Teaching online

In the few years that I have taught online, I have found the most challenging thing is to keep students engaged. I have tried ways and means to do this by making lessons more interactive and by giving activities where students need to do something hands-on rather than listen to a ‘lecture’.

Having said all that, I sorely miss the face-to-face interaction that a real classroom offers.

How does one deal with that? Or is it just me?

Do you have any suggestions?

 

In the meanwhile, here's a short video on the differences between teaching online and face-to-face:

Online vs F2F