Demo of CodeRefinery livestream teaching practicalities
Channel: CodeRefinery
Date: 2021-10-19

This is a demo of livestream teaching to be used for CodeRefinery (https://coderefinery.org) instructor training (or others that want to see how it works).

The demo is taken as excerpts from Aalto Scientific Computing's Summer Kickstart course.  This course is taught fully via livestream (open to everyone), with separate Zoom meetings for exercise sessions.  This is an exciting teaching style, but takes some getting used to.

You can see examples of the initial greeting of learners, presentation of speakers, co-teaching, exercises, HackMD, and so on.  We recommend you use the table of contents below and view each section a little bit (rather than only the first few minutes if you have limited time).

The key points:
- Learners don't have to talk to have their voice heard.  HackMD (or similar) works very well, and in fact is better because it can be anonymous and you don't interrupt others.
- Don't expect people to speak up and provide interactivity.  Create it yourself using by co-teaching.
- Also co-teaching provides engagement during the lessons themselves: instead of the learners being your only type-along partners, your co-teacher can be one, too.  And probably a more interactive one.


You can read more about this in the CodeRefinery manuals:
  - https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/coderefinery-mooc/
  - https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/online/
  - And other pages in the "online teaching" section there.

00:00 Introduction, explanation, and icebreaker - how how we engage people.
04:35 Screen arrangement explanation - learn why we do it vertically.
06:04 Example of slides presentation/guest speaker - it's like a real event.
07:04 Example of a comment during a talk - you can start your video and speak up anytime.
07:26 Example of HackMD during a break.  Notice the notes + clear instructions at bottom.
07:36 Coming back from a break, discussing questions which have accumulated in the HackMD.
08:38 Static screenshare during an exercise session. Note the clear instructions in the bottom of HackMD, completion poll, information about different sites.
08:48 IMPORTANT: Co-teaching example, one person is doing the talking and the other one is doing the typing.  It is a real discussion.
11:18 Q&A.  Note that HackMD appears after a bit and we are discussing the live questions.
12:43 Question as a discussion
13:47 Conclusion of the day


Original material from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLVmS9rf3nPFw29oKUj6w1QdsTCECS1S