Tech Education for Bilingual Learners

  Differentiating between lecturing, facilitating, and teaching Teaching and Facilitating  "Online facilitation is described as to be present, available, to share expertise online and model for the students what it means to participate in an online course (Martin, Budhrani, Kumar & Ritzhaupt, 2019)." Facilitating involves more than the ordinary elements of teaching; it needs the "extra" elements to be extraordinary teaching, such as: Being present,  Providing feedback, Making connections to real-life scenarios,  Timely responding to questions,  Being organized and presenting high-quality material.  Implementing facilitation strategies can contribute to the success of students.  Takeaways      Every day there is an increase in the number of online students. People in today's world look for more opportunities to manage and adjust their lives to improve and have a better future. Therefore, facilitating is fundamental and must include mindfulness to interact and

 Hybrid and Blended Learning Environments      Hybrid learning environments are opportunities for people to interact and manage their schedules to achieve higher education. One thing that educators and designers must consider before creating hybrid learning is to establish learning and content objectives. (Alvero College, 2020) Hybrid learning is also the combination of traditional learning and online learning. Therefore, It is critical to include the social and emotional components when planning for it. Educators cannot assume that all technological tools are easy to manipulate for learners. Instead, all the instructions and examples must facilitate and engage students to continue learning. Creating examples and using meaningful, real-life scenarios can motivate learners to participate more.         Keeping in mind that on the other side of the computer, another human is trying to learn and figure out how to handle programs or resources is a fundamental element to making information c