Unprecedented times: tips for personalising the online learning experience

Lanella Sweet

By Lanella Sweet
Community contribution / August 13, 2020

We are living in a time of great disruption and educators have undergone a huge change in pedagogy within a relatively short period.

It has been an unprecedented time in Victorian education, as the global pandemic of COVID-19 and government-mandated closures of schools ...

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By Lanella Sweet

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Lanella Sweet is currently teaching at Wesley College, Melbourne. She holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from The University of Melbourne. Over the past 27 years Lanella has been involved in developing rewarding programs aimed at improving students’ learning and achievement to reach their individual potential. With her focus on all primary year levels, she enables links through appropriate curriculum, developing students’ skills, knowledge, and conceptual understanding. Lanella influences highly able students who may demonstrate strengths to maximise student engagement and development.

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