Bookmarks
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- http://transformingassessment.com/events_6_may_2020.php
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gregor-thuswaldner_onlinelearning-quarantinelearning-learningtechnology-activity-6664647740795998209-JVgI
- http://transformingassessment.com/events_6_may_2020.php
- https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200504082923788
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/online-student-confession-i-fell-asleep-dr-rohan-jowallah/?trackingId=q1kA7rp%2FSp6NjtInXxYpVA%3D%3D
- https://news.wisc.edu/qa-a-founder-of-distance-education-weighs-in-on-its-educational-benefits/
- https://observatory.tec.mx/edu-bits-2/make-a-live-class-session-more-effective-and-run-smoother
- https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-16-learning-engineering-is-learning-about-learning-we-need-that-now-more-than-ever?utm_campaign=site&utm_content=share-54
- https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3409306/Best-Practices-in-Online-Faculty-Development.pdf
- https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-13-how-online-learning-research-can-improve-remote-instruction
- https://www.onlinelearningtoolkit.com/cool
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-the-Coronavirus-Will/248750
- https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/the-future-of-learning-is-digital-at-heart/
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-university-post-covid-chris-gallavin/?trackingId=Le3m1rBc5WeSZmi2CpHjHw%3D%3D
- https://anygoodthing.com/2020/05/07/open-but-physically-distant-campuses-are-unworkable-and-youd-probably-hate-them/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1215499&cid=nwsltrtn&source=ams&sourceId=5204166
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/Remote-Teaching-While/248661
- https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200427120502132
- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pivoting-to-remote-online-working-emerging-digital-technologies-insights-tickets-103419757278?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=esli&utm-source=li&utm-term=listing
- https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/paulleblanc/2020/05/03/its-time-to-take-time-out-of-learning-and-reinvent-higher-education/amp/
- https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-07-here-s-the-syllabus-for-your-summer-crash-course-in-online-education
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Higher-Ed-We-Need-Now-/248591
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-One-College-President/248599?cid=wsinglestory_6_1a
- https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/04/28/how-pandemic-might-create-better-educational-opportunities-opinion
- https://www.instructure.com/canvas/en-gb/landing/webinar-how-to-get-students-through-exam-season?utm_source=LNKD&utm_medium=TI&CampaignID=7012G0000012Nx4QAE&li_fat_id=134eedaa-8b41-451a-bf9a-b1a93c6817d6
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/More-College-Students-May-Need/248607?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
- https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200420095847652
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/professors-going-online-art-science-discussion-forums-srba-pmp?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_groups_entity%3B94dMWrs%2FScyieP86WVQLYQ%3D%3D&licu=urn%3Ali%3Acontrol%3Ad_flagship3_groups_entity-article_description
- https://muse.jhu.edu/book/72236
- http://stealthesethoughts.com/2020/04/29/making-the-most-of-slack-a-playbook-for-ld-teams/
- https://t.co/bH8GtM7VrN?amp=1
- https://lens.monash.edu/2020/04/26/1380195/covid-19-the-steep-learning-curve-for-online-education
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/00346543074003379
- https://hbr.org/2020/04/break-up-your-big-virtual-meetings?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social
- http://ow.ly/EOMG50zkfYK
- https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/education-time-corona/hottest-job-higher-education-instructional-designer?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=5fd3f40623-DNU_2019_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-5fd3f40623-225807093&mc_cid=5fd3f40623&mc_eid=d40e6d43aa
- https://bryanalexander.org/future-of-education/higher-education-in-fall-2020-three-pandemic-scenarios/
- https://www.teqsa.gov.au/webinars-and-podcasts
- https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/the-unbundled-university?utm_campaign=Share+Links&utm_medium=futurelearn-run_details&utm_source=linkedin
- https://oeb.global/oeb-insights/the-most-important-innovation-we-need-to-pursue-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/
- https://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e64/
- https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=5400
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- https://t.co/cYThRc31aC?amp=1
- https://asuforyou.asu.edu/
- https://bit.ly/2Kcaqdi
- http://taw.fi/30apr2020
- https://www.tonybates.ca/2020/04/16/online-enrolments-after-covid-19-a-prediction-part-2-policy-implications/
- https://www.ellucian.com/insights/embracing-online-education-challenging-time?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Low-Tech-Time-Saving-Ways/248519
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/higher-education-beyond-covid-19-putting-students-centre-byrnes/?trackingId=KNJc6A7drG1wiOgXuwWb%2FA%3D%3D
- https://lnkd.in/eAyHX9C
- https://oeb.global/oeb-insights/a-pedagogy-of-transformation-for-times-of-crisis/
- https://thepienews.com/the-view-from/in-the-move-to-online-education-must-come-before-technology/
- https://community.acue.org/blog/its-about-connecting-welcoming-students-to-your-online-environment/
- Will Students Show Up?
- Study shows potential impact of coronavirus on admissions and enrollment. The students don't like the instruction they are receiving.
- #Openteach blog series #4:The Search is Over
- Having just finished the OpenTeach online course “Professional Development (PD) for Open Online Educators”, it is now time for some reflection. PD has always played an important role in my professional life. Eager to learn and improve what I am doing or not doing is essential in order for me to move forward. It can be difficult to learn in isolation, so any opportunity to interact with other educators is welcomed.
- How to transition your course online quickly, with Dr. Ara Austin from Arizona State University
- How to transition your course online quickly, with Dr. Ara Austin from Arizona State University.
- ORGANIZING YOUR ONLINE COURSE
- Organizing your Online Course with experts April Mondy, Alyson Snowe, and Michael Wesch. Moderated by Kevin Kelly regional academic director at ACUE.
- CONNECT & COMMUNICATE: How to Teach ONLINE
- I am a teacher by profession. I have over two thousand (2000) hours of actual experience delivering teaching online since 2014. I have over 10,000 hours of overall teaching experience since 1993. I have taught a variety of courses over 250 times since 2014 using Zoom video. I do this for a living, and I will teach you how.
- Partnership Launches to Offer QM's National Standard for Quality Assurance in Online Education
- Quality Matters and iDesign team up to offer the QM Certification Mark for instructional design and help universities scale high-quality online learning.
- CAUDIT Webinar | ACODE on Online Proctoring
- A presentation made to CAUDIT members through their Webinar series on online proctoring. 6 April 2020. Council of Australasian University Directors of IT and Australasian Council on Open, Distance and eLearning.
- Working with Notional Study Hours (NSH) or “How much is enough?”
- I believe it is important to design learning from the learners perspective. That means learning that is both relevant, meaningful and motivating but also that is realistic and feasible within an agreed timeframe. This is a very brief explanation for those new to designing courses of how to work out "how much is enough?"
- Institute for Inter-Connected Education
- Institute for Inter-Connected Education.
- Desk Work Ergonomics & Corrective Exercises
- Desk Work Ergonomics & Corrective Exercises
- Students, advisers are learning to adjust to online academic advising
- With academic advising at UH being performed from home to comply with Harris County’s “Stay Home, Work Safe” order, students have been experiencing both the convenience and the frustrations associated with meeting with their advisers online.
- Online university as good as the real thing (just less fun)
- Freshers’ week will be less exciting. Yard of ale contests will be less closely fought. And opportunities to exercise a laissez-faire approach to sexual health will be sadly diminished.
- COVID-19, Online Learning and Mission-Driven Learning Designers
- Have you checked out the open spreadsheet that Bryan Alexander and friends have created to track university transitions from residential to online classes? The list of schools rapidly spinning up online courses in response to COVID-19 is quickly growing.
- University libraries offer online “lending” of scanned in-copyright books
- The coronavirus crisis has forced the closure of libraries around the world, depriving the public of access to millions of printed books. Books old enough to be in the public domain may be available for free download online. Many recent books are available to borrow in e-book form. But there are many other books—especially those published in the mid-to-late 20th century—that are hard to access without going to a physical library.
- Tips on how to plan a virtual academic conference
- Poster sessions, networking and holding panels across time zones are all possible online, say Celia Popovic and Erika Kustra.
- The second ISSET free Astronaut webinar takes place today featuring Tony Antonelli on Piloting the Space Shuttle!
- Every Thursday an astronaut will give a LIVE presentation and Q&A. The programme is designed for adults and families and is for a limited sized audience.
- Disabled Students Already Faced Learning Barriers. Then Coronavirus Forced an Abrupt Shift to Online Classes.
- Five years ago Christina Beck suffered a workplace injury to her head. What doctors initially advised would be alleviated with rest turned out to be a traumatic brain injury. Warned that she might spend the rest of her life mostly bedridden, Beck resolved to do what she thought would prove most neurologically difficult: enroll in New York University’s School of Professional Studies.
- University students could be taking their first term of the 2020 year online
- First years could miss out on freshers’ week if social distancing is still in effect. Students might have to take the first term of the 2020 academic year online if the UK is still social distancing in September, universities have said.
- Keep Your People Learning When You Go Virtual
- Over the past five years, we have been taking our work online deliberately and at a steady pace. At INSEAD, the business school where we work, we’ve been expanding virtual meetings, ramping up virtual classes and coaching, and introducing digital tools to enhance face-to-face work. Then, in the past few weeks, everything else moved online, too.
- Getting the most out of Teams & Office 365
- Teams usage has increased massively in recent weeks across a wide range of organisations. This webinar is aimed at Teams users who want to maximise effectiveness and efficiency when using it and other linked apps in Office 365.
- Webinar: Managing your online presence
- Join nationally recognized experts in online teaching and learning for a series of virtual discussions on best practices in online teaching to ensure quality online instruction for student success.
- Distance Learning & Virtual Classrooms: Where Learning Never Stops
- Virtual classrooms are not a new trend, nowadays many students around the world use distance learning as an option. Although, on some occasions experiencing a virtual class is not a voluntary choice (for example, schools responding to emergencies or temporarily shutting down) virtual learning can help fill the gap through complete and interactive online learning environments.
- How To Organise An Online Conference
- Or rather, how we (which is Karen Cropper and I) organised the OU online conference this year. You might like to take this as a template to use if you're thinking of running a similar event, although obviously you may want to vary the technologies, structure, etc.
- Going Viral: Taking Your Conference Online for COVID-19
- What options do conference organizers have in responding to the coronavirus outbreak? A little over a week ago, we hosted the 20th annual meeting of Interdisciplinary 19th-Century Studies. The conference theme was sustainability, and we had always planned to incorporate remote virtual presenters.
- Intellectual property and copyright in course materials during COVID-19 remote teaching: information and language for instructors
- As faculty prepare to deliver more instruction remotely, using videoconferencing and related tools, we are providing this brief review of rules on copyright, both for protecting your own copyright, and respecting the rights of others,
- Forget freshers' week: universities prepare to teach new first years online
- Sixth formers, whose A-level exams were cancelled because of coronavirus, may miss out on freshers’ week too. Universities have confirmed they are making plans to start the next academic year online if social distancing continues.
- The Quandary: How Do I Support a Student Who’s Sick With Covid-19?
- A student in your course tells you, “I have the coronavirus.” Now what?
An abstract possibility has become a reality in your virtual classroom. But this isn’t the first college student to contract the virus, and it won’t be the last. Keep in mind that the virus affects people in different ways. Some may be bedridden for weeks, or hospitalized, while others will experience relatively mild symptoms and recover in a matter of days.
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/miketholfsen_edtech-education-mieexpert-activity-6655219756670554112-rFZD
- Don't forget about the Periodic Table of Microsoft Learning Tools during distance learning!
- 8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching
- By this point in the Covid-19 transition to remote instruction, you’ve probably had a few sessions on Zoom. You’ve taught a few classes, met students for office hours. No doubt more than once, you’ve seen a lot of students staring blankly at you after you pose a question. (Insert crickets-chirping sound.)
- Hundreds of university staff to be made redundant due to coronavirus
- Lecturers, researchers and support staff with insecure contracts at three universities will lose their jobs
- Guidance for Instructors & Learners
- Adapted from Learn Remotely, Harvard University, 2020
- Traffic Is Booming for Online Education Providers. But So Are Costs.
- A celebrity among education nonprofits, Sal Khan is used to hitting the fundraising trail. Throughout the years, the founder and CEO Of Khan Academy has secured tens of millions of dollars from individuals, wealthy philanthropists and corporate donors.
But even a rainmaker of his reputation has cause for concern during the age of the coronavirus.
- Coronavirus: Calls for student accommodation fees to be waived
- The National Union of Students (NUS) is calling on university accommodation providers to waive rent payments.
Students have organised strikes as some private hall providers refuse to cancel fees despite many students going home due to coronavirus restrictions.
- Early-career scientists at critical career junctures brace for impact of COVID-19
- Over the past 4 weeks, Amol Pohane—a postdoc at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst—learned that he’s no longer in the running for several faculty jobs. It’s not his fault. Four universities informed him that they were canceling or postponing job searches because of COVID-19 disruptions. He’ll have the option of reapplying—or having his original application reviewed—next year, the universities told him. But that’s little comfort for Pohane, who was banking on landing a faculty job this year.
- Virtual Open Days – Better than the real thing?
- With technology developing faster than the speed of light, universities are investing more in virtual open days. They’re a long way off from matching the experience of the real thing, but there will be real benefits of each, especially for international students who can’t visit campus before they arrive, or when there are too many open days happening at the same time that you can’t visit them all.
- An Unexpected Tool for Remote-Learning During Coronavirus: Public TV Stations
- Amid the flurry of new technologies used by K-12 schools to fire up remote learning in recent weeks, a piece of seemingly antiquated technology is playing a key role: the television.
School districts are getting help from an old school tech solution—television stations—that includes a cross-country public broadcast initiative to deliver remote e-learning activities while the unprecedented wave of school shutdowns affecting more than 55 million students continues.
- COVID-19, Online Learning and Mission-Driven Learning Designers
- Have you checked out the open spreadsheet that Bryan Alexander and friends have created to track university transitions from residential to online classes? The list of schools rapidly spinning up online courses in response to COVID-19 is quickly growing.
- How To Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students
- Explore online teaching with this practical course for educators designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discover practical ways to teach and support your students online
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, there has been an increasing move towards teaching online as schools and universities shut.
Even for experienced practitioners, this situation presents challenges. However, with the right knowledge, you can overcome the hurdles presented by teaching online and embrace its possibilities.
On this course, you’ll be given practical steps towards online teaching and student support. You can reflect on your own work, adapt your approaches, and share your stories with a global community of educators who’ll help you to get started and keep going in uncertain times.
- Swiftly Moving to Teaching Online - Resource Bank
- National Institute for Digital Learning
This webpage provides links to a number of useful resources on teaching online that have been selected over the past few weeks to support institutions and individual educators to respond to the spread of Covid-19. More specificially, the Resource Bank aims to share the advice of experienced online educators from around the world to help higher education institutions (and schools) harness the potential of online distance education as an important part of continuity planning for these challenging times. Our NIDL team is updating the site on a regular basis and welcome any suggested resources for inclusion.
- University virtual open days: the how, what and why
- As international students become an increasingly crucial proportion of the student body, ways to attract them grow ever more innovative. Enter the virtual open day. Whether a video-led web tour, a regular webinar with a Q&A or a scheduled all-singing all-dancing web-based affair, UK universities are queuing up to offer the very best in student recruitment events. Carys Wyn Roberts, director of marketing and recruitment at Bangor University, said: “Research shows that prospective students are increasingly looking for online content that gives them more of a feel for a university campus, with 360-degree images as well as video being popular.” In this respect, UK universities are ahead of their international counterparts who frequently offer virtual tours but not live events.
- Interactive Oral Assessment; an authentic and integral alternative to examination.
- Developed for the Griffith Business School by Danielle Logan, Assoc. Prof. Popi Sotiriadou, Dr Amanda Daly and Prof. Ross Guest
- CORONAVIRUS (12) – A NATIONAL EFFORT IN ONLINE EDUCATION
- Today, I want to issue a challenge to all Canadian universities. I think a lot of universities are going to be in significant trouble come September. I know everyone is working hard to avoid this outcome but fixing what needs to be fixed for September is simply too big a job for individual institutions. And so, I am going to argue that the only way forward is for institutions is to do something which does not come naturally to them, and that is to create a national online curriculum collaboration.
- Working from home and digital literacy – what can we assume?
- Australian schools have suddenly and unforeseeably been forced to plan to implement internet-based remote schooling. What does this mean in a country where student use of ICT devices at school and outside of school is already high? Are students and teachers by default already sufficiently digitally literate and confident to manage the transition? ACER Research Director Julian Fraillon looks to Australian and international data to explore some of the myths and realities related to digital literacy.
- What Works in Online/Distance Teaching and Learning?
- The threat posed by COVID-19 has meant that teachers in Australia and around the world are looking for the best ways to continue to support student learning outside the traditional school or early childhood setting. This has meant many are looking towards solutions like virtual / online learning or home-schooling at scale. There are now innumerable new resources and guides and ‘top 10’ best practice lists on how to deliver online education, including a focus on what students and parents should do to make the most of learning virtually. Many of these guides are helpful, however, some resources are based on little more than opinions.
- Financial hits pile up for colleges as some fight to survive
- Colleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus outbreak triggered financial losses that could total more than $100 million at some institutions.
- How to Break Into Instructional Design
- Though it has existed longer than many realize, the field of instructional design remains an emerging profession within higher education. As a result, many instructional designers tell "Inside Digital Learning" that they came to the field following a major career change. Some find the move daunting. Having a helping hand or a guiding voice can make all the difference.
- 4 TIPS TO ENGAGE VISITORS AT A VIRTUAL OPEN DAY
- Choosing which university to go to is one of the most crucial decisions that a student will be making, potentially one which will determine the direction that their professional life takes from that point forward. It’s no surprise then, that students do copious amounts of research before settling on a university of their choice. They’ll flip through countless prospectuses, survey multiple university websites, and consume pretty much all the information there is about the universities that they’ve shortlisted in their head.
- Coronavirus Upends Colleges' Financial State
- Uncertainty around colleges' financial futures may be at an all-time high. The one thing that's certain is that the weakest institutions are most likely to struggle.
- Hepi poll: most university students want exams to continue online
- Survey of undergraduates also finds just under half of students are satisfied with online teaching during pandemic
- Unite downgrades value of its 40,000 student homes
- Student accomodation developer the first resi property firm to issue downgrade in coronavirus pandemic
Unite has become the first developer to downgrade the value of its property portfolio because of the covid-19 pandemic.
The student accommodation provider said the value of its two portfolios of student housing, made up of nearly 40,000 bedrooms, fell by 2.2% and 1.5% in the first quarter of the year due to the impact of the coronavirus.
- Turning On, Tuning In, And Dropping Out
- What is self-regulation? How does it correlate with the successful completion of online courses/programs? How can we help our online learners become more self-regulated? Mary Burns explains the what, why, and how of self-regulation in online learning.
- A 5-Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos
- Replacing your lectures with self-made videos can boost students’ engagement and free you up to work with them directly.
- STREAMING SCHOLARSHIP: DEFENDING A THESIS DIGITALLY DURING A PANDEMIC
- Defending a PhD thesis is stressful. It’s arguably the most important presentation of a student’s academic career. The summation of years of study. There is a lot on the line. Then add COVID-19.
- A Sprint to Design, Develop & Deliver Rapid Course Development | Mark Parry | #MootAU19
- Opinion: There’s no returning to regular schooling as online learning goes mainstream
- When in-person education resumes, online learning tools and methods will be entrenched in the system
As I write this, around 30 million U.S. kids are out of school, more than 200 college campuses have closed, and millions of Americans are working from home (with many of them also trying to juggle home-schooling).
- Creating an Engaging Online Learning Environment
- As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain and reduce its spread, many educators are switching from face-to-face classrooms to virtual courses. The change can be jarring at first for the inexperienced online instructor. However, the transition to a beneficial online learning environment conducive to student success is possible with a bit of knowledge, creativity and patience.
- Designing Courses: Surface, Deep and Strategic Learning (13’16”)
- This short lecture covers the essential details of deep, surface and strategic learning as described by Marton & Säljö. (1976). It invites the watcher to reflect on their own strategies (as a learner) and those of their students. Simon then goes on to suggest five considerations from a course designers perspective.
- Coronavirus could be ‘make or break’ for universities’ finances
- Pandemic may tip some institutions ‘over the edge’ financially, but others may be able to capitalise on increasing numbers of people ‘at home with a lot of extra time on their hands’
- Countrywide urges switch of student accommodation to mainstream rentals
- The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure their accommodation for more mainstream renters.
- Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic by Bonni Stachowiak
- First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. Then, after I have really heightened your curiosity and you can barely stand the suspense anymore, I will share a few books that I have found beneficial in growing my skills as an educator.
- How to defend a PhD remotely
- Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here’s how.
- Meet the Instructional Design ‘First Responders’ Helping Faculty Teach in an Emergency
- As coronavirus pushed campuses across the country to close, and college after college issued orders to resuscitate courses online, it became clear that faculty needed help, stat.
- Webinars – OER response to Covid-19
- We plan to schedule a number of webinars and “office hours” synchronous sessions. Details of sessions are published below:
1st consultation webinar
We recommend that you register to receive notifications about upcoming webinars and OER4Covid activities.
- Transitioning To Digital Advising
- Pragya Dashboard helps students & advisors track real-time progress to graduation and career goals. Pragya Explore is an academic & career exploration tool.
- How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event - Zoom Blog
- We love that so many people are finding Zoom to be an easy way to stay connected in this time of social distancing, school closures, and work-from-home routines. All these virtual happy hours, coffee breaks, afternoon hangs, dance practices, yoga sessions, and so many other events over Zoom — your creativity and resilience in these …
- How Technology Can Be Used to Create Better Assessments - The Tech Edvocate
- Spread the loveOne of the many changes that students are experiencing is their ability to be assessed not only in the classroom but also online. Students of all ages can be tested and assessed through the use of online tools and assessments. In the 21st century, we are seeing a shift in views regarding how students can be tested and assessed based on their performances inside and outside the classroom. Students can also be assessed by creating and displaying their work online through social media, YouTube, and digital portfolios. Additionally, many university classes are encouraging and even requiring student contribution …
- How People Read Online: New and Old Findings
- Looking back at findings from a series of eyetracking studies over 13 years, we see that fundamental scanning behaviors remain constant, even as designs change.
- Active Engagement In Live Web-based Teaching Sessions
- Jowallah (2015) suggests there are significant benefits for hosting online synchronous sessions. Some of these benefits include enhanced student interaction, structured learning engagement for students, increased learner motivation, and improved rapport between teachers and students.
- We must not forget the impact of Covid-19 on postgraduate study in 2020/21 - HEPI
- This blog was kindly contributed by Dr. Michelle Morgan, an independent consultant with an expertise in student transitions and student experience. Michelle was the creator and Principal Investigator / Project Lead for the ‘Postgraduate Experience Project’, which investigated the expectations and attitudes towards postgraduate taught STEM study across 11 UK universities.
