Permission to Chat
Vicky Butterby,
ALTC Blog,
Jun 29, 2023
This is a good set of reflections on how we use chat in online learning and especially about some of the more focused thinking around the subject that happened in the light of the pandemic. This post addresses specifically the idea of addressing a participant's reluctance to contribute, either for fear of criticism over spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) or the learner's inability to comprehend every aspect of the chat and course content, and recommends ways of granting a form of 'permission' to help them overcome these barriers. This is especially assisted by an online teaching assistant or through team teaching, where one person can focus on leading the instruction, while the other can manage ad support the chat function.
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