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The education system changed
drastically over the past year with the shutdown of schools and colleges as a
result of the pandemic situation. This resulted in the distinctive rise of
e-learning and remote online teaching through various digital platforms.

The sudden shift of teaching
away from classrooms across the globe impacted education market. However, there
was an increasing adoption of online education technology and rise in global
educational tech investments which had a significant surge since Covid-19.

With the significant demand
for online education, many online learning platforms are offering free access
to their services and are announcing free love classes. However all schools and
colleges are also running online classes to students even post lockdown which
resulted the teachers to operate and teach students online. 

To be able to teach online,
even the teachers and instructors need to be familiar with the technology and
need certain requirements. Online teaching is considered as an art of teaching
through a digital setting and is divided into two categories synchronous and
asynchronous learning.

Synchronous learning include
students and teachers meeting online on a digital platform and engage in
real-time learning while asynchronous learning involves teachers assigning work
to students to complete it on a common deadline.

Technical Requirements for
Online Teaching

To provide best online
learning experience to students, teachers require following tools:

• Broadband or high-speed Internetwith a speed of at least 400kbps
• A fast and reliable computer or laptop with high speed processor
• Webcam and microphone
• Video chat software
• Headphones
• Multi-camera software

Steps-by-step
guide on how to become an Online Teacher

Internet
has made teaching even more accessible for teachers. The following are the
steps that help you discover how to become an online instructor:

• Set regular schemes and
  personal goals

Having a priority list for
your online classes is always the best. Teachers can always set concrete goals
with specific dates about how often to publish a new class and set deadlines to
complete particular topics or subjects. Keeping an account of the commitments
and resources used for online teaching is essential to become an online
teacher. By incorporating goals into online teaching helps maximize teachers’
productivity.

• Choose a topic for the class

To develop an online class
topic, teachers need to take few practical steps to ensure that the topic fits
teachers’ skill sets and students’ interest areas. For this, teachers can
research about student community the skills and requirements of students and
also think of past creative projects so that they can use the same idea to
teach students in an interesting way so that they can have an engaging class.

• choose the right online
  platform

It is vital to choose an
online platform that suits you and works well for you and your students among
the various options that are available now. In addition to this it is always
better to research about the pros and cons of online teaching and how to be an
online teacher. Choosing the right online platform and having available class
creation tools is one of the important steps to teach online.

• Conduct classes In online friendly manner

Most of online classes are
conducted the same way traditional classes are conducted in classrooms by just
spreading the course for several hours. However, this method doesn’t work quite
well with online classes.  Students tend
to distract more during online classes and therefore, teachers are always
encouraged to take classes for shorter duration like somewhere between twenty
minutes to one hour.

Shorter classes enable
students to easily understand what is being taught enabling them to focus more
and stay committed.

• Engage, connect and communicate

It is difficult to foster and maintain student engagement in online classes compared to face-to-face interactions. However, there are few tools that are available to eliminate these barriers. For example, Skillshare teachers can use discussions to announce new classes or updates or connect with student followers and share class-related resources. Students can also practice their learned skills through project prompts.

Conclusion

There is an increasingly growing demand for
online instructors from the past few years due to high global demand for
high-quality education. The effect of pandemic situation however impacted the
education system with all schools and colleges operating remotely and depending
on online teaching and online classes. However, technological advancements made
it possible and easier for online instructors to conduct online classes
efficiently and effectively with e-Classrooms.

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