‘Communication Strategies in Online Environment’ workshop was conducted on 13 December 2022 for teachers of the English Language Department for Deck Officers. The objective was to familiarize the teachers with different techniques aimed to enhance online interaction and ways to improve our e-books. It was organised as a round table discussion. Four speakers shared their experience on online teaching covering the aspects:
– Teaching Online with Zoom (practice activities, whiteboard activity, online games) – speaker Iryna Shvetsova
– Communication in main session room. Using chatroom for grammar mistakes correction – speaker Ksenia Boiko
– Online chatting with a remote group – speaker Bohdan Nahrybelniy
– Teaching Maritime English on CMS Moodle (based on While Ashore course book) – speaker Olena Frolova
In the second part of the workshop the discussion was dedicated to the reflection on the effectiveness of teaching in Zoom and the ways to develop learning materials (Lessons on Moodle) to enhance online interaction.