Sessions

Facilitating Interactive Learning Online with Nearpod

As the coronavirus has caused many universities around the world to hold classes virtually, facilitating interactive learning online has become a new challenge among teachers. In my workshop, I will showcase the online lesson tool known as Nearpod, which I have used for two semesters for Japanese intermediate and upper-intermediate university English learners. Research has shown that Nearpod promotes active learning through its use of immediate feedback and its ability to facilitate collaborative participation between students, teachers, and lesson content (Amasha et al., 2018, Hakami, 2020). My workshop will allow teachers opportunities to see how Nearpod can be used for effective discussions, reading activities, vocabulary activities, student-paced assignments, and informing future instruction through its post-class reports feature. Finally, I will share the results of a quantitative survey of student self-reported perceptions of Nearpod, which indicated that students felt the lesson platform positively supplemented their online learning experience.