ONLINE TEACHING: SAME TEACHER, DIFFERENT TOOLS
ONLINE TEACHING: SAME TEACHER, DIFFERENT TOOLS

Summary/Abstract: THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE SHIFT TO ONLINE EDUCATION FOR REASONS SUCH AS EASIER ACCESS AND GENERAL FLEXIBILITY AND THIS YEAR FOR REASON OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MANY TEACHERS HAD TO SHIFT FROM CLASSROOM TEACHING TO ONLINE TEACHING THAT MAKE THEM WORK HARDER TO EMULATE THE SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE AND GROUP DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FACE-TOFACE COURSE AND USE NEW TOOLS AND PEDAGOGIES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS FROM DISTANCE. THE FIRST PART OF THIS ARTICLE WILL PRESENT THE HISTORY OF ONLINE TEACHING AND GIVE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPES OF ONLINE TEACHING. THE SECOND PART WILL FOCUS ON TOOLS AND METHODS THAT SHAPE THE WAY WE TEACH FOR THE DIGITAL GENERATION, GENERATION Z (NEIL HOVE AND WILLIAM STRAUSS), SOCIAL-DIGITAL GENERATION (K. LONKA AND L. HIETAJÄRVI, GENERATION ALPHA OR WI-FI GENERATION AND ON SOME TIPS WHICH HELP TO MAKE ONLINE TEACHING MORE ENGAGING. WE WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE TOOLS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE MOST WIDESPREAD TO TRANSFER THE TEACHING SKILLS FROM THE FACE-TO-FACE CLASSROOM TO A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.

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