Pre-loved practices in online teaching

A hackathon is an event in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming to complete one or several programming challenges.

Students from different countries could hold culture clash events, for example, virtual cooking events where students show how to prepare some foods from their country. People could follow the instructions at home. 

Social gatherings online before the course starts so students can meet each other.

Collaboration networks revolving around a theme topic-specific resources.

Utilizing virtual reality to teach different skills

Embeddable mini-games for teaching and meaning-making

The students are given a safe space to give peer feedback to their teammates

After a topic is covered, the teacher uploads a video in which more difficult exercises are solved.

SCRUM methods used for master's thesis management can increase the number of completed master's theses.

Practical group exercises to be done during lectures.

Shared cloud folder and a website to share and return course materials in a structured manner.

A forum at which students can ask questions, see others' questions and get help from their peers or teaching assistants and teachers

Online collaboration and group discussion about local customs based on reading material.

Using a self video recording platform, the teacher can record a short video in advance for explaining a concept or a process.

The teacher creates a Padlet platform in advance, and instructs students on an assigned team discussion.

The students are given the material in advance and they produce an outcome to share with their peers. 

The day before an important deadline/presentation, do an “appreciation circle”.

In this icebreaker, the teacher calls out a colour to touch. Each student then has to go touch something with that colour. 

The exam questions are published and the final exam has 2 of the 10 questions plus 1 question from a broader topic area.

Students prepare short pitches with their group, all team members are assigned to different rooms and pitch their solution.

Ask topic questions in a collaborative platform to evaluate the class mood.

Students deliver content on a topic of choice, on any format they choose.

Students give feedback to their peers in an individual or team basis.

This practice helps create groups according to student interests

The video is shown to the students before, or at the beginning of the class. It is interrupted frequently to highlight aspects and details.

Students create questions and answers. Educators validate them, and make them available throughout the course.