Utilizing Digital Resources To Foster Young Learners’ Engagement In Online Learning Classrooms
Keywords:
online learning, learners' engagement, digital resourcesAbstract
Young Learners' engagement is a key factor in determining successful teaching and learning. Teachers have to differentiate their teaching approach in order to maximize students' motivation. Especially, many educators try harder to gain more students' engagement in online learning after the school closure affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to stimulate students' motivation, teachers are required to deploy various digital resources on the Internet. However, teachers have been facing challenges in utilizing relevant and sufficient online materials to facilitate and engage learners in the learning process, which results in increasing learning productivity. Thus, this article aims to propose some practical teaching techniques using digital resources to foster engagement of young learners in online learning classrooms.
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