What do Students want from Online Classes?

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The advancement of technology in education has
been helping the students all over the world,
in pursuing the education of their choice,
irrespective of their location. Another way in
which ed tech proved itself to be a life saver
was when we had to come up with an alternative
for offline classes. Since the beginning of the
year 2020 students have been glued to their
laptop screens and other digital devices. Yes!
Students are hooked watching their favourite
Netflix shows but, online classes are the major
reason. The switch from traditional classroom to
online education is indeed radical. The question
is what do teachers students want from online
classes. The concept of online tuitions in India
is still very novel.
A growing number of students are taking online
classes every day. Schools, colleges
other educational institutions have turned to
online learning, to deliver the classes.
Switching from offline to online classes was a
challenging task for both the teachers
students. Online learning is immensely different
than studying in a classroom.
We took the feedback from various students taking
online tuitions at our website. The students
were requested to share their views on what they
like about online learning what improvements
they would want in online classes they take at
e-Tuitions, in their school classes, universities
or other online classes platforms like us. Here,
we will write about the expectations of students
from online classes.
1. Good online class experience It sounds so
simple right? Yet, only a teacher can understand
the complexities behind it. But this is simply
what students look for. Conducting an online live
class sounds easy, and it is. Delivering a
lesson, where students understand everything
being taught and look forward to the class,
should be the objective of teachers. How this
goal is to be achieved, depends on the online
tutor and the individual student or group being
taught.
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2. Hold the pace One thing which we always tell
teachers, taking online classes in private and
group classes is, to be aware of the pace the
students learn at. Some students are proactive
and prepare for the class, while others wait for
the topic to be taught in the live class and then
study it on their own. Online teachers need to
understand that every student is different and
learns in a different manner and pace. Some
learn through practice questions and some would
expect from the teacher to take them through an
exercise in the textbook. Students require
teachers to understand that.
3. Interactive class In the online mode of
classes, usage of power point presentations has
become relevant. PPTs have always been used in
offline classes too. They in fact are a good tool
to be used in classes. Presentations provide the
required information to be given to the students.
They are also a great help for teachers, to be
prepared for every lecture. But just displaying
it on the screens for the students, and
expecting them to understand everything on their
own isnt a good idea. Many of our students
always appreciate the teachers who use
presentations or any other material and
simultaneously explain the concepts.

• Discussions
• Students enjoy the lessons which include
  discussions. It lets them communicate and
  understand. Discussions, when held at regular
  intervals let the students engage. Encouraging
  the students to discuss things can also be a
  good method of taking feedback from them. Online
  tutors can gather the information, on what their
  pupils are able to grasp where they want
  further explanation.
• Quizzes
• Quizzing is both fun crucial for students. It
  has academic benefits as it tests the knowledge
  of students. A quiz also helps in increasing the
  student engagement. So, if a teacher pulls up a
  fun quiz every now and then, it will help him/
  her to assess the students. Plus, it will help
  the teacher in waking up the sleepyheads. All
  the students will surely agree with us!

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6. Collaboration with peers Its always enjoyable
for students to collaborate with each other.
Whether in school or college, students always
find it exciting when assigned to work with each
other. So, grouping students and assigning them
small projects to work upon, is a method of
teaching them to work in teams. Each member in a
group can be given a task he/ she would be
responsible for. Students show tremendous
improvement in learning after such activities. At
various online education websites, coding
teachers and teachers giving science classes,
always give a group project to students.
7. Being asked what they expect from the
class When a teacher asks the students about
their expectations from a lecture, it gives them
time to think over how they want a subject to be
taught. Students get to understand the subject,
whether they find the subject easy, difficult or
simply impossible to understand. It provides them
the opportunity to think over the challenges
they are facing in understanding a subject. Once
students share their expectations with the
teachers, it will help the latter in designing
the material for the lecture.
8. A little bit of this that Few other things
which our dear students have mentioned, while
they mentioned the classes, they take at our
online learning platform are They like that the
teachers follow a tailored approach for all of
them and for every chapter. Few of the students,
especially the ones taking online courses such
as coding classes or language classes like the
little gaps of 10-15 minutes given between
classes. Few subjects like online math classes
require some time for the students to process the
information. It limits their screen time too.
Schools colleges might implement a hybrid form
of learning, which will be a blend of both
online and offline classes. To get fruitful
results from online classes, teachers will have
to plan things out carefully. Online classes are
definitely the future of learning, but we can not
afford to leave a single student behind.