Publish at June 24 2025 Updated June 29 2025
"A calm sea never made a good sailor". The tricky situations faced by teachers are often opportunities to hone their expertise... with a little help.
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Develop links even at a distance
While training at a distance offers great flexibility in scheduling, it takes away some of the human interaction. It therefore becomes essential to give learners the opportunity to have access to the teacher or tutor. Sometimes, a simple informal discussion can have great effects on the rest of the academic journey.
Start a lesson with a test on the previous lesson: much better for retention!
In distance learning, it could be better to place small tests not at the end of a lesson, but at the beginning of the next one...
Seeding rather than passing on
The living world supports the learning environment, and the challenge is to succeed in promoting a learning-friendly culture, rather than pouring knowledge from an old container into a younger one.
"Well-structured feedback and assessments preserve self-esteem and promote student persistence. Students, through a fair process, know their true worth in this environment. A teacher and students working in the same direction creates a pretty positive atmosphere.