Understandably, due to the closure of schools and colleges, there is great concern about this year’s undergraduate intake and plenty of discussion on how to move forward. However, the impact the pandemic will have at postgraduate taught (PGT) level across the UK, especially with Master’s course participation, has largely been ignored to date.
Not only is Covid-19 impacting current PGT participation in the UK but HESA figures show a slow down in growth following the introduction of the Postgraduate Loan Scheme in 2016/17. We need to plan ahead to support PGT participation and Covid-19 will require us to finally start thinking differently.
- Maintaining Our Well-Being and Fitting Our Own Oxygen Masks First | The Centre for Professional Legal Education
- Professor Rachael Field Now more than ever it’s important that we maintain our own well-being. Much is being asked of us as legal educators. Our students are needing our support and we need to have capacity to be responsive to them – not only in terms of their learning as we move to online approaches,…
- Learning Online The Student Experience by George Veletsianos
- 2020 Book
Online learning is ubiquitous for millions of students worldwide, yet our understanding of student experiences in online learning settings is limited. The geographic distance that separates faculty from students in an online environment is its signature feature, but it is also one that risks widening the gulf between teachers and learners. In Learning Online, George Veletsianos argues that in order to critique, understand, and improve online learning, we must examine it through the lens of student experience. Approaching the topic with stories that elicit empathy, compassion, and care, Veletsianos relays the diverse day-to-day experiences of online learners. Each in-depth chapter follows a single learner's experience while focusing on an important or noteworthy aspect of online learning, tackling everything from demographics, attrition, motivation, and loneliness to cheating, openness, flexibility, social media, and digital divides. Veletsianos also draws on these case studies to offer recommendations for the future and lessons learned. The elusive nature of online learners' experiences, the book reveals, is a problem because it prevents us from doing better: from designing more effective online courses, from making evidence-informed decisions about online education, and from coming to our work with the full sense of empathy that our students deserve. Writing in an evocative, accessible, and concise manner, Veletsianos concretely demonstrates why it is so important to pay closer attention to the stories of students—who may have instructive and insightful ideas about the future of education.
Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
Series: Tech.edu: A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology
- eLN webinar: Learning and working remotely – tips for times of change, facilitated by Jo Cook - YouTube
- A lot of corporate people are now working from home (due to Coronavirus), communicating virtually and in L&D we are being asked to deliver our training through webinars and virtual classroom sessions.
- Webinar Registration - Zoom
- One of the most important aspects—if not the most important aspect—of any student’s learning is you, the instructor. Learn how to more effectively be involved in discussions, respond to questions, provide feedback and encouragement, so students feel more supported and engaged in your course.
Confirmed experts:
Flower Darby, Director of Teaching for Student Success, Northern Arizona University
Kevin Gannon, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and Professor of History, Grand View University
April Mondy, Instructor in Management, Delta State University
**Learn more about our experts below the registration form.**
This one-hour, live webinar will be moderated by Kim Middleton, regional director of academic programs at ACUE. The webinar includes Q&A with participants and will be recorded and hosted by ACUE.
- New Zoom Features That Will Be Delayed | Learning Innovation
- Features pushed back for 90 days as Zoom focuses on privacy and security.
- DC Comics Offers Virtual Backgrounds for Zoom Conferencing
- Virtual backgrounds from DC Comics make it appear you're conference calling from exotic comic book locales like Themyscira, the Batcave, and more.
- Digital Learning Pulse Survey: Immediate Priorities - OLC
- OLC can support your efforts to move your courses to an online format when emergency situations arise.
- OLC Ideate (Virtual) - OLC
- Join us for OLC Ideate! There is no charge to participate live. Recent fears surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have led many institutions down a path of emergency preparedness in the wake of temporary campus shutdowns. Take the opportunity to engage our diverse and robust community of educators in conversations and collaboration around best practices for ensuring quality in online teaching and learning.
- 4 tips for teaching online | UCA Creative Education Network
- There are some key principles that will help you teach effectively online. In this short video, Tony Reeves suggests four key tips to help you keep your students engaged in an online session: make it seamless make it discursive make it relevant make it inclusive.
- US colleges adopt pass-fail rules, stirring wider reform | Times Higher Education (THE)
- Pandemic-driven grading shifts illuminate long-accepted inequities
- Teaching on-line – what students want | Campus Morning Mail
- Students want eight-essential elements in on-line learning
As many universities scramble to get content online and translate face-to-face classes into an online environment, it is timely to pause and reflect on what students say they want in terms of online learning.
The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) has for the past three years been developing a suite of quality standards for designing on-line learning environments.
- Adobe Connect vs. Google Meet vs. Zoom - YouTube
- This video compares 3 video conferencing or online meeting tools" Adobe Connect, Google Meet and Zoom.
- 10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning
- Now, as colleges nationwide have canceled classes, shifted online, and sent students away, that disconnection is happening on a much larger scale, with what Perry worries will be devastating results. He is urging faculty members whose institutions have closed to check in with their students often, even daily, during these critical first weeks.
- Webinar: Welcoming Students to your Online Environment - ACUE
- Welcoming Students to your Online Environment with experts Flower Darby, Kevin Gannon, Michael Wesch. Moderated by Carmen Macharaschwili, regional academic director at ACUE.
Learn practices to effectively welcome students to your online course in ways that support them and let them know that you are committed to their continued success, including the usage of specific methods like video, Q&A and social forums, as well as effective online communication techniques.
- Design for Online Learning Toolkit - Teach Online
- Welcome to Teach Online Design, development, and delivery resources for teaching online Novel coronavirus information FAQ page | Latest ASU updates Design for Online Learning Toolkit Arizona State University is committed to supporting faculty and students in the transition to online teaching and learning in response to the coronavirus crisis. The ASU instructional design community has …
- Online learning good practice | Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
- This resource has been collated by TEQSA to assist the sector’s rapid transition to online learning during COVID-19
- What (Some) Students Are Saying about the Switch to Remote Teaching and Learning | EDUCAUSE
- Learning what is and isn't working for students in the move to remote learning is invaluable, but it is especially important right now as online cours
- ˈAcademic integrity, assessment security and digital assessment - from CRADLE
- WHAT IS ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND ASSESSMENT SECURITY?
With a rapid shift to online learning, many educators have raised concerns about student cheating. Without face-to-face examinations, how can we verify that students have completed their own work, under the circumstances we have prescribed? These concerns raise issues related to academic integrity and assessment security. Academic integrity focuses on equipping learners with the capabilities and values necessary to conduct ethical scholarship. In contrast, assessment security focuses on hardening assessment against attempts to cheat, and on detecting any cheating that has occurred. Both are necessary to ensure that students who obtain university degrees have met the required outcomes.
- Learning Technology: A Handbook for FE Teachers and Assessors (Further Education): Amazon.co.uk: Scott, Daniel: 9781912096930: Books
- This is an accessible, practical and up to date book specifically targeted at further education (FE) and post-16 teachers, whatever your academic or vocational specialism. Important changes in policy, landscape and digital technology itself mean that digital capability is key for learners, no matter what subject they study. You should therefore develop your digital capabilities as a basic competence in order to embrace current digital tools, apps and techniques to the pedagogy of teaching FE. The book provides you with the knowledge and skills required to source information learning technology (ILT) and content to convert traditional learning and teaching resources into engaging and interactive online material. It is designed around each aspect of the teaching and training cycle - identifying needs, planning and designing, delivering and facilitating, assessing and evaluating - and includes: when to use ILT / eLearning barriers to implementing digital learning the importance of digital capabilities ways of keeping up to date and continuing professional development.
- Are Zoom Chats Private? Here’s Why You Should Think Before Opening The App
- Apps such as Zoom are free for a reason. Here's why you should think before using the popular video conferencing app...
- Education Leaders Share Insights on Remote Teaching Done Smart
- To help you forge through the uncharted territories of remote learning more easily, we interviewed the leading experts in various domains of education.
- The Secret to Good Online Learning/Meetings.
- 3 Tips in 2 Minutes.
- Designing Courses: Importance of Learning Outcomes
- This brief video (2'07") is a reminder of the structural support that intense learning outcomes provide to the course design process.
- E-Exams: Do we really want to drive headlong towards that cliff
- We seem to be charging headlong into technical solutions that are potentially going to make things worse not better.
- What I Am Learning About My Students During an Impossible Semester
- On the first day of the spring semester, which now seems a lifetime away, I handed out index cards and asked students to respond to the usual suite of getting-to-know-you questions: name, hometown, major. But this time I also tried something new — I asked them to write a short paragraph about their own academic values and strengths.
- Want To Teach Online? Change The Way You Think About It
- A growing number of colleges and universities are announcing the cancellation of face-to-face teaching for what remains of the academic year, and continuing instead through online teaching. Given the technology available, this need not be especially problematic. But in practice, it is, and in many cases means the 2020 academic year is lost.
- Copyright, Fair Dealing and Online Teaching at a Time of Crisis
- Weekly online meeting with Jane Secker and Chris Morrision for those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. Jane and Chris have published a page full of resources and a follow-up blog post.
- 10 WAYS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION USING ZOOM
- Participation is crucial in any learning environment, and a Zoom session is no different. Participation encourages attention, which is a requisite for learning.
- Chancellor Surprises Online Classes with Special Appearance
- Before AU faculty started conducting their online lectures from home, AU Chancellor Karim Seghir had a chance to make a few virtual visits with remote classes.
- Listen while you work: Practical podcasts for online teaching
- Developing and delivering fully online courses is a novel challenge for many of us. Fortunately, experienced practitioners are sharing their expertise online. If you are struggling to balance all the new demands on your time, podcasts can be an effective start to learning about new approaches while you work out or take care of routine tasks.
- 6 Steps to Effective Online Groupwork
- This article suggests ways forward for students who are involved in a group task or project which has moved online because of the pandemic.
- Teaching Through a Pandemic: A Mindset for This Moment
- Hundreds of teachers, many of them operating in countries where teach-from-home has been in place for weeks, weigh in on the mental approach you need to stay grounded in this difficult time.
- Go Remote with Integrity
- This webinar, presented by Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant (Director, Academic Integrity Office, UC San Diego) and co-sponsored by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), helps faculty adjust to the remote teaching environment by learning tips and techniques for creating a culture of integrity within a virtual/remote environment.
- Designing Courses: Assessment – First Principles
- In this short lecture (9'38"), Simon outlines the basic structure of sound assessment. Describing reliability, validity, and fairness in assessment and exploring a range of different assessment forms.
- Academic Integrity in Online Assessment
- In support of the move to online assessment in the context of Coronavirus Covid19, the following
recommendations may be useful in the design and implementation of alternative assessment to
minimise concerns about academic integrity.
- eLearning Transition Protocol Development: Moving F2F Training Online
- The purpose of this article is to provide a step-by-step, F2F-to-online-transition path for training providers to undertake and to make their training programs available via virtual classrooms!
- How to Learn Online
- Designed for those who are new to elearning, this course will prepare you with strategies to be a successful online learner.
- Covid-19 could be a curse for graduates but a boon for universities
- The Covid-19 crisis means a huge downturn in economic activity. A few sectors are growing, as people use more technology and swap to bigger supermarket shops, but most organisations of all shapes and sizes are taking a massive hit. We seem to be heading inevitably into a deep global recession.
- Effective Online Instruction: Welcoming Students to your Online Environment
- Learn practices to effectively welcome students to your online course in ways that support them and let them know that you are committed to their continued success, including the usage of specific methods like video, Q&A and social forums, as well as effective online communication techniques.
- Pandemic Pedagogy
- The buildings may be closed but learning never stops, not even for a global pandemic. The following links to education resources were kindly shared by BETT earlier today as part of the global efforts to keep people learning during the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Remote Teaching Wiki Project
- The American Historical Association is organizing a Remote Teaching Wiki to help during the pandemic.
- UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO ADDRESS CORONAVIRUS IMPACT DURING VIRTUAL TOWN HALL
- University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and his senior leadership team will conduct a virtual town hall Thursday, providing updates on the ongoing impact of the coronavirus on UVA and answering questions from town hall participants.
- Covid-19 and the shift to online education will fundamentally change how universities teach – for good
- Having recently recovered from the Covid-19 virus, but still in self isolation, I’ve had a great deal of time to reflect on how we might be able use this difficult situation to benefit universities in some way. Whilst I’ve been banging the drum for digital transformation, within higher education, for many years, I have often been frustrated by both the lack of speed and reluctance to instigate cultural change.
- ‘Just’ get your courses online…Really?
- Change is often difficult. Actors who were adored as Vaudeville artists, glamorous or heroic, sounded unconsciously like clowns on the radio or looked clumsy and inarticulate on television. Many fell by the wayside, drifting into obscurity.
- Working All Online (9 to 5: University Lecturer Version)
- To all of our ECU School of Business and Law students, we’re here for you. Stay connected and we will see you online soon!
- In Defense of the Word Doc
- Amie Souza Reilly explains why she's saying no to WebEx courses.
- Moving Classes Online Is Hard. Online Discussion Can Help.
- To achieve better success rates in online learning, we need to cultivate the sort of student engagement that's often the hallmark of great teaching and learning environments, writes Kathleen Ives.
- ‘Zoomed Out’: Why ‘Live’ Teaching Isn’t Always the Best
- Does it seem like you now conduct most aspects of your life on Zoom? I explain how that’s added to experts’ discomfort with videoconferencing as the default mode of remote instruction.
- Faculty Inspire Innovative Communication through Slack
- Although UTO recorded these interviews before the COVID-19 global pandemic, in our now physically distant world, their work is even more critical.
- Moving Forward (at Last) on Federal Rule Changes
- Negotiators reached consensus on issues such as "regular and substantive" interaction and state authorization. Experts on online learning say the new rules will provide needed clarifications, but advocates for students worry about potential abuses.
- Pivoting to online learning and teaching – important considerations
- In this webinar, four digital educators offer to share their experiences of online learning and teaching, focusing on four key considerations.
- How Does the Pandemic Affect U.S. College Students?
- Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, many college students struggled to balance school with work and the need to keep a roof over their heads and food on their plates. Now they find themselves in an impossible situation.
- ‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform
- The company has seen a 535% rise in daily traffic in the past month, but security researchers say the app is a ‘privacy disaster’.
- Quality Indicators of Online Learning
- Resource: An infographic developed from numerous research studies including our study, A Cross-Institutional Study of Instructional Characteristics and Student Outcomes: Are Quality Indicators of Online Courses Able to Predict Student Success?
- Learning technology.......juice
- Some online learning resources.
- TELSIG Webinar: Real-life stories from the front line
- Lauren (Lola) Knowles and Panagiota (Penny) Tzanni will present what they have experienced so far with adapting their courses online at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China.
- Publish a Microsoft Word document to a Sway web page in a few clicks
- Learn how to publish a Microsoft Word document into a Sway web page in a few clicks. Allows students to take their work and transform it into a beautiful, sharable web page.
- Tips for Online Learning Design
- 10 tips for online learning design.
- Designing Courses: co-authorship with peers and students
- You are not alone! If you are faced with putting an existing course online for the first time, see it as an opportunity to refine it, invigorate it, enhance the experience offered to your students. If it's a new online course there is all the more reason to make sure it's as good as it can be.
- How the Communication Process Impacts E-Learning
- Effective e-learning is more than putting together screens of information and presenting them to learners. Instead it’s a process of curating content and then communicating it in a way that the learner understands and ultimately can apply.
- Planning for Mode of Course Delivery in Summer and Fall
- As many of us are still grappling with the daily details of remote delivery of campus classes, we must turn our eyes to the summer and fall.
- Lead From the Future
- The brand of remote instruction most colleges are offering now will create a backlash against online education. Colleges will have to significantly expand the learning ecosystem to overcome it, write Peter Stokes and Mark Johnson.
- Let’s Add Compassion to Our Online Curriculum
- Why it’s essential now to emphasize human interaction in teaching.
- How Universities are Embracing Online Learning During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- As isolation measures and closed campuses force many universities to move their educational offerings online, how are they embracing the latest digital tools and platforms?
- Teaching and Learning via Social Media! Do it Yourself (DIY) PD!
- These are exciting new times when we can teach and learn via social media! I encourage people to use venues such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn as publishing platforms to share informal teaching ideas with others and as ways to learn and stay current.
- Finding Their Voices in Online Courses
- Dr. Alfreda Stadlin is a Professor with AU's College of Medicine. She has been pleased to see that online course delivery has helped some of her students become more expressive. Those who might have been reluctant to speak up during an in-person lecture now have an easier and more comfortable way to participate in the discussion -- the chat function!
- Types of Online Learning
- Online learning is a comprehensive term that includes a number of instructional environments and approaches.
- Registration: Welcoming Students to your Online Environment
- Learn practices to effectively welcome students to your online course in ways that support them and let them know that you are committed to their continued success, including the usage of specific methods like video, Q&A and social forums, as well as effective online communication techniques.
- Online College Survival Guide
- A show on how students new to online college can survive the learning experience
- STUDENT VOICE: A working parent in college takes on remote learning for himself and his kids, says ‘something has to give’
- I am busy. Under normal circumstances. As a parent, college student and program adviser, I work and attend class — while also coordinating drop-offs, pick-ups, bedtime routines and playdates for my kids.
- Learning Unusual: Supporting Students Success through Innovation
- Classes are still happening at Washington State Community College (WSCC) despite the upheaval caused by the Coronavirus. Parking lots aren’t filled to capacity, classrooms are dark, and you definitely won’t find students sitting together studying, and yet learning persists. Campus officials are crediting the success to the fortitude and resiliency of the faculty and students.
- Is the current crisis a watershed moment for education?
- For the past weeks there have been daily reports of universities putting all their coursework material online. One report stated teachers at a large (named) university “are being given crash courses in online teaching.”
- The Big Transition
- The University of Washington was one of the first U.S. institutions to move online amid the pandemic. Here's how faculty say the transition is going.
- INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION IS CRUCIAL FOR INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- As coronavirus-related school closures continue to effect education systems around the world, an increasing amount of educators are doing their best to keep their courses going online. In this effort, teachers have coalesced on Twitter around the hashtag #instructionalcontinuity. Many often hear and repeat that, when it comes to online learning, fostering interpersonal interaction is one of the biggest challenges.
- Personalised Tasks and Anonymous Peer Grading
- Ideally we should be able to provide a personalised task for every student in an engineering exercise or seminar. This would reduce the risk of copying and plagiarism, but is the effort too high for the lecturer? This session explores how digital tools can help to solve these problems and how students can effectively assess each other's work.
- When the Tide Goes Out: Identifying and Supporting Struggling Students in Online Courses
- Students in online courses start with the best intentions—keeping up with the readings and assignments, engaging in discussion, and learning from their instructor’s feedback and comments. Once an online course begins, students can quickly become overwhelmed to the point where they are treading water in an attempt to stay afloat.
- Video Length in Online Courses: What the Research Says
- Lecture capture is popular. Very popular. It provides a number of affordances for faculty, such as capturing important content for students who miss class due to illnesses or athletics events. Almost every overhauled learning space at ESU now includes a camera and microphone. Many faculty now utilize lecture capture to record their courses - particularly courses where there is significant didactic content.
- Zoom for Online Learning Updates: Expanded Access for Schools in Australia, India, New Zealand
- This post has been updated to reflect new Zoom offerings and resources for educators in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
- How to Keep the Crashers Out of Your Zoom Event
- We love that so many people are finding Zoom to be an easy way to stay connected in this time of social distancing, school closures, and work-from-home routines. All these virtual happy hours, coffee breaks, afternoon hangs, dance practices, yoga sessions, and so many other events over Zoom — your creativity and resilience in these tough times are inspiring!
- Coping With a Pandemic
- Displaced college students and faculty members look to each other for support and understanding at a time of anxiety and uncertainty.
- Coronavirus and higher education: your stories and challenges
- An open and supportive discussion
Tomorrow, April 2, 7 - 8:05 pm (BST)
How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting higher education?
In this Forum session we will share stories of what's happening to colleges and universities. Several invited guests will add their perspectives. Together we'll map out the situation - and offer some help
- Messages and announcements in Microsoft Teams
- This video shows how to create good messages and announcements in Microsoft Teams. Learn the basics to ensure your message is properly crafted.
- A unique tool for teaching critical thinking
- Kialo Edu is a custom version of Kialo, the world's largest argument mapping and debate site, specifically designed for classroom use. Its clear, visually compelling format makes it easy to follow the logical structure of a discussion and facilitates thoughtful collaboration. Kialo’s mission is to promote well-reasoned discussion online, and to that end, Kialo is free for educators to use.
- 10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning
- As professors become colleges’ primary or even sole point of contact for many students, the faculty role in meeting students’ emotional needs will matter more than ever.
- OLC Ideate
- A series of virtual salons held over two weeks, featuring interactive themes, provocations, and collaborations.
- Amy Climer PhD ' Leading Excellent Virtual Meetings'
- Amy's webinar 1/4/2020 on leading virtual teams
- Stepping into collaboration
- When speaking from a teaching and learning perspective, collaboration means building a classroom environment wherein educators and learners share in the creation of a learning space by sharing the responsibility for teaching and learning. And for that reason, collaborative learning is a fundamental quality of inclusive pedagogy.
- FBI: Watch Out for 'Zoom-Bombings' on Online Video Meeting Apps
- The FBI's Boston field office issued the warning after hijackers infiltrated two school-held Zoom sessions to harass a teacher and display the Swastika sign.
- Webinar: When the “field” is Online – Qualitative Data Collection
- The focus will be on qualitative research methods and ethics for online interviews, focus groups, or participant observation. I’ll offer practical tips for those who are having to re-orient research proposals and designs.
- Exploring the Future of Teaching and Learning
- 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report, Teaching and Learning Edition
- Humanizing Online Teaching to Equitize Higher Education
- Online courses are increasing access to college for students who have been traditionally left out
of higher education. However, minoritized students are less likely to succeed online when
compared to White and Asian peers. As the student population becomes more diverse, colleges
and universities have an opportunity to improve this problem by preparing faculty to design and
facilitate inclusive online learning experiences that more effectively support the needs of all
learners. This paper presents a model for humanized online teaching using a theoretical
framework influenced by Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), social presence, validation
theory, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
- Effective Online Instruction Webinars
- Higher education has made an astonishing national transition to online learning. Traditional classrooms may be closed across campuses, but class is still in session, as faculty have gone above and beyond to ensure that their students keep learning. Yet moving a course online—like being assigned to a classroom—is just the start.
- Vanessa Meade, assistant professor in the College of Health's School of Social Work, reminds us the importance of being mindful and being present
- Guiding and Motivating Students Online
- This brief presentation (6'15") introduces some themes around guiding and motivating students online. These different facets are mentioned; being clear in instructions, avoid confusion, modelling behaviours, motivating, congratulating, anticipating motivational hurdles. This presentation was the basis for online webinar discussions with educators. It will hopefully prompt you to check your own practices against these fundamental principles.
