How to Promote Interactions Teacher/Students During Confinement Period?

Abstract

Since 13 March 2020, the establishments in French-speaking Belgium had to offer their distance lessons to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). If the universities have material, technological and human resources to offer distance learning to students since several years, the confinement measures have however led the teachers to reorganize their courses started face-to-face by using numeric tools. This article pursues several objectives. On the one hand, it describes a teaching experience report based on the use of the podcast during the "Preparatory course for school life" in psychological and educational cursus. On the other hand, based on student's responses to a questionnary, it highlights the advantages and limits of using the podcast during the confinement period. Finally, this article aims to help teachers choose the digital device that corresponds to these pedagogical expectations in a distance education context.

Education and digital inequalities during COVID‐19 confinement: From the perspective of teachers in the French speaking Community of Belgium

“…As a reminder, the aim of this survey was to make a first and broad situational analysis of the situation in FWB by exploring teacher statements. To complete the results of the first survey, other studies or surveys were conducted or are planned for specific subjects (Duroisin, 2020 on higher education; Duroisin et al., 2022 on differentiation and evaluation practices). Indeed, if the results of the study proposed in this article contain some interesting clues for explaining educational inequalities, an in‐depth examination with other surveys could allow a better understanding of the educational inequalities in FWB during the COVID‐19 crisis.…”