Getting your face and voice in your class as often as possible helps students to feel there is a teacher.
Having an instructor presence in an online class is hugely important. This helps the online class to feel as if I am present. I like to include animated GIF files in my online classes of me looking like a goofball or miming out what I want students to do. The hiccup is that animated GIF files do not have sound. You might bring down the internet at your school having 30 students watch a video, less of a problem when using animated GIF’s. The other advantage to using an animated GIF over a video is that it takes a lot less bandwidth. The looping demonstrates the skill to the student over and over to help them master the skill. Since it is an image file and not a video it automatically plays and it loops.
These are great for education because you can embed an animated GIF into your webpage that demonstrates a skill you want students to do.
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