- Essential Tools: Collaboration, Imagination, Communication
- Dr. Bilal Ibrahim is the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages in AU’s College of Humanities and Sciences. Prior to commencing online courses, he was concerned that levels of class engagement might diminish. As it turns out, student interaction remains high and even deeper levels of thinking are being reached. Dr. Bilal maximizes involvement through constant questions, virtual forums, student-led presentations, discussion groups, and social media.
- ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Three Essentials in moving online
- In these unfamiliar times, universities are suddenly needing to move face-to-face courses online. We have previously written that this can be a tall order, even for experienced educators. However, including the “three essentials” that this webinar outlines means that even a hastily-developed online course can still deliver an effective and engaging learning experience for students.
- So much to learn about emergency remote teaching, but so little to claim about online learning
- The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article by Jonathan Zimmerman on March 10 arguing that we should use the dramatic shift to online classes due to Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to research online learning. I strongly disagree with Zimmerman’s argument. There is a lot to study here. There is little to claim about online learning.
- ‘This is online education’s moment’ as colleges close during coronavirus pandemic
- As more colleges move to hold remote classes amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among tech companies offering deals to attract institutions looking to offer online lessons.
- How Canadian HigherEd Moved To Distance Learning
- So many things can be said about the strange times in which we are living, but I must say that I'm impressed with how resilient we are. It is also impressive how Canadian higher education institutions have taken this new normal in stride and offered a new way for their students to pursue their education.
- Remote Conversations, Style and Substance: An Open Letter from an ASU Faculty Member
- As ASU continues to monitor COVID-19, the university has transitioned from in-person teaching and learning to remote options. In this challenging time, however, the collective innovation of ASU faculty and staff has demonstrated remarkable adaptability. As a method of celebrating the good during uncertain developments, the University Technology Office is gathering success stories of “remote resilience” from the ASU community.
- Ask Our Students Survey - Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
- President Kristina Powers from the Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education (IEHE) shares about the "Ask Our Students" free survey that is made available free to all colleges and universities during the COVID-19 crisis.
- To Achieve Big Goals, Start with Small Habits
- The six faces around the table displayed expressions not usually seen in a corporate room. They ranged from sheepish to flustered to outright embarrassed. These were the successful, ambitious participants in a peer coaching group, and they’d been nominated to attend a leadership program by their bosses. Their uncharacteristic appearance was because of a just-completed assessment that said most of them were in a full-blown crisis trying to manage their time and energy.
- To salvage the semester, college professors make a rapid pivot to teaching online
- Like many mathematicians, Ken Ono cherishes the dense Japanese chalk that brings his work to life on slate blackboards. Now Ono must make do with a digital pen, an iPad and a Zoom video link as he launches a remote session of Math 3354 for the University of Virginia.
- First online teaching, now online exams
- UNE's pioneering role in distance education has recently extended to hosting exams online, a capability which has suddenly proven invaluable in a world gripped by a pandemic.
- How English language schools can avoid going under during COVID-19
- Many language schools are in week one of a digital conversion. I can’t imagine how stressful that must be. I never expected the shift be so sudden. We did it over a period of six years, and we are still working on it!
- How to Recover the Joy of Teaching After an Online Pivot
- I clearly remember the immediate frenzy of activity that followed my father-in-law’s death from cancer at age 49. We were devastated by the loss, but we were so busy that we didn’t feel the deep and lasting pain until later, when the funeral was over and the out-of-town guests had gone. I expect something similar to happen with the Great Pivot Online Crisis of 2020.
- E-Moderating Introduction
- The essential role of the e-moderator is promoting human interaction and communication through the modelling, conveying and building of knowledge and skills. An e-moderator undertakes this feat through using the mediation of online environments designed for interaction and collaboration.
- Higher Ed Retention and COVID 19
- We know its going to be a tough road ahead, particularly for our current students as we race to get ourselves ready - and as our students learn to adjust not only to the experience of learning online, but also to a change in assessments and personal overload. It's going to be a few months before we see the size of the impact COVID-19 will have on overall retention, but its unlikely to be positive.
- Open education is key to the future of learning
- Education is the key to human development and social mobility. Education is also the engine that drives economic growth and social development. Thus, education is essential for human progress. Education, and the knowledge that it produces, builds on itself from one generation to the next, making the human knowledge base ever-expanding and self-reinforcing.
- Practical activities for online teaching
- In this session I will look at two broad categories of activities for online teaching: asynchronous and synchronous. We will look at various types of activities for discussion forums or asynchronous chats (like Whatsapp) that give a bit more variety than the usual 'post your thoughts in the forum' task. We will also look at various games and warmers that can be done quite easily in the live online session without the need for everyone to be on webcams.
- ‘Do No Harm’: The Coronavirus Crisis Calls for Compassion, Say Faculty Members Sharing Advice
- Scattered from their campuses, self-isolating faculty members are connecting and instructing from their kitchens and living rooms. We caught up with 10 of them to ask, “What’s the best piece of advice or perspective you’ve gotten?” The Chronicle recorded video interviews with professors and administrators to hear what advice has resonated the most.
- Moving your teaching online
- A collection of lesson, resources and tips to moving your teaching online.
- Campuses are closed, but educators are open for learning
- In the space of just a few weeks the world of education has transitioned from the campus to the cloud like never before. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, how we live, work and learn has undergone a revolution. Something talked about for years has now happened.
- Immersive Reader in Microsoft Teams - Assignments, Posts and Chat
- Learn how to find and use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Teams - in Assignments, for message Posts, and Chat. Ensure inclusion and Accessiblity for your class and staff.
- Leading By Example: Teachers are Fast Learners Too!
- Dr. Khaled Aljasmi is an Assistant Professor in AU’s College of Law. Although he was new to online education, he’s already seen it have a positive impact on the way he teaches and the way his classes learn. The secret to AU's distance-learning success, he says, is that our professors also happen to be great students!
- How LearnLaunch Accelerator Portfolio Company’s are Supporting Educators and Students During COVID-19
- The way people interact with their world has changed drastically in the weeks since COVID-19 began to spread internationally. In an effort to reduce the spread of the virus workers have started to work from home, people are communicating almost exclusively online, and the amount of face to face human interaction has dramatically decreased across the globe. To confront this, education institutions at every level have begun to leverage Edtech as a means to ensure that students can continue to learn in a safe and effective manner.
- An Emerging New Etiquette
- Each time a new communications technology gains a foothold, we refer to it as a medium. (Old joke: that’s because it’s neither rare nor well done.) The term isn’t quite right, though; it implies that the tech is a neutral conduit, simply a new way of conveying what was already there. Over time, media shape content.
- A new quick tip video showing how to Translate a Word doc to 60+ languages in a few clicks.
- This is great for non-native speaking students or their parents. This is free in Office 365 web & also part of Word in Office 365 Desktop & Mac.
- Chie Adachi on digital learning: stay connected while social distancing
- A piece on Campus Morning Mail, #CMM today: I wrote about the importance of #connection and #compassion in the current climate of #digitaleducation as we pivot our teaching practice online due to #covid19 outbreak. Stay connected compassionately and if you'd like to extend these conversations, you are very welcome to join us in our course, Transforming Digital Learning.
- Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity
- Stepping up your online game
- In this webinar, presented by GBSN, XOLAS, EFMD, IE Business School and The Open University, we will discuss the steps an educational institution has to take to becoming an online powerhouse.
- Studying a uni course online? Here are 4 tips to get yourself tech ready
- Australian universities have responded in a number of ways to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. These include delaying enrolments, moving semester breaks forward, abolishing late payment fees and moving courses online. Engaging students in online content is easier said than done. Research shows results can improve with the use of techniques such as shortening content and making it more focused, and establishing rapport between the lecturer and students.
- How to teach remotely
- UD and other universities are moving to online classes as Coronavirus spreads.
- Equity Isn’t Just About Technology. It’s About Supporting Students and Families.
- By now the coronavirus, and the resulting fallout, has impacted just about every family in one way or another. Students are out of school, unemployment is rising and social distancing could take a psychological toll. But not everyone is equally affected.
- How to Be a Better Online Teacher by Flower Darby
- Whether you’ve taught online a lot or a little, chances are you didn’t enjoy it as much as teaching in person. Maybe you didn’t experience that fizz after a particularly invigorating face-to-face class. Indeed, according to a 2017 Educause survey, only 9 percent of academics prefer to teach “in a completely online environment.” That means a whopping 91 percent of us don’t. And I suspect that a good majority of that 91 percent would prefer to teach anywhere but online.
- Gathering Faculty Experiences During the COVID19 Migration to Remote Teaching
- The purpose of this study is to gather self-reported faculty experiences during and after the very fast migration of courses from face-to-face to remote/distance education/online modality. Your responses will help higher education better prepare for events in the future by providing us with "lessons learned" and greater information about how to support faculty as they continue to teach and mentor their students.
- Kevin Bell on using technology to enhance student’s intrinsic motivation
- For better or for worse, we have a captive audience that will not have a choice but to engage at least initially. Let’s see how we can hook them, keep them coming back and leverage the communication tools of modern society.
- How to ensure a positive online student experience
- Amid widespread shutdowns and physical distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, organisations across the globe are going online. Educational institutions, in particular, are rapidly turning to online delivery in an effort to minimise disruption. Fortunately, many institutions are no stranger to online education, but for some this may be new and uncomfortable territory.
- The coronavirus exposes America’s misplaced educational values
- Before America began shutting down its schools en masse, a mom in Massachusetts fretted on Facebook. With a compromised immune system, she had concluded that it was safest if her child stayed home from school, so she kept her son home the first two days of the week. There was just one problem. Because the school district had not closed its doors yet and her child was healthy, the absences were considered unexcused.
- Peer Observation Online
- As so many new faculty are being compelled to teach online for the first time, many heads of department, quality assurance colleagues and academic developers are unprepared for the support the needs of faculty. Developmental peer observation is a frequently used approach to provide a reflection on an individual's practise. Most of us will be familiar with Peer Observation in a classroom context, here is documentation that supports the process in the online world.
- 26 Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments
- You teach, which means you need to know what students do and don’t understand. Which means you need to assess.
You teach in the 21st century, which means you use the internet and digital tools to plan, share, and curate learning. Which means online assessments could be a boon to your teaching, whether for blended learning, a flipped classroom, eLearning, to better communicate learning progress to parents, or for students to track their own mastery.
- Dynamic Synchronous Online Lectures
- Technology tools such as Zoom make it easy for faculty to conduct live teaching sessions in an online environment. There are several research-based strategies that faculty can incorporate into their online lectures that will increase learning. The 7 lecture enhancement strategies shared by Harrington & Zakrajsek (2017) can be easily adapted to online lectures.
- To My Colleagues, Who Must Now Teach Differently
- I sent this message to faculty at one of my institutions. Perhaps you can benefit, too.
- Students need maximum flexibility for assessments from home
- The outbreak of the new coronavirus in the UK has wreaked havoc on our education system, with schools closing and university students told to go home. GCSE and A-level exams have already been cancelled, so it would not be unreasonable to assume that universities intend to follow suit. But many universities – including Oxford, where I study – are stubbornly insisting that they will be proceeding with summer exams, albeit in a new and unexpected format.
- Leading Culturally Diverse Teams in the Workplace
- Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure
- Among my academic colleagues and friends, I have observed a common response to the continuing Covid-19 crisis. They are fighting valiantly for a sense of normalcy — hustling to move courses online, maintaining strict writing schedules, creating Montessori schools at their kitchen tables. They hope to buckle down for a short stint until things get back to normal. I wish anyone who pursues that path the very best of luck and health.
- Chie Adachi on digital learning: stay connected while social distancing
- From devastating bushfires, to trying to teach online into China despite the Great Firewall, and to now teaching our entire student cohort online – 2020 is already a tough year. Our social, political and educational “norms” have been fundamentally challenged. Here in university land, we seemed to have crossed over into a Twilight Zone, hoping for the pedagogical best but fearing a COVID-19 induced inadequacy.
- How Faculty Members Can Support Students in Traumatic Times
- For these unprecedented times we need to support our students's mental wellness and success. Very important article by The Chronicle of Higher Education in how to cope with COVID-19. As campuses close down and college leaders consider the ramifications on the remaining spring semester, students feel the brunt of this tumultuous and confusing time.
- Getting Ready for Digital Transformation: Change Your Culture, Workforce, and Technology
- The digital transformation of higher education is at hand. Leaders must prepare their institutions now to take strategic advantage of the coming shifts in culture, workforce, and technology.
- How a Pandemic Could Change Higher Education
- The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a cloud of uncertainty over higher education. Colleges around the country have shut down and moved teaching online, and no one knows when it will be safe to reopen and resume normal operations.
- The Coronavirus Has Pushed Courses Online. Professors Are Trying Hard to Keep Up.
- As thousands of classes move online, here’s what instructors are doing to stay connected to their students.
- An Overview of Our On-Campus Success
- My company recently launched an ONLINE services for Doctoral students and Academics. In the context of this new ONLINE development here is an overview of our ON-CAMPUS work to date.
- Méthodologie de travail en formation universitaire à distance - Continuité pédagogique
- La situation sanitaire actuelle a eu pour conséquence la fermeture de ton établissement. Celui-ci a mis en place un plan de continuité pédagogique pour te permettre de poursuivre ta formation à distance. Tu te retrouves donc confronté à un nouveau cadre de travail en étant isolé physiquement de tes camarades et hors du cadre habituel social et matériel que tu avais jusque-là en présentiel, ce qui peut te déstabiliser.
- Immediate Impacts of COVID-19
- Particularly for international students or those living in campus dorms, the gradual escalation of closures and cancellations on campus have created ever-increasing uncertainty and fear for several weeks now. Messaging to students has quickly shifted from “the risk is low” and “we’re open as usual” to “this is an unprecedented health emergency” and “you must vacate residence immediately.”
- With Coronavirus Disrupting College, Should Every Student Pass?
- Students who have returned to a home life disrupted by the coronavirus, have been pushing their institutions to set aside grades during the outbreak, arguing that online classes are often a poor substitute and that the chaos caused by the virus falls hardest on those with the least resources.
- #OER20 online programme open to all to participate
- Following our announcement (13 March 2020) that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic we have had to cancel the face to face element of the OER20 conference and deliver part of the event as an online conference instead we are now inviting anyone interested in participating in the reduced online programme to register.
- Five ways to wellbeing when working from home
- Wellbeing was a hot topic before Covid 19 took over our lives. It is now a priority. In these swiftly changing and unusual times we need to keep the HE show on the road while adapting to our new circumstances – home working is the new normal. How can we attend to our wellbeing in such a context?
- Free and Discounted Ed Tech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- As more and more colleges and universities are shutting down their campuses over the next several weeks in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, education technology companies have stepped forward to help move student learning to the virtual realm.
- Effective online learning during times of crisis
- In thinking about how to mitigate concerns around COVID-19, are you looking for practical ideas to foster student participation and community building in online learning spaces?
- Teaching About an Outbreak in Real Time
- Kim Mix, a professor of biological sciences, describes the challenges of educating students about the coronavirus when the imbalance between rapid-fire news and vetted scientific information has created a dangerous infodemic.
- Teacher-Student Perspectives of Invisible Pedagogy: New Directions in Online Problem-Based Learning Environments
- Universities and institutions of higher education are facing economic pressures to sustain large classes, while simultaneously maintaining the quality of the online learning environment. Digital learning environments require significant pedagogical shifts on the part of the teacher. This paper is a qualitative examination of the nature of teaching in the digital age, and the significant changes facing teachers in the 21C.
- Lessons from Digitally-Forward Institutions
- Using Google Docs as a tool for collaborative learning at the University of St Andrews
- Since rigorous, interactive e-learning or blended learning components based in a VLE (such as Moodle) require sufficient time for careful instructional design, planning and implementation, Google Docs was chosen as the key learning vehicle for teaching and learning in this case study since it is straightforward in terms of set up, student training and transferability of skills.
- Tipping point for online learning? OR The postman always rings twice
- Is the Covid19 crisis the tipping point for online learning? As we wrote in our introduction to the Silver Lining for Learning webinar series, "…this crisis has forced schools and universities to close, pushing often unprepared institutions to move teaching and learning online."
- Near-Term Strategic Priorities
- The Coronavirus pandemic is a human tragedy that has already killed tens of thousands, and may well kill millions around the world. It will be a major shock to global economies, institutional balance sheets, academic instruction and research, as well as to middle-class finances and the psyche of a generation of students. It has already caused chaos and disruption in the immediate term, and as detailed above will cause plenty of challenge in the near-term.
- Pedagogy, Andragogy and Transformative Change
- This online lecture, first delivered as part of a UK University PGCert for educators, reviews the concepts of pedagogy and andragogy before going on to examine the applicability of Mezirow's transformative learning theory to professional education. It also identifies Paulo Friere and bell hooks as radical thinkers in education worthy of note. Please note that this lecture was originally intended to be supplemented with a synchronous webinar and additional readings.
- Self-care for Educators in the Time of COVID-19
- Educators aren’t great at self-care in ordinary circumstances let alone the extraordinary time we now find ourselves. Many of us came to education because we felt called to serve learners the way we had been served through education ourselves. And in these times, when we have been called to perform that service in new ways, we have and will continue to do so because that’s who we are. So for just a few minutes, I’d like to focus on you: the educator and the person.
- Universities in lockdown: the good, the bad and the ugly of online teaching
- Universities across Europe are grappling with digital problems, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced campuses to shut down and move research and teaching online. Digital capabilities are not distributed equally across European universities, and deficiencies have delayed implementing systems for online teaching. Bandwidth and student access to computers is also an issue.
- Creating effective online learning (Who is this class for?)
- Technology has changed the nature of education—and the jobs of educators. Online instruction requires different methods to help students learn. This course is designed to help corporate trainers and teachers update their skill sets to teach effectively online.
- TED-Ed@Home
- Created to support the millions of students, parents and teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the TED-Ed@Home daily newsletter provides people with high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons spanning all age groups and subjects, for free.
- Getting The Most Out Of Your eLearning Course: 10 Study Tips For Online Learners
- You have just enrolled in your first online course, but are you ready to study for it? Does it need more, less or the same level of commitment with the traditional instructor-led class you are used to? What are the best strategies for studying in online learning? In this article, I’ll share 10 study tips for online learners that will help you succeed while studying for your online courses.
- Intensity Model of Emotional Energy for Everyday Classroom Activities
- Emotional energy is the degree of togetherness and solidarity achieved through classroom activities, evaluated by observing entrainment of bodily actions and conversation, the fluency of interactions, and alignment of ideas. This paper provides a descriptive model of emotional energy that may be used to evaluate the level of intensity over the duration of a classroom activity. It is a useful tool for analysing learner interactions and for teachers to understand and see engagement in their classrooms.
- 8 strategies for getting the most out of an online class
- In the past, earning a college degree meant physically attending in-person classes, which often posed challenges for working professionals or those with complicated schedules. Now, thanks to advances in technology, it’s easier than ever to find a degree program that offers the flexibility you need, whether through traditional in-person classes, online learning, or a blend of the two.
- The Disease That Could Topple Traditional Higher Education
- If change breeds illness, might it also be true that illness breeds change? This is the thesis of a recent report chronicling the challenges faced by American higher education due to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
- Higher Ed Resources in the Time of Coronavirus: Crisis Communications
- Jonathan Friedman of PEN America and Kimberly Gray of Uvii join CHEL to discuss issues related to crisis communications and reaching students who may only have access to smart phones as we make the shift to online teaching.
- Designing Effective Teaching Materials
- This six-minute screencast (6'06") is a top-level set of guidelines for developing effective teaching materials. For some, it may feel like going over well-worn ground, for others it may provide pause for thought. Rationalising what constitutes learning materials seems superficially straight-forward but when one considers the different institutional interpretations of what represents 'direct' learning versus 'delf-directed' learning it soon becomes apparent that judgement is needed even here.
- FutureLearn launches free online course to support educators affected by COVID-19
- FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, is launching a free online course called ‘How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students’, designed to support educators currently faced with the imminent move to online teaching as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
- How to Help Struggling Students Succeed Online
- This week:
* Two online-teaching experts offer advice on designing support for students.
* I share guides to help you help students with learning disabilities.
* I point you to other resources to assist your transition to remote teaching.
- COVID-19 shows the need to make learning more flexible
- The closure of schools has meant the COVID-19 outbreak has affected more than 130 countries, impacting over 80% of the world’s student population. At the higher education level, close to 60 million, that is one in four, previously enrolled students are currently not attending a higher education establishment.
- Does it Work? The Most Meaningless Question to Ask about Online Education
- One of the most frequently and persistently asked questions about online education is “does it work” or “is it effective.” It is a legitimate question for it is only natural and reasonable for anyone faced with the decision to undertake online education to want to know if it works. But this seemingly reasonable question is not only meaningless but also dangerous.
- Four "Remote Learning Microsoft EDU" webinars from the last week were recorded and posted to YouTube.
- Making Online Education Happen
- Dr. Hosam Slama is the Dean of AU’s College of Mass Communication. An expert in impactful storytelling across platforms, he believes the process of online teaching and learning is a testament to the larger story of humanity. The bigger picture, he says, is that technology is advancing the spirit as well as the mind.
- Amanda White on education for and detection of contract cheating in virus times
- As we move towards increased volumes of online instruction in the COVID-19 age, both students and staff are feeling the pressure. One strategy students may adopt to relieve some of that pressure is academic misconduct via contract cheating.
- 5 Questions to Ask When Evaluating an Online Learning Provider
- When done well, K-12 online learning can be quite effective, opening doors to numerous learning opportunities that students wouldn’t receive otherwise—while also providing rich and rigorous instruction. But the key phrase here is: “when done well.” Unfortunately, not all online courses delivered by third-party service providers are of high quality.
- Podcast about shifting to remote/online learning
- I spoke over the weekend to philosopher Dr Pat O’Connor, from the Thales’ Well podcast, about the move to online learning. As he said on twitter, “We talked of different aspects of #eLearning like synchronous and asynchronous delivery, managing expectations, value of structure, segmenting on-line classes and other practical tips.”
- Copyright, Fair Dealing and Online Teaching at a Time of Crisis
- We’ve seen many universities recently announce that they are switching to online learning in order to minimise the spread of COVID-19. This will clearly be a very challenging time for everybody involved in education, both emotionally and intellectually. But from a practical perspective, one of the key challenges to this unprecedented and unexpected shift to online education will be addressing copyright issues.
- You Can Now Access 1.4 Million Books for Free Thanks to the Internet Archive
- The Internet Archive is temporarily eliminating waitlists for tons of ebooks to create a National Emergency Library.
