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I am a Life Sciences teacher and my typical instruction is very hands-on, but -- along with the rest of the country -- that has had to change in recent months due to the coronavirus closures. Addressing the digital divide has been one hurdle but another has been keeping students engaged in a distance-learning environment -- which is very different from keeping them on task in a classroom.

Here are a few ways that I am doing it.

Hyperdocs

I’ve developed hyperdocs for entire topics such as meiosis, reproduction, invertebrates, or the eye. These topics can  take up to two weeks to complete. Each hyperdoc is separated into subunits so learners aren’t flooded with new learning activities every day. My students can see the bigger picture and the small steps they need to take to get to the end.

The hyperdocs are divided into two parts: one guiding the learners on new concepts and the second part with activities learners need to complete. In the first part, I use notes, slides, and links to videos that assist learners with the understanding of new concepts. The second part requires learners to complete activities. These could include drawing diagrams in their workbooks, labelling an interactive online diagram using drag-and-drop, doing online puzzles and quizzes, or completing questions from past papers.  

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