Lack of Socialization in Remote Learning
Since students had to begin learning from home, educators and families of those students noticed that there is a lack of socialization because of remote learning. Because of the lack of socialization, student learning was not taking place. At the upper middle school and high school level, students were struggling with their mental health. The problem was that teachers were continuing to assign work without knowing that their students could not handle it. Teachers could enforce a cognitive presence if they gave their students a social presence.
Students need time to complete the work that they want to do. According to the Community of Inquiry model, students need to feel comfortable to take risks through their social presence. Teachers should listen more and do less of the talking. They need to take on the role of a facilitator instead of the role of lecturer. Students should be able to make decisions on the course pathway. They should be able to tell their teacher that they are overwhelmed by the amount of work that they are completing and a good teacher will say how should we fix it?
The teacher gives the students the ability to make decisions and decide how much work is appropriate. An even better teacher starts the course off by allowing their students to decide the scope and sequence and final projects. They are there for their students while giving them work to do offline. This teacher should also consistently post videos with tips for completing an assignment or a post on their class stream with answers to questions that students might have. The blog post below from Christa Green and Christopher Harrington offers similar suggestions for making student engagement stronger or increasing cognitive presence.
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