- After Coronavirus, the Deluge
- Administrators have been waiting for the opportunity to finish what they started. Watch out.
- Keep teaching blog
- Welcome to the Keep Teaching blog! As we hear back from staff who have (or are) moving their teaching online, we'll post their advice and reflections here.
- The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning
- Well-planned online learning experiences are meaningfully different from courses offered online in response to a crisis or disaster. Colleges and universities working to maintain instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic should understand those differences when evaluating this emergency remote teaching.
- ASCILITE Live! Webinar: Weathering the Storm: Higher Education, Crisis, and Technology-Enhanced Learning
- Technology-enhanced learning as an approach to institutional crises like COVID-19 is not a new approach. Hurricane Katrina, the Christchurch earthquakes, SARS, and the H1N1 (swine flu) similarly disrupted tertiary education and challenged institutions to develop business continuity strategies. In this special session, our international panel discusses the challenges posed by pandemics and natural disasters, how they addressed the challenge and the lessons learnt.
- Affective Labor: The Need for, and Cost of, Workplace Equanimity
- Efforts to move higher education instruction online en masse highlight the necessity of affective labor—work that a person does to suppress their feelings so as to create a desired feeling in others (in this case, a sense of calm)—as well as the toll it can take.
- History of online delivery proving valuable as Butler shifts to 100% online
- When a college decides to move 100% of its offerings online, that alone is a lift for any institution. When that decision also gives a two-week time frame to make it happen – the lifting becomes mighty. That’s what faculty and staff at Butler Community College were faced with due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Holding Class on Zoom? Beware of These Hacks, Hijinks and Hazards
- On Tuesday, Kristina Ishmael was watching a webinar about how coronavirus will impact K-12 education policy, when the screen was suddenly flooded by pictures of pornographic images and racial slurs.
- 6 Tips to Deter Zoom-bombers
- In this time of disruption, there has been an increased likelihood that you may have uninvited attendees show up in your meetings and deliberately try to derail it. During the COVID-19 period, educators are reporting incidents of “Zoom-bombing” or “Zoom trolls.” The following four tips are provided to help you continue with your synchronous instruction in Zoom without the burden of uninvited attendees.
- NYU Tisch Students Demand Tuition Back, Dean Responds With Dance Video
- Students at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts want some of their tuition money back because they say virtual classes aren't what they paid for — but instead of addressing the situation, the school's dean sent them a video of herself dancing to REM's "Losing My Religion.
- Coming Together in Crisis Times
- The pandemic has deepened the divide between the faculty and administration on most campuses, but if ever there were a time to give one another the benefit of the doubt, it is now, write Carolyn Dever and George Justice.
- WISC Online
- As a non-profit serving the private and public sectors, our products range from corporate learning solutions to free, publicly accessible instructional programs. Our award-winning learning objects have been providing student success and homework help for over a decade.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #2: Tell students about their first webinar - Dawn Marie Gilmore
- Webinars (your online seminars, tutorials, or lectures) are where you conduct what’s effectively a teleconference with your students about a particular week’s content or an assignment.
Your webinar doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s a social interaction and social interactions aren’t perfect! But there are some effective approaches that you should apply so that you and your students can make the most out of your time together.
- Educator Coffee (or Tea) Time
- The Idea
Many of us in education are now working from home. This can be challenging as we juggle family responsibilities, finding quiet space for each member of the family to work, as well as time together with family to work through issues and concerns in the middle of a pandemic.
We need time to talk with colleagues and friends. It helps us to realize that we are not alone with our challenges in these times as well as an opportunity to learn and teach with others.
- Transforming Assessment - The KISS approach to teaching online in the time of COVID19
Presenters: Prof. Michael Sankey (Griffith University, Australia)
- This session explored a "keep it simple" approach to moving teaching online in a time of crisis. This included ideas for how to load it, teach it and assess it whilst keeping in mind the limitations faced by those rapidly moving online but also aiming to maximise student engagement in learning.
- Actively Learn - A Huge Resource of Ready-Made Interactive Learning for English Language Learners
- Actively Learn isn’t just a great source of learning content for grades 6 through to 12, though if you are teaching adult learners much of the grade 12 content would still be appropriate. It’s also an LMS that enables you to create and track the use of learning materials across your classes, and a teacher development tool that enables you to train teachers in aspects of materials development and instructional design.
- Online-only college classes pose some distinct challenges for instructors
- Anna Roberts teaches an entrepreneurship course at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University.
She has around 25 students this semester, and the class is normally very active. She doesn’t lecture for more than 15 minutes at a time. She puts students in groups to stimulate their creative thinking using construction paper and Play-Doh.
None of that is possible now.
- 8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas
- Before our eyes, we are watching districts and schools valiantly roll out remote learning plans to support all students during extended closures. Equally as important have been the many innovative ways to make food available to our most disadvantaged children. I cannot commend their efforts enough. Throughout this ordeal, we must be patient, understanding, and flexible as teachers and administrators, with little to no training in this area, do their best to provide an education to students.
- Moving events online: Platforms, strategies and challenges
- We are seeing a flood of event cancellations in response to the global threat of COVID-19. This has triggered renewed interest in organising virtual conferences and generally moving face-to-face events into the virtual space. These discussions are not new. The environmental impact of the many thousands of events taking place around the world has had people question whether they should try to run more events online. But neither this nor the significant cost of attending these events has led to a significant reduction of conference travel.
- NPS Continues Prep to Start Spring Quarter Classes Online
- As the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), and the world, continue taking measures to mitigate the reach of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, unprecedented efforts are underway to ensure the university continues on course to deliver excellence in advanced education, anytime and anywhere.
- Trial video collaboration for free
- In a time when travel is to be avoided and remote working is the new norm. Enghouse are providing temporary free licences of our cloud-based video collaboration platform: Vidyo – at no cost to your organisation.
- Online Teaching & Learning Through Disruption: Strategies for Rapidly Moving Online
- When teaching during times of disruption, educators need to be creative and flexible in how they support students in achieving essential course learning objectives. During this free one-hour webinar, Achieving the Dream will share strategies to help you and your students rapidly move your teaching and learning online.
- 3 Ways to Use Video Conferencing with Students Learning Remotely
- Thank goodness for Zoom and Google Hangouts! During this time of social isolation and remote learning, these video conferencing tools are lifesavers. They make it possible for teachers to maintain a human connection with their students and guide their learning from a distance. Below are three suggestions for using these video conferencing platforms to continue teaching students as they learn remotely.
- A new webinar this week: IEP/504 Tools for Remote Learning with Microsoft Education.
- Join Alice Keeler and Rachel Berger for a webinar on this important topic for students with disabilities.
- A Side Effect of Remote Teaching During Covid-19? Videos That Can Be Weaponized
- The coronavirus-prompted shift to remote teaching was stressful enough for faculty members before Charlie Kirk weaponized online learning. On Sunday the founder of the conservative political-action group Turning Point USA told college students whose professors had switched to online classes to share with Turning Point videos of “blatant indoctrination.”
- Get your university, college, or high school class online quickly.
- Echo360 Instructor Edition allows you to easily create an online learning environment for your students. To help maintain academic continuity in this time of crisis, we are offering Echo360 Instructor Edition free to use with unlimited access for your students.
- Partners, ‘Vultures,’ and Other Dispatches From Higher Ed’s Grand Move Online
- Everyone’s busy. Everyone’s stressed. So let’s get to it. Colleges (and the rest of us) are suddenly reliant on technology as a lifeline. Here are four themes I heard from my conversations these past few days with college technology leaders, ed-tech company executives, and professors and librarians in the teaching trenches.
- Pro Tips for Making the Switch to Online Teaching
- At Strayer University, we are inspired by the efforts of K-12 and higher ed institutions across the nation to keep students learning while safe at home. While most of Strayer’s students take all of their courses online, we understand that transitioning or starting to teach in an all-online format takes a thoughtful approach. In the spirit of working together to adapt to this unprecedented situation, we asked some of our best professors to share advice for teachers who are making the switch to online instruction for the first time.
- Transitioning to online learning in higher education
- For universities/educators new to online learning, where should they start with making the transition? In a time of so much uncertainty, providing as much information as you can is key. To start, create awareness around the “why” behind the change, and why the specific online or virtual tools at your disposal are the best fit for them to help continue to provide instruction to students.
- 25 March 2020: Implementing remotely invigilated online exams at scale
- This session explored key lessons and successes of the University of New England's experience in implementing large scale remotely invigilated (proctored) online exams where students use their own computer to do an exam in their own space under supervised conditions.
- Global HE as we know it has forever changed
- It is impossible to be conclusive about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on student mobility and international education provision. However, we have enough information to reach five broad judgments and can make educated guesses about other factors.
- Faculty Resilience and the Coronavirus: Week 2
- Join our weekly interactive forum on how faculty can continue to teach, conduct research, and work together in an unprecedented time. Each week we examine issues such as how to support vulnerable students, pivot to online lessons, and manage workloads.
- Remote and online medical/surgical training: the new ‘normal’
- With the world adjusting to COVID-19 it is time to consider how surgical and medical training will continue and scale (with a growing global population) how might the future look? It is only at times of great adversity and with even more limited resources do we need to think differently about education, teaching and training.
- Macmillan Online Teachers' Days
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #11: Celebrate your students’ achievements
- It’s easy to forget to celebrate the milestones in the context of the online course/unit that you're teaching. Some of these milestones for your students include submitting an assessment, passing an assessment, “aha moments”, overcoming personal adversity, or reaching a personal goal. Keep students achieving by reminding them to celebrate their accomplishments or by celebrating their accomplishments with them.
- The future of class discussions
- Parlay puts your students and their unique perspectives at the heart of learning, and gives you the data that you need to help them grow
- The Shift to Remote Learning: The Human Element
- What has changed in your (or your colleagues’) teaching practices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis? Did your institution’s (or your own) priorities or guiding principles for learners change? What is different for your learners?
- Fluid Compartments: Anatomy and Physiology
- Dr. O is building an entire video library that will allow anyone to learn Microbiology and Anatomy & Physiology for free. Feel free to reach out if there are any topics you would like him to cover.
- https://www.teachingonline.com.au
- With the move to online education occurring very suddenly for many educators, we have created quick resources to help you get started. These resources are completely free of charge and we encourage you to share them with your colleagues. Get involved and share your ideas through our forum.
- Addressing the Social-Emotional Needs of Remote Learners
- With the rapid switch to providing education in a fully remote format, teachers need to be proactive in making sure that students are getting the social-emotional support they need. This can be challenging. In this webinar, our panel of experts will provide best practices on how you can best meet the needs of your students.
- How Colleges Can Better Help Faculty During the Pandemic
- These unprecedented times in higher education have required action -- a coalescing of functional areas across our respective campuses at a rapid pace. As a result, colleges and universities have disseminated online resources, surveys to assess students’ access to and comfort with technology, and online teaching tool kits, as faculty members -- many of whom have limited to no experience teaching online -- scramble to re-envision their courses with a 72-hour runway.
- Planning for coronavirus (COVID-19) online briefing
- This online briefing will explore the questions that you are telling us are worrying you most regarding how to successfully move to online delivery of teaching and learning.
- Stepping up your online game
- The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many educational institutions around the globe to move online in just a matter of days. While many administrators have thought or hoped that this situation is going to be short-lived, the current developments indicate the opposite: online teaching is here to stay! With this realization, pressure by faculty and students mounts for administrators to step up their online game and to improve the experience for their faculty and students.
- Remote Learning Webinar Series
- We want to support educators with practical guides, professional development, and how-to information that will help empower them, and their students, to stay motivated and engaged. This series of webinars can be accessed on demand for educators to get started on remote learning. Be sure to subscribe because we're adding more webinars regularly.
- ASU Faculty + Staff Closing the Distance with Slack
- ASU staff are helping students and faculty to fully integrate online experiences while they have also been transitioning to a remote modality. With this shift, activities such as coffee breaks, lunches or desk visits have been curtailed. What does a social office do in such situations? We turn to Slack.
- Blackboard Ally Integrates BeeLine Reader to Improve Accessibility of Digital Learning Content for All Students
- Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, announced a strategic partnership with BeeLine Reader, a company offering technology that makes reading on screen easier for students of all ages and skill levels.
- Our Diploma of Media and Communication lecturer Allan Brady discusses distance learning at NIC
- Quick tip videos for Microsoft Education features
- This channel is dedicated to short, quick "How To" videos showing useful Microsoft Education features for educators and students. Please share them to help people get up and running quickly!
- Virtual 'Love Sweet Love' From Quarantined Berklee College of Music Students
- If there's a sliver of a silver lining in these uncertain times, it's music — from free virtual concerts to suggested playlists. One of the most inspiring efforts we've seen this week comes from a virtual performance of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now Is Love" by students from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Berklee College of Music.
- Steps to success and some practical advice for GMIT students learning online during COVID-19
- Dr Carina Ginty shares six steps to success and some practical advice for GMIT students learning online during COVID-19. A useful guide to share with students.
- Professor creates crash course in alternative learning teaching
- When University of Wisconsin-Stout Associate Professor Kevin W. Tharp learned all classes would be going to alternative learning methods because of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, his first thought was how could he help colleagues who may never have taught classes that way.
- Zoom at ASU
- Zoom, the collaborative video conferencing tool, is available University-wide. Zoom provides one consistent enterprise experience for digital immersion courses, online meetings, webinars, and the next generation of voice and phone systems.
- For the Love of Learning
- In trying times, we often hear that mind-set matters. Hope can keep us going when things feel impossible. Optimism can improve outcomes that initially appeared bleak. As faculty members across the nation and around the world transition to distance learning in the coming weeks, I’d like to argue that mind-set matters in how we take up this new challenge and what opportunities we find in it.
- Remote working
- I just had to share this video of our People Experience Team experimenting with Miro to support their retro (the focus was 'first two weeks as a remote team')...it worked really well and I can't wait to learn which of the tools we are experimenting with will support us the best.
- Free Tech for Learning
- ISTE & EdSurge are curating a list of free products offered by companies and organizations to support learning during extended school closures. Search the directory below to explore what products will best support your needs.
- Selecting Online Alternatives to Common Assessment Methods
- While some assessment components do not need significant adjustment in the move to online (including at-distance) learning, others require some additional thought and may need to be replaced/significantly adjusted.
- Paul Hoskins - LinkedIn
- Having recently recovered from the Covid-19 virus, but still in self isolation, I’ve had a great deal of time to reflect on how we might be able use this difficult situation to benefit universities in some way. Whilst I’ve been banging the drum for digital transformation, within higher education, for many years, I have often been frustrated by both the lack of speed and reluctance to instigate cultural change.
- In 2011 QUT (Queensland University of Technology) funded a small teaching & learning grant to produce dedicated educational #robotics videos (rather than just recording normal lectures)
- These were made available at the time on YouTube for students and have, together with some associated research videos, passed the 1,000,000 total views milestone.
- Dispatches from the first day of remote learning
- Adapting to remote learning means much, much more than taking a lecture online. On Monday, faculty and students began the process of relearning how to do the hands-on educational experience that Duke is noted for, even if they are a continent apart.
- Connecting With Online Students Midsemester Using YouTube, Reflective Self-Evaluations, and DAPPS Goal-Setting Techniques
- During the summer semester, I reached out to learners across my online courses by creating a 5-minute YouTube video encouraging them to communicate with me, which I embedded in directions for a self-reflective, goal-oriented extra credit activity based on the DAPPS model.
- Keeping Accessibility in Mind During the COVID-19 Conversion of Courses
- For many K-20 faculty it must feel as if the rug has been pulled from underneath them. In the midst of what for many is also a personal panic, declarations that schools are closing, and teaching will move online were made.
- The Future of Notre Dame de Namur University
- As you know, Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) is experiencing an unsustainable enrollment decline and growing financial crisis. Our enrollment is at its lowest in many years; our revenues have declined steeply while our costs have risen sharply. We are no longer able to support the cost of our mission to provide a quality higher education to our students.
- Remote Learning on the Fly: Notes from China
- While university instructors around the world scramble to implement delivery of their courses online — a medium with which they may have only limited experience — they can learn from the field notes of their counterparts at the largest international joint-venture university in China.
- https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=BACAE6530619FB93&resid=BACAE6530619FB93%21143757&authkey=ADsgwCkltseR2Dg&em=2
- MicrosoftEDU Remote Learning Webinar series
- How to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- In iOS 11 or later, and iPadOS, you can create a screen recording and capture sound on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Get your university, college, or high school class online quickly
- Echo360 Instructor Edition allows you to easily create an online learning environment for your students. To help maintain academic continuity in this time of crisis, we are offering Echo360 Instructor Edition free to use with unlimited access for your students.
- Ask, don’t tell
- Use questions. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But all too often, online learning becomes a passive experience based on the transmission of knowledge.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #10: It’s okay to lean on Google and YouTube
- I am offering this tip because a handful of teachers have reached out to ask about using online videos from Google, YouTube and various other websites. Curating content for your students is a fantastic approach to teaching online, if you follow these tips.
- Take Your STEAM and Innovation Skills to the Next Level!
- The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education, part of the University of San Diego, is committed to supporting K-20 inclusive innovation. During this unprecedented worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus event, we know that many students and teachers are displaced from their traditional learning environments. We're here to help.
- Maintaining trust within a virtual work space
- With organisations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and the government recently ‘ordering’ people to stay at home to avoid unnecessary social contact, the number of people working from home has rapidly increased, many for the first time.
- How to make the switch to online teaching more effective
- As a result of the new coronavirus epidemic most universities in China have encouraged their professors to apply online teaching instead of in-class teaching and this is likely to continue for the indefinite future. Some professors and students have complained about problems with online teaching and lack confidence in its effectiveness, but many are still new to the whole online experience. Here are some of the problems and some potential solutions.
- 12 Pieces of Advice for Faculty Who Have Never Taught Online
- With so many faculty displaced and racing to get online in the wake of COVID-19, there has been very little time for the technological and pedagogical training needed to effectively prepare for virtual instruction. Yet, professors are still told to do their job and to do it online.
- Setting Up Dual Screens in Zoom (Even If You Only Have One Monitor!)
- Whether you’re meeting with colleagues, presenting to customers, or facilitating training, Zoom is one of the most popular virtual meeting platforms out there today. So how do you set yourself up for success “behind the scenes” when presenting?
- Here’s What the First Week of Online Learning Looked Like
- Students and faculty meet online to bring USF community together.
- 4 Tips to Create Online Higher Ed Courses Amid School Closures
- Lecture halls will sit empty as the novel coronavirus impacts colleges nationwide. Yet the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendations on COVID-19 doesn’t mean all classes are canceled. Instead, more than 100 universities are moving classes online.
- Pandemic Pedagogy
- What students and teachers are experiencing during COVID-19 isn’t typical online instruction. It’s emergency remote teaching and learning.
- Covid-19 Has Forced Higher Ed to Pivot to Online Learning. Here Are 7 Takeaways So Far.
- Many institutions just started teaching remotely. But early lessons are already evident.
- Supporting the Remote-Learner in Times of Crisis
- There is an urgent need for educators to consider their remote learners' needs during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. In addition to adjusting to this new learning style, remote learners could also be experiencing higher levels of stress, food insecurity, financial insecurity, decreased motivation, changes associated with this learning modality, and other issues.
- "It ain't pretty, and it ain't effective": Expert urges colleges not to assess the quality of online instruction during coronavirus pandemic
- Even before President Trump declared a national emergency, some American colleges and universities closed their doors, kicked students out of their dorms, and sent them home. In response to the COVID-19 virus, the nation's schools swiftly shifted from face-to-face instruction to distance learning.
- Best practices in online teaching, learning, assessment and student support
- The panel will discuss best practices in online learning and teaching, how to deliver online assessments, and how to monitor the wellbeing of your students through online student support. There will be an opportunity for you to submit your questions to the panel.
- 2020: The KISS approach to teaching online in the time of COVID19
- This session explores a "keep it simple" approach to moving teaching online in a time of crisis. This includes ideas for how to load it, teach it and assess it whilst keeping in mind the limitations faced by those rapidly moving online but also aiming to maximise student engagement in learning.
- Mental Health Tips for the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Dr. Steve Joordens, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, regularly connects psychology to world events.
- New book: Learning Online and The Student Experience (now available for free)
- My new book Learning Online: The Student Experience has been published ahead of schedule by Johns Hopkins University Press. The Press has made the book available online for free as part of its efforts to support COVID-19 responses.
- European Distance and E-Learning Network
- EDEN webinar series: Education in time of a pandemic #onlinetogether #covid19
In these times of lockdown due to the Coronavirus COVID-19, face-to-face educational functions and activities are being moved online, using remote working sites and tools. Many of us are struggling with the adjustment to working and teaching online, especially those who have always taught in a traditional classroom and are now being asked to rapidly regroup and prepare for a longer period of educational “social distancing”. Where do you begin? How do you manage the process?
- Virtual Thesis Defense
- Ph.D. students defending their dissertations must do so remotely right now. Could videoconference defenses become the new normal?
- So, we're all online?: Readiness for online learning
- This research project aims to gain understanding of how teachers, university lecturers and others in educational organizations feel they are ready to move to 100% online teaching, given COVID-19.
- Learning Arches for Online Learning
- Design online learning experiences which unfold and build ownership, craft, talent and genius whilst sustaining the flow, transparency, challenge and impact.
- Strategise now to teach students online for the long term
- David LeFevre outlines a three-stage planning process needed to enhance online learning for all students – the new normal after Covid-19
- Design and Delivery for Online Learning
- An exploration of the 5-stage model and e-tivities as key concepts for achieving exceptional high- quality student-centred digital learning. Gilly Salmon demonstrates the versatility of the grounded model and encourages us to consider using it in rapid course development.
- Reflecting on higher ed in the pandemic - Bryan Alexander
- As higher education continues to grapple with COVID-19 I’ve been talking with various kind interviewers. It’s a good way for me to think through my analyses.
- Higher Education in Isolation Vlog Series
- This vlog series hears students and staff in Irish universities describe their experiences of online learning during COVID19
- Taking Distance Learning Even Further
- Dr. Aiman Salem Abufanas is a lecturer in AU’s College of Dentistry. He is pushing the boundaries of teaching in cyber space by posting links to lectures on his social media accounts. As a result, even AU dentistry alumni have seized the opportunity to learn more!
- 10 Ways to Ensure Online Assessment is Accessible and Inclusive
- Many of you who teach in Irish higher education are now faced with the challenge of creating online assessments for the first time. These tips outline some of the ways you can ensure, as far as possible, that the online assessments you plan are accessible to and inclusive of all your students.
- Coronavirus, higher education, and technology
- How is the coronavirus pandemic impacting higher education? What is the role of technology?
