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Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

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Best Practices Of Teaching And Engaging International Students In Online Learning: An Australian Perspective, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh Jun 2021

Best Practices Of Teaching And Engaging International Students In Online Learning: An Australian Perspective, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

Teaching international students can be challenging, either online or face-to-face. However, it can also be fruitful if one knows how to engage with international students in the learning and teaching environments, especially online. In Australia, traditional delivery of teaching was still going on for schools and higher educational institutions until the end of March 2020, but this changed within weeks to remote or online methods, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At La Trobe University in Australia, teaching was paused for a week to cope with the learning and teaching ‘shock’ – that is to re-orientate teaching from face-to-face to completely …