Pandemic positives: replicating the online chatbox in the physical classroom

During the COVID-19 pandemic we had to pivot our lecture classes online, using a range of approaches to teach and engage with our students, including platforms such as Blackboard Collaborate, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. These platforms all had a chatbox for students to ask questions, and ask questions they certainly did. I had way more questions than I ever had in my classroom sessions, and students clearly valued the opportunity for feedback.