- Learning to Teach Online
- Are you an educator? Have you ever wanted to understand more about how to design your class to make better use of educational technology – whether fully online or in blended contexts? Would you like to learn from those who have extensive practical experience with online technologies?
- Teaching Science Totally Online: Hands-On Lab's LabPaqs and SoftChalk's Cloud - Perfect Together
- When I was the Dean of Science, Engineering, Health Science, and Human Performance at Ocean County College I learned about the wonders of using Hands-On Labs’ LabPaqs to allow us to teach laboratory-based science courses totally online using “wet labs” that could be shipped almost anywhere in the world.
- How I Made My Lecture On Disciplinary #Literacies #InstructionalDesign
- Recently I posted my lecture on Disciplinary Literacies for #EDU407Sum19. I wanted to take a few seconds and share a #backstage post on my instructional design.
- The Lecture Breakers podcast
- The Lecture Breakers podcast is the place where educators share innovative teaching strategies to help you break up your lecture, energize your classroom, increase student engagement, and improve learning.
Dr. Barbi Honeycutt is the creator and host of the Lecture Breakers podcast. She works with educators to increase student engagement and improve learning. She is a teaching and learning consultant, speaker, scholar, and author.
- Moving to Digital Learning Fast: More Questions Answered
- With the coronavirus pandemic closing college and university campuses everywhere, faculty are tasked with a quick move to online instruction. Here, education experts offer advice on how to make the transition.
- Our Favorite Engagement Tools
- Over the past month, education institutions have been working to transition their instruction online. We have been working with faculty and institutions during this triage phase of the rapid instructional design process, focusing on getting instruction moved on to learning management systems and digital platforms.
- Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning
- The spread of the coronavirus these past few days and weeks is affecting the lives of people worldwide and we are all confronted with great challenges. Schools may have their gates closed, but education must continue. Students of all ages still need to learn, even during these hard times.
- 2020 Webinar: Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion
- As the undergraduate experience goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how can colleges and universities ensure that the rapid scaling of online learning to unprecedented levels doesn’t come at the expense of their commitment to quality, equity, and inclusion?
- 60 Social Media Resources for Students
- Each semester when I teach social media marketing, I ask my students to launch and manage a blog as well as promote that content on social media. Today, I’m sharing a list of resources that I’ve compiled from my own research as well as recommendations from my students that are useful in managing social media content.
- Thinking about the students: Three essentials in the move on-line
- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Australia, universities are racing to convert face-to-face subjects into formats that can be delivered on-line. Staff who already design and teach on-line know full well that “putting a course online” is nowhere as easy as it sounds and can be fraught with problems when done in haste.
- Your Toolkit for Teaching Remotely
- Thanks to Brian Page and Stacey Roshan for collaborating on this one-pager + bonus video to help you transition to teaching remotely.
- Keep Teaching
- With many learning institutions cancelling classes and moving to online delivery across Canada, our goal is to provide a curated list of resources on alternative approaches to teaching and learning.
- Importance of Visually Interactive Quizzes in your E-Learning Module
- The e-learning world depends on learning aids and other tools to successfully provide their learners with a wholesome experience. Curating attractive content and creating strong modules of the course is not enough.
- Keeping the doors of learning open COVID-19
- With an increasing number of states, provinces and even whole countries closing institutions of learning as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, over 80% of the world’s students are not attending school (UNESCO, 2020). COL stands ready to share its expertise and resources to enable stakeholders to keep the doors of learning open for all.
- How the Coronavirus Tests Higher Ed’s Disciplinary Fault Lines
- When Covid-19 begins to subside, America’s colleges will have grappled with urgent financial and logistical challenges that the coronavirus set in motion. But its pandemic spread also raises deeper questions about the organizing principles of academe itself. How can universities be better structured to respond to sprawling global catastrophes like the coronavirus? How can they embrace and teach resilience?
- COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts on Education in 2020 and Beyond
- As COVID-19 spreads around the globe and the threat of a recession materializes, most people are focused properly on the immediate task at hand—preparing to teach and support students remotely.
- Yale's most popular class ever is available free online — and the topic is how to be happier in your daily life
- In the spring of 2018, the Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos unveiled a new course, Psychology and the Good Life. The subject was happiness.
- Humanizing Remote Instruction
- This webinar will examine the distinction between remote instruction and online learning, provide high-level recommendations to keep teaching during times of disruption, and emphasize the importance of humanizing learning at a distance.
- Privacy and the Online Pivot
- Colleges are scrambling to move courses online. But with those changes come concerns over privacy and surveillance.
- ‘Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupt Classes
- Online Zoom classes were disrupted by individuals spewing racist, misogynistic or vulgar content. Experts say professors using Zoom should familiarize themselves with the program's settings.
- Residential Liberal Arts Faculty and the Dissonance of Moving Online
- They now face the challenge of teaching via modes and methods that they have largely spurned, Douglas A. Hicks writes.
- Moving the Classroom to Online
- OCW makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on the Web.
- Supporting student wellbeing during COVID-19: Tips from regional and remote Australia
- “All classes will shift to online, effective this Monday.” In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching staff at universities across the world are being told they must shift courses from face-to-face to online delivery — not next year, not next semester, but next week. Some colleagues have been teaching online for many years, but for many of us it is a daunting change.
- Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public
- To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books in our lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners.
- Technology and Tools
- Use the platforms below to help with the transition to online teaching.
- On-line is on the line. Kevin Bell explains the challenges
- An on-line class that is poor because the instructor didn’t show up is not proof on-line doesn’t work. It is a scheduling or a professional development failure of the institution, akin to placing a humanities instructor in front of engineering students or sending an instructor to a physical classroom a day late
- Reflections from my first HBS zoom class
- HBS has moved all of its classes online and today Francesca Gino and I taught Leading Difference to 120 students over zoom. We typically teach in the lower part of Klarman Hall, which is a surprisingly intimate space, given that it can hold almost a thousand people.
- Educating despite the Covid-19 outbreak: lessons from Singapore
- Taking all large classes online quickly required clear communication and a whole university approach, says May Lim.
- 9 Tips to Help You Lead an Innovative Virtual Team During Covid-19
- After 6 years of leading virtual teams supporting innovation across the country, this live video shares 9 concepts the University Innovation Alliance has learned, that can help you navigate leading a virtual team in the midst of covid-19.
- Comprehensive Collections of Resources
- In light of the current situation regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), OLC has received numerous requests from institutions in the US and abroad on how they might create emergency preparedness plans in the event of a temporary campus shutdown. As a means of assisting our community with the task of preparing for a quick shift to online, we’ve been compiling a list of helpful tools and resources to consider. This is not an all-encompassing collection but is meant to help organizations and institutions start this critical planning phase.
- Elevate @ Keypath
- We believe that online learning is transformative. With the COVID-19 virus, many faculty and students are facing an unexpected transition as they move instruction into fully online formats. Our design team has developed a series of faculty resources to serve those who are newly online. Our aim is to help instructors discover solutions for the challenges they may be confronting.
- Coronavirus Forces $600 Billion Higher Education Industry Online
- As the pandemic shutters campuses, schools scramble to provide distance education.
- VWBPE 2020 Welcomes the (Virtual) World!
- Since 2007, the educational communities using immersive digital spaces for learning have come together to share what we have learned about using games and simulations in the classroom. For many, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education has been the vanguard leading the charge on understanding how culture, technology and pedagogy merge to provide a more enriching experience for both teachers and students.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #1: Start by telling your students how you’ll be interacting with them
- One of the biggest changes we’re seeing as a result of coronavirus is university teachers having to shift their content and teaching online. I’m one of a handful of people in the world with a PhD in the effective delivery of online university teaching and learning.
- COVID-19. A threat for online education?
- The outbreak of the COVID-19 began in the Wuhan region of China in December 2019. By February 2020, cases of COVID-19 had been detected on every continent. Governments are advising citizens to be prepared for an outbreak in their community. Today, we are globally experiencing closures in schools and universities, postponements or even cancellations of conferences and other organised events, and social distancing.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #12: Show your students how to look beyond the classroom
- Any course that a student undertakes is a stepping-stone on their lifelong learning journey. You are in a position to help them understand not just where they’ve come from, but what they might want to do as a result of learning new information and skills.
- First online PhD defence at Erasmus School of Economics
- Zhaowen Qian defended her dissertation online on Thursday, 26 March 2020 at 11:30. Her supervisors are Professor Mary Pieterse-Bloem from Erasmus School of Economics, Professor Willem Verschoor from VU Amsterdam and Professor Remco Zwinkels from VU Amsterdam.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #13: At the end of the semester, say goodbye to your students
- Don’t let students’ final exam be their last interaction with your course. Their final interaction should be with you or their classmates. So, before you close your laptop for the semester don’t forget to send your students one last message.
- Shutting your school? Teaching online is different to teaching face to face.
- I was an early pioneer of online teaching, teaching through video conference to classrooms overseas before Zoom, Collaborate, Google Classrooms and Microsoft Teams existed. I’ve got over 10 years of experience teaching online in universities, and I have spent the last four years developing an online curriculum for high school children who, for whatever reason, have disengaged from the traditional classroom.
- Remote Teaching: The Glass Half-Full
- We are not launching "online learning" at colleges and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather, we are living through a period of temporary, remote teaching.
- Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks
- Discover how to work more efficiently with Microsoft Teams, the popular collaboration app in Office 365. In this concise, targeted course, Nick Brazzi shares tips that can help power users get even more use out of Teams.
- Webinar: Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion as Learning Moves Online
- March 27, 2020
Online, 1:00-2:00 p.m., ET
The webinar recording will be posted soon.
As the undergraduate experience goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how can colleges and universities ensure that the rapid scaling of online learning to unprecedented levels doesn’t come at the expense of their commitment to quality, equity, and inclusion? This webinar will address a wide range of student success issues and opportunities now confronting faculty, staff, and administrators across the higher education landscape. Presenters will offer practical advice and effective pedagogical strategies for creating and sustaining high-quality, equitable, and inclusive learning environments online.
- Not all young people are ‘digital natives’ – inequality hugely limits experiences of technology
- There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged with the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring people’s knowledge and use of online data, and the preliminary findings from our research has found that data literacy is not uniformly high among younger people, as is often assumed. Instead, some young people have very low levels of data literacy.
- Perspective | How inequities in computer science prompted three educators to innovate
- Teaching our 21st century students the 21st century knowledge, skills, and mindsets they will need to fully participate in their careers and lives is an act of equity and social justice, and teaching computer science (CS) is a critical part of this equity equation. However, equity will not be realized if innovation in teaching and learning CS is limited to individual classrooms.
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/miketholfsen_edtech-education-mieexpet-activity-6648309351427649536-JRcD
- Due to popular demand, I've just started a YouTube Channel 📺 with my "How To" quick videos for Microsoft EDU features. Expect this to grow in the coming days, and let me know your top requests!
- The EdTechie - Martin Weller
- Open University help for other institutions – drop in sessions
Several people (no, they’re not imaginary) have asked if the OU can make its expertise available to other institutions and educators as they engage in the online pivot. Of course, the immediacy of this shift is very different from designing a purposefully distance ed course with the luxury of time, so some of that expertise may not be appropriate. But some of it will. In addition, I think as the immediate implementation settles down people will start looking more medium to long term. Will the first semester next year be at a distance? Should we build in more distance ed options as part of our contingency planning?
- The State of Online Education, Before Coronavirus
- Six in 10 online learning administrators say their campuses require professors to train before teaching online -- but 70 percent say students aren't formally prepared to study virtually.
- 3 ways community colleges can support students during the coronavirus crisis
- To meet the needs of their most vulnerable learners, these institutions should provide critical services such as help applying for government assistance.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647545723195838464/
- Danielle Shelton - Should we only grade the work of students who logged in and simply excuse those who don't?
- The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education
- The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education, part of the University of San Diego, is committed to supporting K-20 inclusive innovation. During this unprecedented worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus event, we know that many students and teachers are displaced from their traditional learning environments. We're here to help.
- RMIT University - Providing Video and Audio feedback - Supporting student success
- Feedback plays an essential part in student success and providing that feedback in modes outside of the written word, including audio/video, has been shown to have a positive impact on the student experience.
- How Do You Teach Art, Music and PE Online? In China, They’re Figuring It Out.
- “The downstairs neighbor is banging on my classmate’s door, complaining about her jumping in the apartment and making the baby cry.”
“My mom is going crazy. She needs to make slippers for my little brother as they follow the livestreamed art class.”
Since Chinese authorities closed schools to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education has called for students to learn at home. On Feb. 17, officials launched the National Public Service Platform for Educational Resources (also known as “national cloud classroom”), a collection of online resources compiled by education authorities across the country.
- Eduflow for building online, blended and flipped courses
- If you are looking for a fast and simple way to build online courses or digitise your existing courses then Eduflow could be the tool for you.
What I really like about Eduflow is that it takes a lot of the work out of the course construction process by having ready-made blocks or 'flows' that you can just select and add your content to.
- Free courses from Blackboard - Transitioning to Online Teaching
- Five Essential Accessibility Tips As You Move Courses Online by Robert Gibson
- Tanya Rutherford - supporting students
- As we focus on how we shift to delivery of #onlinelearning, let's not forget that many of our #highered students have little or no experience / awareness of how to learn online.
- Arizona State University - ASU for You
- Arizona State University - ASU for You gathers resources for everyone so learning doesn’t stop
University has compiled tools for education at all levels and ages in one website
Arizona State University has gathered a vast collection of its online resources onto a single platform called ASU for You, available now as people stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Top Four Interactive Exercises for Online Meetings & Virtual Conferences
- Are you looking for interactive exercises to add to your next online meeting or conference, especially when face-to-face meetings are difficult or not possible at the moment?
In the context of building connections before content, any time and energy you invest to help your participants interact and build trust will benefit your program outcomes. The more people feel connected to others, the more willing they will be to interact and participate and this always leads to increased feelings of satisfaction and performance.
- https://twitter.com/jessifer/status/1237387013332099072
- If you’re being asked to “move a class online,” models may be even more useful than “tips.”
Here’s a link to a course site for my fully online class last semester. It’s a simple approach with very little “tech.” Feel free to borrow any of the ideas here.
- Google and YouTube launch new resources to help teachers and families educate students at home
- Google and YouTube have launched new resource pages to help teachers and families continue to educate students while they’re home from school due to the novel coronavirus.
Google’s page, called Teach From Home, offers recommendations on how teachers can teach remotely using Google products. Right now, the page features ideas like doing a video call with a class using Hangouts or creating an online quiz using Google Forms. The page will “continue to evolve,” according to Google. There’s also a “Teach from Home toolkit,” which has resources about how to teach remotely organized into a series of slides.
- Recommended weekly engagement
- In the past couple of blogs, we focused on getting started with moving your teaching from campus to online delivery.
In the remaining blogs in this series, we will cover a wide range of topics with practical advice from the perspective of the current situation.
Not all of the advice will be applicable to all and not all of the advice will be as easy to implement in the way that it is described. As we have suggested in previous blogs, you should connect with your local learning technology, technology-enhanced learning or IT teams to help you access training and resource provisions.
So, now you’ve started- what next?
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/professors-going-online-art-science-discussion-forums-srba-pmp/
- For Professors Going Online - The Art and Science of Discussion Forums by Dr. Karen Srba
- Degreed - Moving your teaching online
- A collection of lesson, resources and tips to moving your teaching online.
- https://medium.com/@Yellowdig_Blog/maintaining-learning-communities-in-courses-and-programs-amid-coronavirus-concerns-b59624a230fa
- Maintaining Learning Communities in Courses and Programs Amid Coronavirus Concerns
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6648005117096280064/
- Beverley Oliver
- Google Hangouts Meet - How to Use and Best Practices
- EdX - Pivoting to Online Teaching: Research and Practitioner Perspectives
- This course explores research-informed effective practices for online teaching and learning in postsecondary institutions, providing faculty and staff with guidance on how to pivot existing courses online while enhancing student success and engagement
- Lawrie Phipps - Being human in a time of crisis
- Co-authored with Donna Lanclos and Peter Bryant
There’s been worry, anger, fear, snark, genuine excitement and lots of emotions in between and around those as responses to what educators need to do to interact with each other, and their students, now that we are well and truly in the throes of the global impact of COVID-19.
Conversations across education see-saw back and forth between “Here’s a list of tools you can use to put your class online” and “Here’s how I care for my students and I do when I teach online.”
- UNESCO Distance learning solutions
- The Growing Virtual Field Trip List - by Liz Ruff
- 10 Best Practices of Stellar Virtual Teams
- As we're getting settled into our work-from-home routine, Edward Perry, MBA and I built this quick job aid to support you in continuing your stellar teams... virtually. #virtualteams #workfromanywhere #bestpractices
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn5I2bNfpRo&feature=youtu.be
- Q&A Live session – Study online with RMIT Vietnam
- https://open.spotify.com/show/5SjCNgzI2tIbzNdj5fYhIj?fbclid=IwAR3lUXhs5gFO6nbAp5dGjfHtJ82FpgcpY2aVNfYW_oiTx66BkZbVDkx5YKg
- University of Derby Skills Podcast
- National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education
- OPPORTUNITY THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING: IMPROVING STUDENT ACCESS, PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647566987604164608/
- Mike Tholfsen
For students doing distance learning at home who need reading help, use Immersive Reader in the free Office Lens iPhone or iPad app and take a picture of a book. This will auto-OCR the page and allow things like read-aloud, picture dictionary, breaking words into syllables, parts of speech highlighting and translation (65+ languages). Immersive Reader also comes to Office Lens for Android in April! Video demo below
- Colleges With Online Programs Got a Jumpstart in Reacting to Pandemic
- In the past few weeks, colleges and universities nationwide have been shutting down traditional face-to-face classes and moving students online en masse in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
While higher education has increasingly embraced online education over the past decade, the sudden pivot to remote education has been a steep learning curve for many institutions and their faculty members. Turning a course virtual on a dime—and, more important, doing it well—is nearly impossible for professors accustomed to lecturing in front of undergraduates.
- Online Learning for People who Dislike Online Learning
- Well, here we are. As I write this blog, many of you are into your second week of eLearning (with some in their third week) even though you swore you would never engage in online education. I get it. I do.
As an early adopter (I taught my first online class in 1997 on WebCT at the University of Northern Colorado as a Grad assistant), I have had to defend the medium for 23-years. To many, eLearning will never be more than the bastard-child of “real” learning, meaning face-to-face learning will always “trump” (no pun intended) any other kind.
- Teaching Art Online Under COVID-19
- As we individually scramble to stock our pantries and secure our loved ones, we are also figuring out how on earth to switch our hands-on teaching of studio-based art to virtual platforms.
- Online Teacher or Student? Rock It With Free Resources And Tested Advice
- When a pandemic like COVID-19 hits you may become an online teacher or student with the snap of a finger (but not a Thanos type snap of the finger). I am hearing it from elementary school to college level teachers that they are not ready to do this.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647796950634676224/
- Higher Education in Isolation 🤳WEEK 1 #IUADigEd
- Dr Niall Madden is a Maths lecturer at @nuigalway. #COVID19 has meant swapping the classroom for the living room & teaching students on Blackboard Collaborate. Niall shows how he is engaging with students by emojis & new methods
- US Higher Ed Set to Go Fully Online in Just Four Weeks Due to COVID-19
- At this point it is clear that traditional face-to-face (f2f) instruction for higher education in the US has ended for the rest of the spring academic term. It appears that almost all institutions will be fully online by the week of April 6th, which is just four weeks after the first announcements of emergency closures and moves online announced March 6th as described at the time by EdSurge.
- https://president.asu.edu/read/asu-for-you
- Arizona State University
The spread of COVID-19 may necessitate changes in the way we learn, but it does not change our desire to continue learning or the importance of doing so. We know as precautions are taken to ensure the safety of our communities, we must find new methods to keep learning on track for everyone at every level.
- Getting on the same page in an all-remote team
- Although the variety of tools available to fully distributed teams is staggering — everything from virtual stand-ups, sit-downs, async, sync, todo, not-todo, audio plus screen, all video, post-it shares, partial video, full video, AR, VR, and so forth — it’s not an easy to thing to connect 1-to-many.
However connecting 1:1 is easy because there’s no ambiguity with respect to who’s communicating. That goes for all-remote or all-premise the same way. Direct, unfiltered communication is super powerful.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647856281581432832/
- Great #virtual collective feedback session with students today! Despite #covid19dk #btech #bachelor students are working hard on their projects!
Thanks to Gitte's encouragement and good tips shared by colleagues during the #supervision course offered by Aarhus BSS - Aarhus University I have decided to try collective supervision & feedback session with my students. Original idea was to have an 'in-class' meeting, but as #university is closed we moved it to #Zoom.
- https://uto.asu.edu/remote-resilience/finding-creativity-class
- Arizona State University - Finding Creativity in Class
- Some insights to move from contact classes to online classes at the time of necessity
- Moving Your Classes Online, Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic, many teachers are working to move their courses online.
- Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning During Educational Disruption
- As COVID-19 continues spreading in many countries of the world, how to keep learning in disruption has become a major challenge to the global education community. As stated by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay: “We are entering uncharted territory and working with countries to find hi-tech, low-tech and no-tech solutions to assure the continuity of learning.”
- OLC Institute for Professional Development - Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness
- OLC community-contributed resources to support your efforts around emergency preparedness and continuity planning.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647611420051599360/
- Hanaa Wahba - In online #teaching and #learning, students can effectively use #screencast! It is an example of what I want my #ESL students to do with their presentations.
- E-tivities - Introduction
- E-tivities are frameworks for enabling active and participative online learning by individuals and groups. E-tivities are important for the online teaching and learning world because they deploy useful, well-rehearsed principles and pedagogies for learning as well as your choice of networked technologies. They focus on the learners- the people I call the participants, who are contributing, providing, reworking, interpreting, combining most of the knowledge. They overturn the idea that learning depends on one big expert and his/her conveying of knowledge. They are based on the strong idea that knowledge is constructed by learners through and with others.
- The COVID-19 online pivot - Martin Weller
- The outbreak of COVID-19 has seen many universities closing campuses and shifting learning online. It’s unprecedented and suddenly puts ed tech front and centre in a way it hasn’t been before. For those of us who have been doing online learning or distance ed for a while it can seem a bit irritating to have been seen as second class for so long and then suddenly deemed worthy of interest.
It will be tough for lots of academics to teach online if they have little or no experience of it. Without the necessary support or development required in such a small time frame it is likely to be frustrating and full of potential errors, which makes educators and students feel vulnerable. So we should be helpful and show solidarity in this period.
- TEACHING ON-LINE IN THE PRESENT CRISIS (COVID-19): WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW
- THE LAST THING OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NEED RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVEN’T BEEN USING TECHNOLOGY, IS TO BE TOLD TO EMBRACE ALL THE NEW BELLS AND WHISTLES.
