Since switching mid-March 2020 to all online, I've learned that communicating content in the classroom, especially in a public speaking course, is vastly different from online. Breaking up the presentation and content into 15-minute segments is most important since students clearly are tuning out. In the classroom, a PowerPoint presentation lecture/discussion can work well if enough students participate in the reflecting on the ideas, relating them to textbook readings, and responding in front of their peers. Online students, like I, are staring at tiny video windows where there's a clear distance among learners. Breakout rooms in Zoom can help correct the distancing if enough students engage with each other in the groups, but I have to build in clear goals for each breakout session and clear instructions so students achieve the intended outcomes. For Asynchronous learning, the discussions within Canvas have worked the best since students are used to Facebook and other online forums asking them to comment and respond to other students' thoughts.
