Ryerson University professor Kristopher Alexander isn't the first to say that online learning should draw lessons from video games, but the advice is timely and relevant during the pandemic. "Twitch, Discord, YouTube live streaming, this is what we've been doing for how many years? It's just now, that the pandemic has forced people to be like, 'this is the thing?' Yes, of course, it's been a thing." Quite right, and of course it's more than just streaming video. "He relies heavily on Twitch's live chat feature, traditionally used for gamers to 'engage with the person on the other side of the screen.'" The trick, though, is doing everything at once - doing something, explaining it, organizing screens, streaming video, and handling the backchannel. People who can do this have a unique skill.
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