- Make Your Week A Page: Simple Instructional Design To Ensure Student Success
- A tutorial on how you design a predictable learning module.
Learn how to:
Develop measurable objectives
Create a module design to reduce navigation
Connect assessments and learning activities to objectives
Create and use discussion boards
- Supporting Teaching and Learning through COVID-19
- With the evolving context of COVID-19, the National Forum Board and team are very mindful of the difficult situations many in our community face. We have been considering what we can do to best help the sector to work together and share expertise to support teaching and learning at such a crucial time. A number of steps have been taken in the past week.
- #virtualcoffee
- Following on from our very special week long #LTHEchat 170 we are keen to continue the support, especially with many of us now working at home alone new issue are likely to arise.
‘Social distancing’ doesn’t mean ‘social isolation!’
- https://www.iddblog.org/videoconferencing-alternatives-how-low-bandwidth-teaching-will-save-us-all/
- Videoconferencing Alternatives: How Low-Bandwidth Teaching Will Save Us All
By Daniel Stanford
- https://www.ajal.net.au/downloads/interactivity-connectedness-and-teacher-presence-engaging-and-retaining-students-online/
- Australian Journal of Adult Learning
Interactivity, connectedness and ‘teacher-presence’: Engaging and retaining students online
Author: Cathy Stone and Matthew Springer
University of Newcastle and University of Tasmania
- Top Education Leaders Release Free Online Resources for Educators, Frontline Workers, and the Public in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
- SNHU teams up with Guild Education, Penn Foster, and K12 to offer free teaching modules for new online educators, trainings for frontline workers, and home safety tips for individuals in the wake of C19.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6646808014160560130/
- All Teachers: worth giving these to your students/colleagues from Nick Botfield
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647158404810928128/
- Best Practices: Online Pedagogy (adapted from Harvard Univerity)
- Tips for moving a class online quickly
- Are you moving your traditional class online and need to do so quickly? You might be feeling a little overwhelmed and not sure where to begin. Take solace in the fact that many have done this before you and there is a plethora of information available to assist you.
- Using MS Teams in itslearning and Fronter 19
- Many teachers are using live conferencing tools to create more dynamic lessons and engage students - especially in the case of remote learning.
- 450 free Ivy League university courses you can take online
- The eight Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.
These Ivy League schools are highly selective and extremely hard to get into. But the good news is that all these universities now offer free online courses across multiple online course platforms.
- Challenging times put our resilience to the test
- To help you build your resilience jackee Holder, Andrea Watts, Deborah McTaggart, Dawn Ellis and I have created a series of 7 short video clips, each sharing a practical strategy for building your resilience.
The clips range from 1 to 2.5 minutes, they are powerful boosts of advice, designed to empower women managers, leaders and founders. However we are inclusive, so if you feel that you can benefit, please free to sign up whoever you are.
- Check your tech as part of your coronavirus planning
- Are you making contingency plans in case coronavirus prevents students and staff attending campus? First start by looking at the technology you already have at your disposal.
- Lecturing into your laptop is not nearly enough
- Good online pedagogy is all about readability, comprehension checks – and endless clicks, says Nicholas Murgatroyd
- Best Practices: Online Pedagogy
- This section is designed to help you think about how you’ll teach online.
We’ve tried to keep it simple, focusing on the most common teaching practices that are effective in an online environment. Below you’ll see general advice, a variety of course types, and additional tips on student engagement. We’ve broken up the teaching tips according to the common teaching styles (lecture, case, small group discussion, and hands-on). You may want to jump to the section that is most appropriate to your course.
- Dublin City University - National Institute for Digital Learning
- Swiftly Moving to Teaching Online - Resource Bank
This page provides links to a number of useful resources that have been produced over the past few weeks to support institutions and individual educators to respond to the spread of the Coronavirus. More specificially, the resource bank aims to share the advice of other educators to help higher education institutions (and schools) harness the potential of online education as an important part of continuity planning. Our team is updating this page on a regular basis and welcome any suggested resources for inclusion.
- COVID-19 and higher education: three video gatherings - Bryan Alexander
- As the coronavirus pandemic continues to infect the world (169,225 cases, 6,494 deaths now) higher education keeps responding. More campuses are shutting down face to face classes and migrating instruction online (see our latest data).
Among many other developments, video is rising as a pedagogical and communications mechanism in both its synchronous and asynchronous forms. I’ve been working on this for years, and will have much to say over the next few days.
- Blackboard Learn - Rapid Transition Guide (For Instructors)
- Faculty, Welcome to the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Blackboard Learn - Rapid
Deployment Guide. This guide will help you quickly get orientated to how to use the
Blackboard Learn (BBL) - Learning Management System to communicate and provide
instruction to your students. It will be written from the perspective of a new user with little
experience with the system.
- Adapting Your Curriculum to the Online Classroom
- In this article, we will focus on how to adapt your class curriculum - the content, teaching strategies, structure, tempo, and style needed for the online student and classroom.
- How an Online Course is Created - Thomas Edison University
- Pedagogy is always at the heart of how we design online courses at Thomas Edison State University. We embrace an open and collaborative course design process that enables multiple experts to meaningfully collaborate around learning outcomes, course objectives, and course content to develop the most interactive, engaging, and effective courses possible. Based on online learning standards, industry research and best practices, we champion an outcomes-first approach to course design and utilize technology to engage students wherever they are in the learning process. A well-designed course must have a way to measure success – and that measure involves ensuring our courses help prepare students to achieve stated learning outcomes.
- Digest #142 (COVID-19 Edition): Online Teaching and Learning Resources
- In today’s digest, we would like to provide resources for teachers, students, and parents during the challenging COVID-19 quarantine. Learning and teaching is still going on, but mostly shifted online. In the past few days, we have all probably come across different resources to support this online learning experience and we thought it would be helpful to feature some of these here. If you come across a resource you want to share with us and our community, please feel free to do so here. We will collect all additional suggestions in this speadsheet. Thanks and stay healthy.
- Moving to digital education
- The purpose of this post is to shed some light on some thoughts to consider, good practices and tips for moving from face-to-face teaching to digital education.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #8: Challenge your assumptions about student participation
- If you are going to be successful in the online teaching space, you’re going to have to challenge your assumptions about online student participation. Drops in student participation are expected about a quarter of the way into any online course but don't mistake this for disengagement.
- Online Digital Resources for your Classroom
- As COVID-19 has sent educational institutions into online education, teachers of all levels – K-12 through university professors – are searching for interesting and engaging content to bring into the classroom. Here’s a list of online resources I’ve compiled that you can integrate into your class on topics from art, culture, science, or technology.
- What we learnt from “going online” during university shutdowns in South Africa
- Universities are “going online” on a scale never seen before because of Covid-19. Advice, tips and communities are springing up to support academics and students. Teaching and learning professionals in numerous roles are working flat out to be of assistance. It is not the first time this has happened – after natural disasters such as the Christchurch earthquake and the New Orleans floods, there was a hasty shift online.
- Building a Community of Learning
- In times like these, the importance of working together becomes more apparent than ever. Uniting as one community to share critical resources and information is both a sign of solidarity, and a sign of our collective commitment to the good and wellbeing of all people — not just the ones in our own campus classrooms.
- Emotionally Intelligent Online Teaching
- In the quick pivot to all-online teaching, faculty everywhere are rising to the challenge of implementing practical and innovative ways to preserve academic continuity amid campus closures. They also find themselves in a peculiar position of leadership. Whether their courses were online all along, or are part of the overnight COVID-19 “rapid remote” transition, instructors everywhere have been thrust into the role of being the leader of distance learners.
- Giving a Head's Up: Leading HigherEd through COVID-19
- What a decade this past week has been. I'm going to use LinkedIn articles to share ideas - plain text and otherwise - on how we're leading through this Coronavirus and COVID-19 "new normal".
- The Greatest and Most Flawed Experiment Ever in Online Learning
- The focus of my un-illustrious edtech career has been helping people find creative ways to leverage technology, media, practices, especially on the internet, into their endeavors, especially teaching.
- Tips on working from home with children
- Having to work from home might mean your kids have a bit more screen time – and that’s OK. Pragya Agarwal offers her tips on mixing home-working and childcare
- Teaching tech online amid the panic of coronavirus
- COVID-19 makes everybody nervous, if not panicky. Consider the apprehension of undergraduate students and their professors suddenly forced to tackle Python coding or complex circuit board design in an online course.
- All Ditch Summit Presentations - 2019 Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit
- Watch any of the 50+ video presentations below, ranging in topics from technology to pedagogy to Google to inquiry to student relationships.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647191028208058370/
- I was helping an instructor get their class set up on Zoom Video Communications and discovered they had 40-year old video included in their course. Please don’t do this to students. Video must be current.
- We’re an academic couple juggling lecturing from home and childcare
- Having a colleague in the house is good to bounce ideas off of, but who will stay on top of the potty training? Theresa Mercer and Andrew Kythreotis share their experience of working from home during a pandemic
- Keep Learning
- This toolkit was developed to provide students resources and support as they keep learning in the event of rapid changes due to emergencies. The tips, tools, and resources below are here to support students with unexpected transition to remote learning and promote course completion.
- Week One: Initial Observations about Online Education
- Ajman University has now completed a full week of remote education. Thanks to our agile IT team and our nimble faculty, the technology and pedagogy were ready to go on day one! We’ve been seeing outstanding results ever since.
- Online Teaching & Learning Through Disruption: Strategies for Rapidly Moving Online
- When teaching during times of disruption, educators need to be creative and flexible in how they support students in achieving essential course learning objectives. During this one-hour webinar, Achieving the Dream will share strategies to help you and your students rapidly move your teaching and learning online. We’ll address common challenges such as how to stay connected to your students, foster collaboration, find low tech solutions when online is not an option, and find digital activities and assignments on the fly. Online teaching experts and instructional designers from ATD network colleges will share their expertise and emerging ideas. There will be time reserved to connect with other colleges, share creative solutions, and hear what your greatest needs are and how ATD can help.
- How to Plan and Deliver a Killer Online Training Course
- I do corporate training: I’m that stranger you see in your company’s conference room with your colleagues, our spreadsheets blazing. We’re solving accounting, finance, and other business puzzles together, usually for days at a time. Then I’m gone, starting over at a new place the next week.
- On Online Learning with David Webster
- This time I thought it would be useful to try to do something slightly different. Given that many teachers and lecturers have had on-line learning foisted about them due to the Covid-19 crisis, I thought it would be helpful to talk to an expert about ways of delivering on-line learning. I spoke with Dr David Webster who is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching at SOAS, University of London.
- Rising to the challenge of the online pivot
- In face of an unprecedented challenge to the health and wellbeing of our faculty, support services and students, increasing numbers of Universities across the sector have announced immediate moves to online teaching and assessment as a matter of necessity rather than choice.
- Trauma-informed Teaching
- As a new academic year begins, these are my thoughts on how educators in the field of higher ed can integrate more trauma-informed teaching practices into their classrooms.
- The Bright Side of Remote Teaching and Administration – When Preparation Pays Off
- As a small, nimble, proprietary college, we've been able to stay ahead of the curve and ease the transition to virtual teaching, support, and administration for our students, staff, and faculty so far.
- REMOTE INSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING: DYLAN DE-ESCALATES
- As everyone prepares for Spring Quarter “remote learning” classes, i want to offer some advice and insight that is informed by what’s been happening at other UC campuses and universities around the country.
- Coronavirus outbreak: higher education braces for impact
- The London School of Economics has become the first UK university to move all teaching online for the rest of the academic year as it responds to the coronavirus outbreak.
- Tips to get the most out of your online course, workshop or collaboration in the context of Covid-19
- I wrote an article this morning for educators and facilitators with some tips to create good online experiences whilst we are all working remotely and thought I should look at this from the student/participant/collaborator too.
- How to be ready to shift for smart-distant-teaching
- I am sharing with you few hints and matters to consider when preparing and delivering your distant courses.
- Will Shift to Remote Teaching Be Boon or Bane for Online Learning?
- Because of COVID-19, most professors and students suddenly find themselves forced to use technology as they teach and learn. A panel of experts explores whether that will help or hurt attitudes about online education.
- https://www.brandman.edu/news-and-events/news/large-audience-for-brandman-university-webinar
- Advice to those about to teach online because of the coronavirus
- Advice to those about to teach online because of the coronavirus
- Principles for Online Teaching
- This document provides a number of instructional practices based on work by Chickering and Gamson (1987) and Boettcher and Conrad (2010). These principles contribute to an effective and satisfying learning and teaching experience for both online instructors and students.
- The TAFE NSW Digital Lab Team catching up in the VR version of our physical lab
- All prepared if we need to WFH and awesome to catch up with our two remote team members.
- Colleges adapt to coronavirus: 'Online learning can be done well'
- With the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology joining all the public colleges and universities in New York in switching to predominantly online courses for the rest of the spring, one question looms large: How?
- Free Webinar for all Educators!
- The following topics will be covered in this webinar:
● When to move your classroom to an online learning management platform?
● How to prepare teachers and students for the move to online teaching and learning?
● What resources should I have in-order to move to online learning?
● How can I convert my existing content to FREEJOO and how long will this take me?
● How much content is enough content?
● How should I structure my class for online learning?
● How do I check that my students are learning?
● Synchronous or Asynchronous learning?
● Q&A
- Rapid Deployment of Online Delivery at ICMS
- Prompted by colleagues and friends Gemma Clarke and Christina Del Medico, I’m sharing some of our strategies from ICMS in what we’ve called ‘rapid deployment of online delivery’. We have had some success with recent strategies to support our students directly affected by the COVID-19 travel restrictions – the numbers are relatively small but as of last week, three quarters of those students are still engaged with at least one subject, whether they remain overseas or have safely returned to study here.
- The New Digital University: Reflections on a Week that Changed Irish Higher Education
- A lot can happen in a week! This time last week most of us were still coming to terms with dramatic news from the previous day that all schools and college campuses across Ireland were to close at 6:00pm on Thursday March 12th. At the time few people could have predicted the impact of this decision as the Irish Government adopted a serious response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Pandemic-Related Remote Learning
- Over the last two weeks colleges across the U.S. have made the decision to shift all classes from face-to-face to remote instruction in an attempt to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In this episode, Flower Darby joins us explore the challenges and the opportunities associated with this transition.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647170208916131840/
- If anyone out there finds themselves thrown into trying to teach online from face to face - please feel free to message me if you have questions with Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, etc. I have been using them for over 20 years and will try to help if I can! We are all in this together. Our ultimate goal is to teach our students.
- Teach and learn from home toolkit
- Whether your school is in the middle of a public health crisis, or teachers and learners have been displaced due to a natural disaster, or you’re trying to create a contingency plan for all of the above, Hāpara and G Suite can help you fully move teaching and learning into the cloud. We’ve got all of the resources and tools you’ll need to keep teaching and learning from anywhere.
- Oxbridge to replace summer exams with online assessments due to coronavirus
- The decision arrives as students at several universities ask to be given the option to defer exams or retake the year.
- Higher Education in Isolation WEEK 1
- Orla is an Environmental Science & Technology student. She describes how her lecturers are communicating with her & her classmates via ZOOM conferencing system and what she hopes will become of online learning after COVID19.
- Assessment alternatives at a time of university closures
- In the last week, Kay Sambell and I have been exploring what kinds of alternative assessments can be used by universities when face-to-face attendance for exams and other assessments isn’t possible.
- Effective Educational Videos: Principles and Guidelines for Maximizing Student Learning from Video Content
- Educational videos have become an important part of higher education, providing an important content-delivery tool in many flipped, blended, and online classes.
- What Do We Need to Teach Now?
- Many faculty members are so preoccupied with how to set up an online class that it's as if the big, important questions have gone missing, argues Deborah J. Cohan. We must also model for students how and what to prioritize.
- Take-home assessment
- Take-home assessment require students to complete a task and submit their work within a strict time limit while working off-campus. Students are allowed to consult their own notes, course texts and other materials.
- Tip of the Day: Online Organization-The Digital Portfolio
- Canyon PD's Tip of the Day: Online Organization-Making a Digital Portfolio in Google Drive.
- Your content is online, what's next?Tip #7: Build feedback loops into your online teaching practice
- In our everyday interactions in the ‘real world’ we give off cues to each other that symbolise feedback and feedforward. In an online space we need to make these cues explicit. Feedback communicates to students how well they did on a task, activity, or assessment, and feedforward communicates what action needs to be taken next.
- Remove barriers to participation
- Joining an online teaching session can be daunting for learners. When you’re preparing your session, think about how you can remove as many barriers for your learners as possible.
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) Checklist
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) Checklist.
- So you have to teach online… Now what?
- The recent classification of Covid-19 as a pandemic means that many schools and universities will be required to hold classes online. If you’re new to online teaching, getting familiar with the new technology, pedagogy, and classroom management techniques with little notice and preparation can be daunting. But don’t worry, we are here to help.
- Strategies for Transitioning to Online Teaching
- Like you, we are all dealing with the ramifications of COVID-19. It has impacted the lives of all our employees and students. According to the latest data, almost 224 million people are enrolled in higher education worldwide.
- Learning in the time of Covid-19
- As universities start closing learning spaces and cancelling face-to-face teaching, Dr Kay Hack, Principal Adviser (Learning and Teaching) spoke with students about their experiences and concerns as their education is disrupted. Here she reflects on what we can and should be doing to minimise damage to well-being and learning during this public health emergency.
- 4 Most Important Things To Remember With eLearning
- Art Education and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
There is a lot going on right now, and everyone is doing their best to cope, manage, and continue in the best way possible.
- Online Teaching Tips
- I’ve been teaching online since the late 90s when I first started working on the Omnium Virtual Design Studio project. Back then 50 participants from all over the world, across all levels of education, working on a design brief together, was radically new.
- How to maintain a human-centered focus in a fully remote world
- As we all navigate the effects and impact of the current state of the world, the question is raised around how we build effective remote and distributed cultures. At IBM, we’ve found an application of human-centered practices that enable our large, globally-dispersed teams to do just that — co-create delightful user experiences that make business impact at the scale of our own enterprise and that of our clients.
- Covid-19 Has Forced Higher Ed to Pivot to Online Learning. Here Are 7 Takeaways So Far.
- Many institutions just started teaching remotely. But early lessons are already evident.
- BREAKOUT EDU IN ADULT PD AND COLLEGE EDUCATION
- BreakoutEDU is a box with locks that also can be a great educational experience. In today’s show, Lucy Manley shares how breakout boxes are becoming an exciting part of her college’s educational experiences including Freshmen orientation.
- Engage Your Audience on ZOOM
- "Let's remember that learning and teaching online is not only about creating and sharing assignments online. It's also about human interactions.” Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D
- How to conduct simulations & role-play in online-transitioned courses
- This webinar was hosted by the ABA's Section on Dispute Resolution in response to the rapid changes in higher education as campuses shut down during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
- Suddenly All your Students are Online
- Every aspect of our society is currently getting upended by the coronavirus. Every day, news agencies and politicians throw numbers at us. While many of the numbers lack the context for proper understanding, some things like reducing the size of groups are evident.
- Professors Share Tips for Moving Online
- With so many professors being required to move their courses online, the board of FamilyBusiness.org would like to ease the burden of their fellow scholars by offering advice. In this first article, we provide general tips for effective online teaching.
- Distant Voices: Hearing online students loud and clear
- In this post of the ‘Student Voice’ monthly series, Chris Sheridan, eLearning Coordinator for the online Clinical Trials programme, reflects on using discussion boards as a useful tool for hearing student voices…
- Moving to Online Learning
- The 2020 Covid 19 pandemic means that universities need to quickly move to online learning. Rapid changes are needed so that teaching and assessment which traditionally was carried in in-person can happen at a distance. Below we provide some guidance and resources to help educators make this move. Our aim is to keep the approaches as simple as possible, to minimise stress for educators and students.
- The Coronavirus Has Pushed Courses Online. Professors Are Trying Hard to Keep Up
- As thousands of classes move online, here’s what instructors are doing to stay connected to their students.
- Break Up Your Lecture with Guided Notes: 5 Ways to Help Students Stay Focused, Engaged, and On Task
- During a lecture, students’ attention and focus can wander, and sometimes it’s hard to get them to re-focus, re-engage, and stay on task.
- My first week with Remote Teaching
- I was asked a few questions about my experience with remote learning. Felt I could share my responses here as well...
- 'Live' or On-Camera?
- Welcome colleagues to another One-Minute Micro-Masterclass, where in less than one minute you learn how to get comfortable, confident and credible on-Camera. In this Micro-Masterclass we're talking about Live vs On-Camera Presenting.
- How to Run Awesome, Large Virtual Meetings
- Now that so many of us are doing remote meetings and may be for the foreseeable future, I wanted to share some tips I learned while working at Change.org with an amazing team that was distributed across 18 countries.
- How to get started with online teaching? Six steps from zero to online
- Right now, there is a pressing need for moving teaching from in-class to online due to the corona outbreak.
- Technical Tips for Recording Effective Videos for Online Instruction
- With the increasing use of online learning, trainers, teachers, professors, and now, parents turned educators, must understand how to facilitate learning from behind a screen. Online learning provides massive advantages to all parties involved and opens the doors to impactful and three-dimensional learning. . .when it is executed effectively.
- Working remotely - sharing challenges and solutions
- So many of us have now been thrust suddenly into remote working. We are dealing with new challenges and emerging new practices to support us working effectively together, successfully blending our home and work life and maintaining social connections at a time you might feel more isolated.
- Resources & Tips for Remote Education During School Closures
- With more states declaring a state of emergency, public and private K–12 schools are closing their doors and sending students, teachers and staff home to learn and work remotely.
- Which universities are moving to remote teaching?
- As of 5.00pm on 18 March, the government has advised all education settings to pause face-to-face provision.
- Free Self-Paced Course Will Help Faculty Make the Transition to Teaching Online
- Instructional design firm iDesign's new Online Teaching course will provide faculty with high quality professional learning experiences
- Nine Classroom Backchannel Tools You Can Start Using Today
- A backchannel is a way for learners to have an on-topic conversation during a teaching session, this could be anything from learners in your class to delegates on a corporate course. Whoever they are, this is a way for them to either talk during the session and maybe submit questions, or even continue the conversation afterwards.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647923990897704961/
- There exist many positive opportunities at the heart of the crisis. Digitization of education is one of them, which is an enabler of continuity of learning in crisis situations. Here is my online course of Distribution Management in French with the talented students of the apprenticeship master of International Marketing at Normandy University in FRANCE.
- Surviving COVID-19: A #RealCollege Guide for Students
- We know this is a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty. Please know that you are not alone. Your needs are legitimate, and you deserve support. This guide addresses common needs and offers resources. We also urge you to seek support from your college or university. We want you to be healthy and continue your education. We believe in you.
