Hi Clara, I missed you answer, sorry!
On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:23:09 -0500 "Clara Llebot" <clara.lle...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: > Hi Iñigo, > I have taught the Git lesson several times in online mode (as a > standalone workshop, not as a full carpentries two day workshop). I > think that the key here is the number of students. I usually have 10 > students or less, and with that number of students is pretty > straightforward to do the collaborative part. I do not put them in > breakout rooms, because I find it cumbersome to send them in and out, > and I do not want to have to give them a bunch of instructions at > once, I think that going slowly step by step is important. I divide > them in pairs according to where they are in my screen, which > hopefully is random enough, and make sure that I assign to each of > them the role of owner or collaborator. I love that Zoom shows > everybody's name clearly, it is so easy to refer to each student > individually that way (at the beginning of the class I make sure I > know how to pronounce their names). I devote the time I need to make > sure that everybody knows who their partner is, and whether they are > owner or collaborator. This is what I'm finally planning, so good to know it has worked for you. >When I model each of the commands in the > lesson I use two different terminal screens to show what the owner > does, and what the collaborator does. To make it more clear I make > one of the terminals have a different background color. This is what I do too, and I set up different prompts for both terminals, one "owner >" and other "collaborator >", so that it is really clear which role I am at every moment. I also wear a black basque hat when "being" the owner (also in the black terminal), that gives another visual clue, and we make a few laughs! X-D > Since there > aren't that many students, they use the chat to communicate with each > other when needed. And if they have questions they can unmute > themselves. It is usually a very dynamic class, they ask lots of > questions, and it works very well. Really glad to hear this. > I tried doing the same thing with a class that was large once and it > was quite a disaster, but there were more than 30 people in the > class. I would definitely recommend doing it demo style with classes > with lots of people. If you have around 30 students an idea that > comes to mind is getting a second instructor for the collaborative > part of the lesson, and have two groups, each with 15 participants > and one instructor. We'll have 15-20 people. I think I'll go for the one group option. Fingers crossed! > I have a recording of one of the classes I taught this way, but I > told the students I would not make the video public, that I would > only share it with people who requested it. So, send me a message if > you are interested in the recording :) Thanks for the offering, I'd be great if I can check this out. One always learn something looking at other instructors. Could you PM it to me? > Good luck! Thanks! Bests, Iñigo > Clara > > > ------------------------------------------ > This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The > Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and > announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in > include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity > on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries > Code of Conduct found here: > https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html > > The Carpentries: discuss > Permalink: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T6b90a0b293fe9928-M3216c8cf5e5af8eab6cd351c > Delivery options: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription ------------------------------------------ This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T6b90a0b293fe9928-M316e706a30d0016841d77815 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
