After teaching live for decades, I was a bit nervous about starting to teach online. Body language, minimal facial expressions, intimacy would all be changed radically. I feel pretty comfortable with technology and computers, but I was concerned about establishing rapport and maintaining a strong connection with students.
It has been a great adventure. I was surprised to realize that the voice is actually much more important than the picture. (This is even more so in a language class of course.) The video is just a pleasant addition, but it is the audio connection which is most important.
It is also great fun to have all your computer resources available instantly: the internet, photo files, etc. It actually… Continue reading