- https://jwel.mit.edu/events/j-wel-webinar-tips-teachers-engaging-students-online-live-sessions-and-asynchronous
- Google Apps for Education Enhances Project Based Learning
- Every Monday morning, all three sixth grade classes make their way to the Curtner Learning Lab, a recent renovation that included knocking walls down to combine the library and two classrooms into a 21st century learning center, with ample space, flexible rolling furniture, and Chromebooks for student use. Working in teams of three, the students log on to the Chromebooks with their Google accounts, open a team Google Doc used for collaboration, and get right to work on the PBL unit on climate change.
- WELCOME TO YOUR HASTILY PREPARED ONLINE COLLEGE COURSE
- Due to concerns about COVID-19, our university recently gave me three hours to move our entire class online for the next three to sixteen weeks. I am providing these instructions for a seamless, uninterrupted course experience.
- PIVOT TO ONLINE: A STUDENT GUIDE
- With the sudden rush of coronavirus across the globe, and the urgent need to practice social distancing, universities and colleges across the United States and around the world are closing campuses and “pivoting” to online teaching and learning. The perils of this to education are both clear and unpredictable as administrators and instructional designers attempt to force a lifetime’s worth of teaching experience into a new medium—one which requires new pedagogies, and one which cannot be tamed with simple best practices or matching assessments with outcomes.
- https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Paid_Social&utm_campaign=InstructorWebinarSeries&utm_term=&utm_content=
- Holding digital office hours – suggestions
- One place to hold digital office hours is on Teams. The question is where in Teams.
- Roles in a Teams meeting
- If you're organizing a meeting with multiple attendees, you may want to assign roles to each participant to determine who can do what in the meeting.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647423708963135488/
- John Hinchliffe offers advice on how we, as Educators, can 'curate' content for online teaching, rather than reinventing the wheel by creating everything ourselves.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647584734006382593/
- The virus is here, and it should be a moment for reflection. Some of humanity’s greatest victories came from tragedies, and maybe this is one. In my little world, i am learning to become a better educator, I am reading about best practices for online education and enjoying creating teaching material that will enhance my engagement with the students.
- Your content is online, what's next? Tip #9: Don’t forget to have a bit of fun
- Remember to integrate social activities into your online teaching. Think back on your favourite learning experience when you were at university. I bet you were having fun!
- As the Coronavirus Forces Faculty Online, It’s ‘Like Drinking Out of a Firehose’
- As campuses across the country closed and sent students home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, faculty members moved their classes online at an unprecedented pace. The Chronicle recorded video interviews with four selected instructors to collect thoughts on how they are managing the sudden change.
- Be Ready to Learn at Home
- I worked with students to develop this Advice for Students poster. Sums up most of our thinking around what students need to know for learning in a remote setting.
- What Is a College Education in the Time of Coronavirus?
- As students and professors converge online, universities shouldn’t just reach for makeshift solutions. They might learn something useful.
- Guest post: A student toolkit to help you tackle remote learning written by students for students
- This is a guest post written for students by students Matty Trueman, Kai Ackroyd, Curtis Alexis-Jones and Gagan Warinch to highlight the free collaboration tools available and how they can support remote learning. We are final year students at Sheffield Hallam University.
- Teaching online? Connect and learn with other instructors.
- The educators below have volunteered to offer their feedback and peer review in a one-on-one setting and answer specific questions around best practices in online pedagogy. If you would like to connect with one of them, please let us know, and we will be in touch to make introductions.
- Free Software That Businesses, Schools And Others Can Use During The COVID-19 Crisis
- With armies of people now working from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations everywhere are scrambling for business software that supports videoconferencing, remote team collaboration, virtual classrooms and other activities.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647883340701675521/
- We are launching a webinar series hosted by the Microsoft Education team and yours truly. We've done a few of these webinars already that are posted in the schedule link below and have more coming up. You can go back and watch previous recordings, and join us for future webinars.
- UK universities switching to online lectures and exams
- British universities are ending in-person lectures in an effort to arrest the spread of Covid-19, saying they will switch to remote learning and even online exams for students within weeks.
- Academic Advising Amid Social Distancing
- In the coming months, advisers will need to explore new methods to serve their students -- making the mantra “meet students where they are” more relevant than ever before, writes James Wicks.
- How to set up a Zoom Meeting for Teaching?
- How to set up a Zoom Meeting for Teaching?
- Remote Learning for Institutions and Educators
- This App collection is designed to support institutions and educators to enable remote learning for all students, no matter where that learning is happening.
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6647073453516046336/
- With so many teachers having to adapt to teaching online in response to recent events, we've added three more webinars on Teaching English Online to our programme next week.
- How I faced my coronavirus anxiety
- n early February, I was working from home when I received a message informing me—and all the other professors at my university in China—that courses would be taught online because of the novel coronavirus.
- Best Practices: Online Pedagogy
- This section is designed to help you think about how you’ll teach online. We’ve tried to keep it simple, focusing on the most common teaching practices that are effective in an online environment.
- Jesse Stommel on Twitter: "For institutions making decisions about switching to pass/fail, here are some specific recommendations in a thread. Any effort in this direction should increase flexibility and support for students without being bureaucratically onerous. If you're quibbling details, stop."
- “For institutions making decisions about switching to pass/fail, here are some specific recommendations in a thread.
Any effort in this direction should increase flexibility and support for students without being bureaucratically onerous. If you're quibbling details, stop.”
- Keep Teaching - Strategies and Resources for Instructional Resilience
- To support UC Davis faculty during a time of COVID-19-related illness, quarantine, or campus closure, this site provides concise, practical resources and strategies for moving part or all of a course online to help you keep teaching.
- Teaching Continuity - Prepare for course disruption and take your course online
- Various circumstances could lead to course disruption, such as a flu outbreak or family emergency. This site provides some resources to prepare for course disruption and take your course online. For information about learning continuity, we also have tips, tools and resources to support students during the unexpected transition to remote learning.
- Keep Teaching with Canvas - Emory
- As the university pivots to remote learning for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester, Canvas provides a variety of tools to enable faculty to continue teaching and connecting with students. The Canvas Support team has created this site to help you navigate choosing tools and get the help you need to use them effectively.
- Teach Remote - Resources, tools, and support for teaching remotely at MIT
- This guide provides you with suggested actions to take when shifting from teaching in a classroom to teaching remotely. Before making any changes to student assignments and due dates, be sure to consult the latest faculty rules & emergency procedures.
- https://uca.edu/cte/campus-closed-class-open/
- Instructional Continuity - University of Central Arkansas
- The George Washington University - Instructional Continuity
- https://keepteaching.duke.edu/
- Duke University - Keep Teaching
- Creighton University - Keep Teaching
- https://www.loyola.edu/department/digital-teaching-learning/course-design/continuation-of-teaching
- Loyola University Maryland - Continuation of Teaching
- zyBooks Covid-19 Digital Care Package
- zyBooks is a research-based developer of interactive learning resources for Computer Science, Engineering, and Math. Many schools are facing a rapid transition from face-to-face to online classes. We know this is a difficult time for all, and we are here to help.
- Washington University in St Louis - Teaching Through Disruptions
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/Going-Online-in-a-Hurry-What/248207
- Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start
- https://www.utrgv.edu/online/academic-continuity/
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Academic Continuity Resources
- Online Meeting Resources Toolkit for Facilitators - During Coronavirus Pandemic
- University of Washington Tacoma - Instructional Continuity
- Student education and academics is the primary mission of the University of Washington Tacoma. In the event of an emergency that may result in the long-term suspension of campus activities and classes on campus, it is essential to plan for continuity to sustain our campus mission.
- College of Charleston - Campus Continuity
- This site provides resources for College of Charleston students, faculty, and staff around campus continuity.
- Southern Methodist University - Guide to Keep Teaching During Periods of Disruption
- The Office of Information Technology provides a number of resources to allow faculty to continue teaching their students during an extended emergency, such as flu outbreak, weather closure, or other catastrophic event. This guide will provide you with some actions to take when making that shift quickly.
- Maryland Institute College of Art - Keep on Teaching Message to MICA Faculty
- When you are unable to be with your students in-person for scheduled class/studio sessions, you should keep your class on schedule with students progressing toward your learning outcomes using distance teaching/learning tools.
- Keep Teaching
- Maintain Course Continuity During Temporary Closures
Unplanned circumstances such as a flu outbreak or weather events may require you to use various technologies to continue your teaching. This site provides guidelines and resources to help you continue teaching from a distance when you or your students are unable to meet on campus during temporary closures.
- Prairie View A&M University - Continued Teaching Contingency Plan
- The Prairie View A&M University’s Continued Teaching Contingency Plan will help faculty connect with their students during a regular semester term, when they are away on university business and if students are unable to attend classes for an extended period of time. This guide provides resources to assist faculty with quickly shifting from face-to-face style instruction to an online environment. The ultimate goal is to insure students are able to continue learning despite the inability to physically get to a classroom.
- Stockpiling for COVID-19: Teaching Resources
- This table is a collection of links to resources -- many from Twitter -- to support moving from a face-to-face to an online environment mid-semester. It is specifically compiled in response to COVID-19. Please feel free to add other resources you come across or have created, providing an active link and brief description of the resource through Commenting (Anyone accesing the doc via the link has "commenting" privileges). Currently maintained by Sarah Laiola (@DrSarathena192) at Coastal Carolina Univ.
TOPICS:
- General Information about Universities and COVID-19
- General Advice for Teaching Online (Quickly)
- Guides for Accessible and Equitable Online Teaching
- Models for Adaptation (courses, assignment, forms for communicating with students)
- Tools and Advice or Guides for Using Them
- Subject-Specific Resources
- Support for Students and Communities Beyond Teaching
- Offers of Support / Advice through DMs / Webinars / Forums
- Other Collections of Resources (like this one)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison - UW’s Response to COVID-19
- With the well-being of all members of the University community our highest priority, we continue to closely monitor the risks of the coronavirus pandemic to our students, faculty, and staff.
- Putting your course online in an emergency
- Life doesn't always go as planned. You may find yourself in a situation where you need to move your in-person class online quickly. Instructional Design and Access (IDA) created a comprehensive guide that can walk you through options for moving a face-to-face class online in a personal or campus-wide emergency. Many segments in this month's newsletter come from that page.
- Keep Teaching: A Guide to Remote Teaching at MSU
- President Stanley announced that MSU is suspending face-to-face instruction in lectures, seminars, and classroom settings and moving coursework to virtual instruction, effective Wednesday, March 11 at noon through the end of the semester.
- Rapid Remote Teaching Resources
- If an emergency situation causes a campus closure or prevents you from coming to campus, please note that you have a variety of tools and resources to move your teaching online. On this page, you will see the tools we have, strategies we recommend, and resources you can use.
- Teaching Remotely - Synchronously and Asynchronously
- From time to time, external challenges may require face-to-face instruction be moved online. In many cases, it will be wise to use scheduled class time for doing things like presenting lectures through Zoom. Most instructors will also provide activities that students complete at other times.
- Be Prepared: Technology Resources for Teaching, Learning, and Working Remotely
- General Recommendations - Working Remotely
- Academic Continuity During Unplanned Course Interruptions
- In the event of an emergency situation caused by any number of factors (such as the current contagious disease outbreak, all or parts of the campus are closed due to natural disaster, safety situation, etc.) your ability to continue your class in your regular manner may be impacted. The following guide may assist you in finding alternatives for these situations.
- ACADEMIC CONTINUATION PLAN
- A catastrophic event may result in the official suspension of face-to-face classes at one or all of
the Pace University campuses. The nature of the events/disruptions will determine the
conditions under which instruction may be impacted.
- COVID-19 Information for Students
- COVID-19 Information for Students.
- Utah State University - Keep Teaching Remotely During an Emergency
- Tips to accomplish your course goals without meeting in person. Guidance from the Department of Education on using online courses to temporarily accommodate students includes, “instructors must initiate substantive communication with students, either individually or collectively, on a regular basis.”
- Chatham University - Academic Continuity Resources
- Academic Continuity Resources for Faculty A number of circumstances (a campus closure, increased absenteeism during a flu outbreak, inclement weather, etc.) may require faculty with short notice to temporarily migrate class online. Below are strategies and resources to help.
- Instructional Continuity
- This page presents information for instructors regarding maintaining instructional continuity of classes in case of a physical campus closure or individual quarantine related to the spread of COVID-19 (a.k.a. Coronavirus).
- INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY: ONLINE/HYBRID
- INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY: ONLINE/HYBRID.
- Instructional Continuity
- The following resources will assist faculty to continue instruction during the current COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Putting some of your course content online in a hurry? We have resources for you!
- Faculty, are you thinking about how to put some of your course content online in a hurry? Perhaps to deal with unexpected events? At Vanderbilt most of our courses meet face-to-face, however, if you find that you need to make adjustments in a hurry to best serve students who cannot make it to campus, we have resources to help.
- Remote Instruction Support
- Faculty are required to use our Canvas LMS to present course material and communicate about the course to students. In the event of a campus closure due to weather, or some other emergency, Academic Technology has curated resources for instructors that will allow students to continue their coursework remotely. All below are resources to offer support to faculty who usually teach in a face-to-face environment and may need to shift classroom interaction and curricular delivery to remote/online engagements.
- Keep Teaching! Academic + Instructional Continuity During Disruption
- How to facilitate your class online in the context of COVID-19 related disruptions
- California State University Fullerton - Keep Teaching Guides
- In the event of a campus closure caused by any number of factors, your ability to continue your class in the manner that you’ve planned may be impacted. This guide helps you find alternatives for these situations.
- Academic Continuity Planning
- The purpose of this document is to provide resources for Cornell University faculty members
that enables them to continue instruction in the event classroom instruction is interrupted for an
extended period of time.
- Remote Instruction Support
- Whether it is a snow day, a scheduled absence, or emergency, offering classes remotely can help provide continuity or recover lost class time. This resource outlines steps and tools that can be used to connect with students remotely and deliver course materials. Below are some quick steps to start instructing remotely, practices and guides, FAQs, and a schedule of upcoming training sessions.
- Online Learning and Teaching Pedagogies
- This is an open page for CAPED members and others to share what I am putting together to guide staff at XJTLU now that the corona virus has put us in the position of teaching exclusively online for the first six weeks of this semester, Note that this page is a brief introduction to learning and teaching considerations, not enabling technologies, for staff.
- Autonomous University of Baja California - Academic Continuity Plan
- In the event of a contingency situation in the entity, it is essential to safeguard the physical integrity of those who make up the university community, guaranteeing, as far as possible, the continuity of the academic activity carried out here. Based on this premise, the Autonomous University of Baja California has designed this Academic Continuity Plan (PCA) which aims to establish the institutional conditions that ensure a timely, efficient and coordinated response to those emergency situations that require the university to close its doors to phenomena of natural or human origin.
- Teaching & Learning Remotely
- Our students did not enroll in online courses, so they will have varying levels of access to devices and network connections. While it may be tempting to survey our students about this information, we recommend that you consider how doing so may further marginalize some students who are already experiencing insufficient access to course materials.
- Teaching During Unplanned Events
- UC Santa Cruz has shifted to remote instruction for spring quarter 2020 to mitigate health threats from COVID-19. This page contains archived resources and information from our initial response. A new website, keepteaching.ucsc.edu, is now available with up-to-date resources, support, and information.
- INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY PLANNING
- UNC Charlotte Course Continuity Plan
This worksheet is designed to help you develop a basic continuity plan for your courses if a campus crisis (prolonged adverse weather; health epidemic) significantly disrupts your instruction.
- Teach Anywhere
- A variety of circumstances might require you to temporarily deliver your class online with minimal notice, such as a viral or infectious disease outbreak, a family emergency requiring your presence elsewhere, or a natural disaster.
- HOUGHTON COLLEGE’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19
- For the past several weeks, our Emergency Management Team has actively monitored the unfolding drama of the COVID-19 pandemic, with special attention to potential implications for each of the several sectors of the Houghton College community.
- Keep Teaching: Checklist for Temporary Remote Teaching
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, Western classes are not meeting face-to-face. The guidelines below are designed to help you and your students continue academic work.
- ITLE - TEACHING & LEARNING SUPPORT
- ITLE - TEACHING & LEARNING SUPPORT.
- PLANNING FOR THE REST OF WINTER QUARTER
- This document is to alert instructors to resources that will let them and their students complete this quarter successfully IF classes are disrupted. It does not cover all circumstances, nor does it apply to all classes. It provides some potential solutions to situations that might arise.
- The Global Z Recording Project - Episode 11 - How To Host Music Lessons Virtually
- There are times - such as these- when it might be extremely beneficial to be able to effectively host music lessons virtually. Having this capability expands opportunities to stay connected with current students, and extends your reach for your ability to work with other student musicians on a global scale. This episode explains the design processes involved and defines the technical stuff you need to have in place to do just that. For 'Mic Talk Time,' the CAD 2600GXL USB mic is taken for a spin.
- Digital Teaching Toolkit
- Here, under the Toolkit Tab, you will find a guide to the battery of digital tools we recommend for faculty seeking to deliver high-quality distance learning for their students.
- Pandemic Planning
- Planning for the flu or other pandemic outbreaks.
- Taking an Online Course: A Guide for Students at St. Edward's
- To make your online course experience more successful and enjoyable, there are several important strategies you can use to stay on track.
- Academic Policies and Guidelines for Changes in Campus Operating Status
- The academic information on this page is a resource for faculty/instructors during changes in campus operating status.
- ZUM ERSTEN MAL ONLINE-LEHREN DANK CORONA? SOFT FACTS UND HACKS FÜR DEN SCHNELLEN, ABER BEDACHTEN EINSTIEG
- Die Erweiterung der akademischen Präsenz-Lehrangebote in den Online-Bereich nimmt durch die aktuellen Einschnitte aufgrund des Coronavirus an Fahrt auf.
- Working Together Through The COVID-19 Virus Outbreak
- As more incidences of COVID-19 are being diagnosed around the world, we want to assure you that we are here to support your rapidly changing needs.
- Information About Changes to Brandeis Academics and Operations Due to Coronavirus/COVID-19
- Since the coronavirus/COVID-19 emerged in January, Brandeis University has been tracking developments, making recommendations about travel, and reminding our community that we must take care of each other at this challenging time.
- Keep Teaching
- Featured resources.
- Emergency Remote Teaching Guidelines
- If the campus were to close for unforeseen reasons, would you have a back-up plan for teaching your face-to-face classes? Some circumstances may prevent you and your students from meeting in person. This page lists a few recommendations and tips for teaching remotely due to unforeseen circumstances.
- Resources for Maintaining Instructional Continuity during COVID-19
- All material below was prepared in anticipation that CUNY might move all classes to a distance learning format. This material was developed and distributed to provide faculty the tools to reflect on and be prepared for this change.
- Boston College - Emergency Remote Instruction
- As BC shifts away from in-person instruction in light of COVID-19 concerns, many instructors are understandably overwhelmed by the expectation that they continue teaching their courses remotely. The following resources are meant to provide you a starting point for planning your transition to remote instruction, and you can also count on CTE, CDIL, and ITS staff to help you work through the challenges that arise.
- Will the coronavirus make online education go viral?
- The sudden closure of university campuses across China and elsewhere has necessitated the virtual delivery of vast numbers of courses. And while there have been inevitable teething problems, observers are wondering whether the future might just have become the present.
- Class Continuity Preparation
- What if an emergency happens in Auburn and the campus is not physically accessible due to closure? Or if half the students are absent due to sickness or weather? How will this affect your course delivery? How can we accommodate these inconveniences without derailing our whole teaching schedule?
- Teaching Continuity at UVM
- Resources for Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Supporting Student Learning Online
- The resources below form a Rapid Response Toolkit which help you to support your students in the context of the University having to move rapidly to support learning online.
- Teaching if Face-to-Face Classes are Suspended v2 (Revised)
- “Wisdom prepares for the worst, but Folly leaves the worst for the day when [or if] it comes.” It is in this spirit that we can prepare for the potential of a temporary closure resulting from a health safety event or when we are confronted with other challenges posed by nature such as the 2011 Flood.
- Learning Continuity: Moving Course Content and Instruction Online
- Having to transition quickly to online instruction has been a challenge for both faculty and students. The Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support is dedicated to helping you be successful and is continuing our learning continuity webinar series, designed to assist you in adjusting to the sudden shift from the traditional to the online classroom.
- Teach Remotely
- Learn best practices, available tools, and how to get support for teaching your classes online.
- WELCOME TO ACUE’S ONLINE TEACHING TOOLKIT
- To support instructors needing to make a quick transition to utilizing an online environment, we’re offering resources and recommendations that can be immediately put to use by instructors, to benefit both faculty and their students.
- Academic Continuity
- The following information can guide faculty in the event that classes are cancelled unexpectedly and some elements of the course will be moved online. Specific workflows and tools can be found on the Strategies page on this site. A selection of current articles and teaching practices using these technologies can be found on the Resources page.
- Teaching Remotely
- Throughout the process of moving a course to an online environment, it’s important that your students are made aware of what will change and what will not in terms of course requirements, due dates, and class policies.
- Emergency Remote Teaching
- In the case of emergency remote teaching, instructors must quickly adapt current teaching plans to make the best of things in a difficult situation. Perfection is not expected or possible. Your goal is to pick the top 3-5 things you need your students to know by the end of the semester and figure out the least complicated way for them to learn it. Follow these steps for a smooth transition:
- COVID-19 : with half of world’s student population out of school, UNESCO launches coalition to accelerate remote learning solutions
- As of late Tuesday, over 850 million children and youth – roughly half of the world’s student population – had to stay away from schools and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide closures are in force in 102 countries and local shut-downs in 11 others.
- Keep Teaching
- UCR Keep Teaching is designed to be an information resource and a campus community to help you teach remotely during campus closure.
- Keep Teaching & Learning: Providing Instructional Continuity
- Maintaining student learning is central to the University of San Francisco’s fundamental mission of academic excellence.
- Remote Teaching and Learning
- Getting Started – Communicate, Plan, Adapt, Communicate.
- PLANNING FOR ACADEMIC CONTINUITY
- If you haven't already, please complete this survey regarding Spring Quarter so that we can facilitate getting resources and equipment to you quickly.
- COVID-19 Updates from IVC
- I know these are stressful times for all of us. On top of the regular anxiety and stress we feel related to the health crisis, each one of us is dealing with different levels and types of challenges that we have never faced before.
- Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning
- The Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) digital repository is the go-to resource for anyone interested in online teaching and learning. Are you thinking about moving your courses to an online format? Are you already teaching online and looking for additional ways to engage your students? PoRTAL can help you improve your knowledge and skills as you seek to develop your online courses.
- Montana State University - Learn Anywhere
- Montana State University is continually monitoring the status of COVID-19, also called novel coronavirus, in close coordination with the Montana University System and the Montana Department of Health and Human Services. We are committed to keeping our students, faculty and staff safe as the situation evolves. For an update on MSU's campuswide response, please visit MSU's COVID-19 Website.
