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How to Teach Remotely Using a Mobile App?


Abhinav Girdhar
By Abhinav Girdhar | Last Updated on May 4th, 2022 10:34 am | 3-min read


2020 was no less than a living nightmare. It disrupted every industry across the world. Initially, when every industry is looking for solutions to revamp their domains, the education industry was also running in the same race. Various institutes came up with common solutions to “online education”.How to teach remotely during Coronavirus Pandemic - Appy PieOnline education started rigorously with Google Meet. Teachers and professors started disseminating the knowledge over video calls. However, some of the students who lack resources to buy laptops found difficulty in attending classes. Then, some of the advisors and renowned personalities of tech industry started offering their educationals apps to educational institutions. Also, may instutions started creating their own apps and started making the whole process of teaching efficient. Keeping this in mind, we have listed 10 ways that you can use to teach your students remotely. With this blog, you will also get to know how a mobile app can benefit you and your students during this time.

7 Ways to Teach Students Remotely

  1. Create a centralized hub for communication
  2. You need a single place where all your students can gather. This place will act as the major virtual ‘classroom’. You can do this through an existing learning platform that your organization uses or get your students to sign up for an online tool like Google Classroom. You can even use email as a means of communication or Discord. There are even teachers communicating with their students through VR games. Find a way to do the same.

  3. Use external resources
  4. Break the textbook. Use this opportunity to educate your students through online courses and provide them with academic sources more detailed than their textbooks. Provide them with background knowledge and search for fun gamified ways to increase their knowledge.

  5. Create tutorials
  6. Make education easy with PowerPoint tutorials, pre-recorded lessons, etc. Record yourself giving a lesson and use it. The tutorial recording is a good way to teach students that are in a different time zone. Other students can use tutorials to revise and relearn lessons.

  7. Encourage student collaboration and discourse
  8. Create lesson plans in a way that encourages collaboration and idea-sharing. Let students have online debates and discussions. Allow students to read each other’s assignments and communicate increasing their collective knowledge.

  9. Provide students individual support
  10. For students, that do not need to attend a class every day, you can choose to teach them individually if required. This is also a good time to build communication with weaker and aloof students. Reach out to your students and encourage them to be serious about their learning.

  11. Promote Hands-on learning
  12. This is a good time to promote hands-on learning. Science teachers can encourage their students to try simple experiments at home. Literature teachers can ask their students to write about their surroundings. This is a good time to help students to apply things they are taught in school.

How a Mobile App Can Help You

One part not discussed in the steps above is that resources are required to teach remotely. The truth is that despite a teacher’s best efforts, teaching remotely will require the use of multiple software and will need the students to have access to a computer and a good internet connection. That, however, can sometimes be a luxury. Getting students together can be a challenge too. A mobile app, on the other hand, can bring it all under one interface and on a convenient level. Sure, there are entire education software available, but they can be very expensive in a time where money is the need of the hour. Another aspect is that you can create your own mobile app with ease. Appy Pie’s App Builder is a no-code app builder meaning, you can create apps without any coding by simply choosing a few options. The app builder provides you the opportunity to include features that allow live streaming, upload tutorials, take quizzes all on a mobile. You can even create a chat box in a few clicks.

Advantages of Using a Mobile App to Teach Remotely

There are various advantages to using a mobile app to teach remotely. Here is a list of the benefits you can have by using a mobile app.

  1. You can create it yourself
  2. The thing about a mobile app is that they’re really easy to create. No longer does creating a mobile app require complex coding. With a no-code app builder like Appy Pie, you can have your app up and running within a few hours.

  3. Convenience
  4. Apps are extremely convenient. Having to use a PC is sometimes not possible. Most people have either one or two computers at home. For families with multiple kids, using computers can get inconvenient since everyone must attend classes around the same time. However, everyone has their own phones and it’s easier to buy a new one since they are cheaper.

  5. Ease-of-use
  6. Setting up a video call on PC involves too many steps. With a phone, your students can simply tap a video icon to begin with. It makes apps easy to use. Unlike software, apps can be downloaded instantly for free.

  7. Centralization
  8. With an app, you can get all the things you need on a single platform. This can be useful if your educational organization wasn’t prepared for a teaching-from-home scenario. Apps are easy to secure since only students with relevant accounts will get to access the apps.

  9. Affordable
  10. Educational software are extremely expensive. Most of them are based on outrageous subscription packages that get renewed annually or in some cases, monthly. It is impossible for a teacher to afford them. However, creating an app is far cheaper. With Appy Pie, you can even create the app for free.

Conclusion

You can learn more about creating your own app from this page. It is a three-step process and you can literally click or drag n drop the features you need. Once you’ve created your classroom, you upload it to the app store from where your students can download it.An app is a good way for you to educate your students. Think about using this to your advantage.

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Abhinav Girdhar

Founder and CEO of Appy Pie