge for teachers, who are facing the additional duty of handling cyber security in addition to teaching.
Sudarshan Mishra, Head, Department of Education, Renshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha pointed out that the UGC handbook lists out a set of rules on what to do and what not to do, and this helps teachers utilize the allotted teaching hours in a more productive manner. will help. , He says, “Protocols have brought such a fast qualitative teaching option to achieve the learning goals. Moreover, the responsibilities of teachers and their teaching styles have also been redefined and diversified, giving us a Safe online avenues to prepare and deliver lesson plans in a tech-savvy style” Mishra further added that to keep students engaged in the virtual classroom, teachers keep track of all the questions or doubts asked and Responds to all communications, mostly on a real-time basis. He says, “In addition, answering questions raised in discussion forums, chat rooms, video or other forms of virtual. In the classroom, teachers have to be available to students even after class hours.”
not so strict compliance
It was relatively easier for the teachers of Delhi University (DU) and its affiliated colleges to adopt online classes as compared to rural areas or interiors. Priyanka Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Motilal Nehru College, DU says, “Even though we have not received any official circular regarding the protocols to be followed for online classes, we conducted the sessions without any hassle as we were not aware of technology and Had a basic understanding of the dangers associated with it. With this.” Most teachers learned to create slides and interactive methods in online classes. In the second phase, online classes were conducted with the help of digital tools such as pen tablets and Google Classroom integrated presentation and haiku decks.
Protocols and problems
In the early days of the pandemic, it was not easy for rural school teachers to teach in online mode. He had his own problem with the protocols to be followed, which were not well defined even at that time. Antara Mitra, Biology Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) at Notre Dame Academy, Patna, Bihar, says, “We started the online class by recording video and explaining the material on a selected topic. Soon, we realized that this was not a sufficient way of teaching to encourage discussion and to inculcate the habit of asking questions in the students.”
Commenting on the guidelines of the booklet, he said that from now on the problem of lack of seriousness in following the protocol of online session of scheduled class will be adequately addressed.