Online teaching challenges

Online teaching challenges

There are constraints in real-time online lessons due to the online technologies.

Here are some of them:

• variable internet connection quality
• difficult to obtain feedback from students
• difficult to provide feedback to students
• difficult to observe student work
• very limited board space
• handwriting is difficult
• conversations and discussions are difficult with more than about 4 people
• limited to oral/aural and visual communication
• everything takes more time online.

There are also differences in the number of senses that can be used. In a face-to-face class, lessons can involve all the senses – sight, sound, touch, kinaesthetic, and even taste and smell! Online, you are limited to visual and oral/aural communication.

Lessons that were effective in face-to-face classrooms may need to be adjusted in order to run effectively online.