In Episode 1 of our Hertie School Online Education Training Series, we talk about why your first class online might be especially challenging.

+++ Tools and ideas in this podcast +++

Create a word cloud in your first class to see where people are connecting from and share it on the main screen. Two tools you can use to do that:

- PollEveryWhere: https://www.polleverywhere.com/word-cloud

- Answergarden: https://answergarden.ch/

This podcast series is created by Annika Zorn, Director Digital Learning and PhD Programmes at the Hertie School. Annika is the founder of the Florence Online School of Regulation, trainer of early-career researchers in teaching at the higher education level and trainer of professional trainers. She is editor and author of the book "Higher Eduction in the Digital Age" (links below) with Jeff Haywood and Jean-Michel Glachant (open-access chapters are also available).

Higher Eduction in the Digital Age (2018):

- Book: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781788970150/9781788970150.xml

- Open-access chapters: https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/59799

Host: Ashley Lauren Bamford-Kaemmereit