I have spent a great deal of time recently looking at possible job opportunities. In this new age of COVID-19 I have extended my search to include more on-line platforms. I am in pursuit of finding reputable teaching opportunities, this I think will take some time. As I have discovered in the past 3 months it is a different skill set that one requires to instruct from a distance. So much of a teachers interactions with students requires a face-to-face conversation. There is a strong reliance on facial gestures, conversations which don't overlap and a new set of etiquette rules that need to be learned. In addition, in conversation with teachers who have been using an on-line platform to teach there is also the difficulty with engagement, how do we get our students to attend classes and complete work? How do you reach students who have limited access to technology? How do you meet individual needs while teaching to a group, when you have reluctant participants? I will need to do more research into this through conversation with other instructors to ensure that I further develop my skills to meet this changing way of teaching. I have started my search with an article and a video which led me to some sites that look very promising.
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