- Instructional Continuity Plan
- Quick Links.
- IT for Working Remotely
- IT for Working Remotely.
- Keep Teaching: Course Continuity During Disruption
- Get details about the current status of the university's COVID-19 plans. Campus emergency response plans may be found at Southwestern's Emergency Information site.
- Moving Quickly to Remote Teaching
- This resource has been expanded to include more information on teaching remotely. Please explore the updated version of the website.
- Continuity Strategy
- On March 1, 2020, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) began implementing an emergency remote teaching plan in response to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) decision to close universities, secondary, and private schools to contain the spread of COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus.
- Resources and ideas for going online for COVID-19
- This thread is to collect resources and ideas that might help biology faculty as they face new instructional challenges in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Keep Learning: Checklist for Participating in Classes Online
- This resource is for students and anyone with a learning role at Western.
- CONTINUITY GUIDE: KEEP ON TEACHING
- Kent State University is committed to keeping our students, faculty, and staff safe and healthy. This guide will help you facilitate your classroom at a distance.
- Keep Teaching
- A variety of circumstances might require you to teach your class remotely with minimal notice: a campus closure, increased absenteeism during a flu outbreak, a family emergency requiring your presence elsewhere, etc.
- Bucknell Teaching Continuity Guide
- This is a living document and a work in progress.
- COVID19
- Xavier is committed to sharing as much information as possible for the benefit of our community. Given the unprecedented and rapidly evolving situation, and numerous significant announcements over the past few days, below is an aggregation of important information.
- Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity
- Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity.
- Remote Teaching Resources
- Below is a checklist to help instructors think through the process of preparing to teaching a course remotely. The Office of Information Technology’s Help Desk is also available for assistance (see below).
- https://cae.appstate.edu/learning-technologies/keep-teaching
- https://it.umn.edu/zoom-teach-online-class-sessions
- Teaching During Times of Disruption
- Spring 2020 Online Teaching and Learning Workshop Series.
- Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online
- Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online.
- https://keepteaching.utulsa.edu/
- Pandemic Preparedness
- An epidemic is an outbreak of disease that affects a disproportionately large number of
individuals within a population or community. A pandemic is a world-wide epidemic.
Pandemics have been documented throughout recorded history, and in recent history, pandemics
have occurred about every 30-50 years.
- https://www.kenyon.edu/directories/offices-services/the-center-for-innovative-pedagogy/teaching-remotely/
- Keep Teaching @ Georgia State University
- Keep Teaching
You’re live online! Now what?
Congratulations! You’ve started your first week of online teaching. Remember that this is an iterative process and you will need to revise and adjust as needed. Don’t forget that CETL is here to help.
- LATEST UPDATES ON OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19
- Virtual instruction continues through the end of the semester. Several members of the campus community are now directly impacted by this illness, and hold with them the support of the entire Beach family.
- Teaching and Learning Collaboratory - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- To support active and blended learning we provide faculty with resources that define various concepts and tools to use in their classroom that promote student participation and engagement with the course content, instructor, and students.
- Faculty Resources for Teaching Remotely
- The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center has helpful tips on leveraging simple technologies to keep your class on schedule.
- Tool Kit for Online Instructors
- Working in small groups, they developed the following guidance for online instructors based on our joint exploration of practices and tools. We provide a portion of their ideas and recommendations for an online teaching and learning tool kit with their permission.
- Disruption Response Plan: Get Online Fast
- Moving Your School Online
- Since the CDC’s announcement about COVID-19 and their recommendation for schools to begin preparing for emergency closures, there has been an increase in demand for information on how to rapidly transition instruction online during an emergency disruption.
- Working and Teaching Remotely
- “Zoom-Bombing” is a new term for when individuals “gate-crash” Zoom meetings. These uninvited guests could share their screens, make disturbing posts in the chat, and attempt to take over the meeting. We are aware of this happening at UT Knoxville. Our global Zoom settings have prevented this from being widespread. Here are some additional steps that can be taken at the individual meeting level to help prevent “Zoom-Bombing.”
- Instructional Continuity
- In order to minimize the spread of COVID-19, UH-Clear Lake classes will resume remotely (online or alternative format) beginning March 23.
- https://cit.ua.edu/technologies/additional-resources/academic-continuity-planning/
- Teach Remotely
- This site compiles a variety of resources and services to help you make the transition to teaching remotely.
- https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/teaching-continuity-strategies
- https://oit.colorado.edu/support/academic-technology-resources-teaching-continuity
- SusyDiario 3.0: tutto un altro modo di fare scuola!
- SusyDiario è l’unica piattaforma didattica interattiva online progettata espressamente per l’uso nella scuola primaria.
- Remote Teaching Options
- Strategies to facilitate your class online due to an unforeseen circumstance.
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Measures must be taken to ensure the integrity, security, accuracy, and privacy of all systems and data. Such measures include adherence to all governmental regulations and directives.
- The iDEA Book
- Educational research and practice examples for distinctive course design
- https://www.csun.edu/it/academic-continuity
- https://www.ctl.upenn.edu/resources-and-strategies-teaching-remotely
- https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/teaching-continuity
- Academic Continuity
- In response to the spread of COVID-19, we have made the decision to move all classes at Clemson to online instruction following spring break through the spring semester, 2020. This includes all undergraduate, graduate and Bridge courses held on the main campus and at University facilities across the state.
- Keep Teaching
- While the current conditions present a unique opportunity to position the delivery of instruction online as a key component to teaching and learning continuity, we recognize that these conditions are not ideal for the development of quality online learning experiences for students and faculty.
- https://commons.udel.edu/continuity/
- https://www.brynmawr.edu/blendedlearning/academic-continuity-during-covid-19
- https://sites.rowan.edu/academic-affairs/facultycenter/resources/continuityplan.html
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Information
- The University of Oregon has modified its operations to safeguard the health and well-being of our students, faculty, staff, and the community due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
- Teaching and Learning Continuity
- If routine academic functions are disrupted due to campus closures, it may be necessary to teach and learn remotely. There is a range of support and tools to help you connect, so that work and learning can continue uninterrupted.
- Keep Learning - University of Connecticut
- Get ready to transition to remote online learning! UConn's Keep Learning site will help you with tips on how to communicate with your instructors, classmates, and how to set yourself up to be successful in your classes.
- https://itac.txstate.edu/remote
- https://svp.umd.edu/keepteaching
- https://catwiki.xula.edu/KeepTeachingXULA
- https://provost.uoregon.edu/academic-continuity-resources-and-guidance
- Keep Teaching
- In response to COVID-19, instructors need to alter their courses to be suitable for online delivery. Depending on the circumstances, students may be scattered across the local area or even across the globe.
- https://coronavirus.gallaudet.edu/
- https://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/technology/desire2learn/Pages/default.aspx
- Campbell University
- Working, Teaching, & Learning Remotely
This site provides resources and information for students, faculty, and staff in the event that routine work or academic functions are disrupted due to prolonged campus or building closures.
- https://community.pepperdine.edu/seaver/center-teaching-excellence/keep-on-teaching/online-tests.htm
- https://instructionalcontinuity.wisc.edu/
- https://www.callutheran.edu/emergency/
- https://www.duq.edu/news/releases/university-update-regarding-covid-19-(coronavirus)-precautions
- Bruce M. Mackh, PhD - Remote Teaching resources overview page
- 1_success_tips_for_online_teaching.pdf
2_quality_matters_summary.pdf
3_whats_the_difference_-_teaching_online.pdf
4_course_overview_and_introduction.pdf
5_planning_for_assignments.pdf
6_instructional_materials.pdf
7_interaction_and_communication.pdf
8_course_activities_and_learner_interaction.pdf
9_assessment_and_measurement.pdf
10_learner_support.pdf
11_group_projects_in_online_learning.pdf
12_real_time_online_learning.pdf
13_accessibility_and_usability.pdf
14_course_technology.pdf
15_alternatives_for_remote_learning.pdf
16_demonstrating_empathy_for_students.pdf
- https://lsa.umich.edu/technology-services/services/learning-teaching-consulting/teaching-strategies/remote-teaching.html
- Virtual Class Now! – How to Move Your Education Online in a Hurry
- Across the globe, educators are being asked to move their curricula online practically overnight. This can be a very stressful challenge. Don’t fret though!
- Keep Teaching: Academic Continuity Planning
- This page describes options to continue coursework if meeting with students face-to-face is not possible.
- Instructional Continuity
- A number of circumstances may require you to teach remotely with short notice: a campus closure, illness, inclement weather, etc. This page will provide you with guidance, strategies, and resources for making a swift change to your course delivery method and using the available technology to keep your course running.
- Remote Education Resources - Agnes Scott College
- - Hosting Online Classes
- Instructor / Student Resources
- Recorded Faculty Workshops
- FAQs
- Typical Day in the Life of Remote Teaching
- https://sites.google.com/bmcc.cuny.edu/emergency-preparedness/
- https://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/instructional-methods/Pages/remote-teaching-options.aspx
- https://its.uchicago.edu/workingremote/
- https://in.nau.edu/its/covid19-preparation/
- https://edtech.domains.trincoll.edu/instructional-continuity/
- https://www.mills.edu/news/campus-alerts/coronavirus.php
- Resources for Educators and Administrators Moving Online
- In light of the current situation regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), OLC has received numerous requests from institutions in the US and abroad on how they might create emergency preparedness plans in the event of a temporary campus shutdown. Prominent in these requests has been a need for professional development and instructional design support in order to quickly move face-to-face classes online
- https://instructional-continuity.id.ucsb.edu/
- 11 Teaching-Focused Things to Consider when Moving Your Course Online - Connecticut College
- https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/
- https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/academic-continuity
- Coronavirus: 14 simple tips for better online teaching
- The past few days have seen increasing numbers of schools and universities across the world announce that they are moving to online-only learning. Hundreds of thousands of teachers are busy working to move their face-to-face lessons online. Designing online courses takes significant time and effort.
- WCU Takes Action RE COVID-19
- As the health and safety of all West Chester University students, faculty, staff, and visitors is a critical priority, the University continues to monitor the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been actively engaged in reviewing the University’s emergency operations and its response strategies since the onset of the virus.
- https://academics.umw.edu/dls/online-teaching-tools-and-resources/
- https://floridapolytechnic.instructure.com/courses/3527/pages/teaching-remotely-in-the-event-of-an-emergency
- Please do a bad job of putting your courses online
- For my colleagues who are now being instructed to put some or all of the remainder of their semester online, now is a time to do a poor job of it.
- https://sites.suffolk.edu/ctse/continuity-of-learning/
- Preparing to Teach Remotely
- Course instructors and facilitators need to be prepared to teach remotely should the University of Cincinnati campus need to suspend face-to-face instruction for an extended period. Below is an easy-to-follow guide.
- https://www.butler.edu/cat/kcto
- Keep Teaching @ Park
- In the event of unforeseen building or campus closures, Park University is prepared for our instructors and our students to continue in their face-to-face, blended, and independent study courses from remote locations. Resources exist for faculty teaching in these modalities to engage in uninterrupted learning through the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
- Keep Teaching
- In the event of an emergency or campus closure, it is essential that we persist in providing the best possible educational experiences for our students. Below are some steps that instructors can take to ensure the continuity of instruction.
- https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/dealing-with-the-unexpected/
- https://dlinq.middcreate.net/course-continuity/
- https://remote.ku.edu/
- Prepare to Move Online (in a Hurry)
- Disaster and continuity planning for coronavirus now will prepare your campus for possible closure in the case of a local outbreak, Nathan Greeno writes.
- https://keepteaching.wfu.edu/
- https://learn.oregonstate.edu/keep-teaching
- Campus Updates and News
- Wesleyan University is actively monitoring the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its potential impacts on our campus community. Our top priority continues to be the health and safety of our Wesleyan students, staff, and faculty. While the University remains operational, it has moved to a distance-learning model through the end of the spring semester. Wesleyan is committed to completing all courses this semester, and to carrying out our mission of liberal education under these difficult conditions.
- https://doit.umbc.edu/itnm/academic-continuity/
- https://online.shsu.edu/academic-continuity/
- https://community.pepperdine.edu/seaver/center-teaching-excellence/keep-on-teaching/
- https://www.memphis.edu/umtech/teaching/keepteaching/index.php
- Teaching Beyond the Campus
- During the semester, faculty may need to quickly respond to circumstances outside of their control. Often times the best way to handle a variety of potential challenges, ranging from a flu epidemic to an unforeseen emergency or weather event, is to take prepare a basic online course to utilize temporarily.
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBNhBAR3U_gimh0WubF1vBElVxt0h1Zw3Gm5Q4KflNM/edit?usp=sharing
- Digital Learning & Support Resources for Faculty
- Teaching and Learning Remotely at UAB
- In a situation where the university suspends on-campus activities, all courses can continue remotely. Use the tools and guidance below to assist you in teaching remotely. To review the Privacy and Accessibility guidelines of each academic technology, please visit the Academic Technologies webpage and locate the technology.
- https://sites.uci.edu/teachanywhere/
- https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/
- https://www.cpp.edu/facultycenter/teaching-continuity/
- Instructional Continuity Resources for Distance Teaching
- This instructional continuity website is designed to help you quickly convert your face-to-face course to distance delivery for this spring quarter. To help faculty with this task, CDLI has developed the following resources:
- https://drexel.edu/it/help/a-z/remote-access/
- How to Design & Deliver Quality Online Education
- Which is better, online or face-to-face learning? This used to be a common research question. Later, the research results were aggregated and meta-analysed, yielding the – no significant difference – finding. It turned-out that there is no clear winner. Students choose online or on-campus, or increasingly, a combination of the two, for various reasons and with diverse outcomes.
- Teaching Remotely
- Eastern Illinois University has many resources available to help you develop an instructional continuity plan. Following are prioritized considerations in making your plans. Think of them as a continuity checklist.
- Blackboard Learn - Rapid Transition Guide (For Students)
- University of Illinois - Instructional Continuity
- A variety of circumstances might require you to temporarily teach your class remotely (online) with minimal notice: a campus closure, increased absenteeism during a flu outbreak, a family emergency requiring your presence elsewhere, etc. This guide will provide you with some actions to take when making that shift quickly and resources to support the transition.
Spring 2020 and COVID-19
An Illinois Massmail message has been sent to faculty regarding continuity of instruction logistics and resources.
In light of the suspension of face-to-face instruction for the campus starting on March 23rd, here are a few statements about our instructional goals and support
- Teaching Virtually
- Resources for Faculty.
- https://teachingremotely.uchicago.edu/
- https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/03/iu/releases/10-suspend-classroom-teaching-for-two-weeks-after-spring-break.html
- https://teachonline.asu.edu/2018/09/best-practices-for-teaching-online/
- Spotlight on: online teaching!
- Engaging large cohorts, and delivering to classes in an online context. Here are some resources to help advise best practice for remote teaching!
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption, for SIS and PWR
- Teaching during times of potential disruption requires creative and flexible thinking about how instructors can support students in achieving essential core course learning objectives. This document offers suggestions for instructors in Stanford University’s PWR and Thinking Matters looking to continue offering a student-centered learning experience in a remote or online learning environment.
- https://udayton.edu/studev/health_wellness/healthcenter/coronavirus/
- https://instructionalcontinuity.ecu.edu/
- https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/teaching-with-technology/contingency-planning/
- https://www.berea.edu/covid-19-plan/
- Ensuring off-campus students can access resources to learn anywhere and anytime
- This semester, many units are running with online supported learning for at least part of the semester for students impacted by travel restrictions.
- Guide to Academic Continuity
- A variety of circumstances might require you to temporarily deliver your class online with minimal notice, such as an infectious disease outbreak, a family emergency requiring your presence elsewhere, or a natural disaster.
- https://www.msstate.edu/acfaculty
- https://ai.umich.edu/online-teaching-academy/online-teaching-resources/
- https://uniandes.edu.co/coronavirus
- https://www.winthrop.edu/onlinelearning/continuity-of-instruction.aspx
- Winthrop University - Continuity of Instruction
The Office of Online Learning has created the following resources to help faculty prepare for the continuity of instruction in the event that classes at Winthrop need to be offered remotely. These resources are intentionally streamlined to make them useful for new users and for quick response situations.
- Online Learning Readiness
- This paper examines the relationship between student characteristics of online learning readiness and student outcomes in online courses at two higher educational institution.
- Information on Remote Classes for 1st Semester of 2020
- Information on Remote Classes for 1st Semester of 2020.
- Eight Steps for a Smoother Transition to Online Teaching
- As universities rush to get all their courses online quickly, there’s a high probability of error but also a lot you can do to succeed.
- https://elearning.ufl.edu/keep-teaching/
- https://keep-teaching.umn.edu/
- https://community.pepperdine.edu/techlearn/teaching/emergency-resources.htm
- https://keepteaching.iu.edu/
- Options for remote teaching
- Because of the COVID-19 situation, SFU is moving to remote instruction. The table below presents tools and strategies to support instructors with the transition.
- So You Want to Temporarily Teach Online
- If (for some reason) you’re considering an abrupt move to online teaching, Stephanie Moore and Charles B. Hodges have practical advice for instructors in the short term.
- https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/cehdteachonline
- https://ecampus.uconn.edu/keep-teaching/
- A Guide for CUNY Instructors
- Should New York City experience widespread quarantine or should CUNY campuses shut down to contain the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that all faculty and staff realize the massive disruption these decisions would visit upon the lives of our students, and approach any efforts to continue instruction with a sense of flexibility and understanding.
- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- With confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio, in the greater Cincinnati region and now within our university community, the University of Cincinnati continues with travel restrictions, self-quarantine and reporting requirements as a result of travel, close contact with cases, or individul symptoms.
- How Can I Keep My Class Momentum?
- Beginning Monday, March 30, class instruction at West Virginia University will be delivered remotely. Shifting all teaching and learning to online environments will stress WVU systems and services in unanticipated ways, so the Teaching and Learning Commons has worked closely with Information Technology Services and Libraries to identify our most reliable tools below.
- https://sites.google.com/cua.edu/ts-inst/instructional-continuity
- https://www.wilmu.edu/edtech/cyberday.aspx
- Wilmington University - Cyber Day Preparedness for Faculty
Cyber Day is a set of resources designed to help faculty keep learning momentum going in their classes if meeting with students face-to-face is not possible. To ensure that unexpected closings have minimal impact on the flow of student learning, Wilmington University has implemented Cyber Days. The Cyber Day concept is a teaching and learning approach which shifts the face-to-face direct instruction classroom experience to a dynamic guided online learning experience.
- https://www.carleton.edu/ltc/faculty-services/resources/instructional-continuity/
- https://ovpi.uga.edu/initiatives/teaching_learning_continuity/
- Working Remotely
- Below are a list of information technology resources available to enable members of the UTHealth community to work remotely and securely. For information on telecommuting procedures and policies, see Human Resources.
- Teaching Online in a Pinch - Bryant University
- This module has been made available to you by Bryant University as a public service. This is a self-paced experience; you are accountable only to yourself. Practice being self-directed as your students are now going to need to become. Empathize with that journey and model the ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Co-constructing a caring community online
- A changed role for your class
As you think about moving your class online, one key difference between in-person and online learning to note is the more central role class time plays in building and heightening community. In an in-person learning experience, students can use transition time before and after class, as well as physical spaces on campus, to check in with you and with each other. In an online learning experience, however, opportunities to interact outside of class time are often more limited. In online learning, synchronous class time has a heightened role in building community because other places of physical proximity are no longer serving that purpose.
- https://wcet.wiche.edu/covid-19-resources
- https://oaiplus.pdx.edu/blog/playlist/remote-exam-kit/
- Teaching Remotely Overview
- Purdue has many resources available to help you develop an online instructional plan. The following are prioritized considerations in making your plans. Many instructors have found the Quick Start guides (below) useful in preparing their course completion plans.
- https://cts.ndus.edu/continuity-of-instruction/
- Delivering teaching using live streaming and lecture capture
- As the Covid 19 pandemic develops, universities are asking serious questions about how they can continue to successfully deliver teaching and learning. Is online streaming and lecture caption the answer?
- Teaching Online Resources - To assist with instructional continuity during COVID-19
- Florence Martin, Learning, Design and Technology, Florence.Martin@uncc.edu UNC Charlotte
- https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/teaching-remotely
- https://accc.uic.edu/news-stories/tech-resources-for-teaching-learning-online/
- https://www.nyit.edu/ctl/keep_teaching
- https://inside.sou.edu/catl/instructional-resiliency-guide.html
- Leveraging Blackboard to Support Student Learning (In-Person and Hybrid Courses)
- Whether it’s a snow-day, making up a missed class, the flu, or coronavirus, having a Blackboard site at the ready can ensure that your on-campus or hybrid class is able to carry on. Additionally, consult the FAQs for Faculty Going Online in a Hurry.
- Academic Continuity Resources
- Academic continuity refers to the continuation of instructional delivery at the University of South Florida through our learning management tool Canvas and providing students with continuing remote access to support services.
- Brown University - The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
- Inclusive Approaches to Support Student Assignments During Times of Disruption
Fortunately, for much of the time, Brown instructors and students are able to teach and learn as planned in the syllabus. However, whether due to weather, travel, or illnesses like COVID-19, there are times when these plans need to be adjusted. This resource offers approaches to making these adjustments, through both lower and higher-tech means. Recommendations from Brown's Office of Student and Employee Accessibility Services (SEAS) are also offered to address accessibility.
- Covid-19 Digital Support for Spring 2020
- Covid-19 Digital Support for Spring 2020.
- https://stearnscenter.gmu.edu/knowledge-center/instructional-continuity/
- Best Practices in Business Continuity Planning in Higher Education
- In the following report, Hanover Research provides an overview of business
continuity planning within the context of higher education. The report presents the
general planning strategies used to create such a plan, as well as a comparative
overview of established business continuity plans at five higher education institutions.
- American University of Central Asia
- https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/administration/academicaffairs/extendedinternational/elearning/academic-continuity/index.htm
- https://www.elmira.edu/Administration/Information_Technology/Academic_Business_Continuity_Plan.html
- Enhanced Teaching & Learning
- Our mission is to provide support and guidance for online, traditional, technology-enhanced, and collaborative teaching. ETL is comprised of three groups: Academic Technologies, Online Learning, and the Center for Collaborative Learning. Visit us in Shelby Center, Suite 129, or contact us for assistance.
- https://www.miamioh.edu/regionals/academics/elearning/ecampus-faculty-staff/keep-teaching-courses/index.html
- Support for switching to online instruction
- With courses officially being transitioned to online delivery due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Teaching & Learning Technologies is committed to providing support to faculty as they work to deliver their courses online. For those of you that already leverage WebCampus, this may not mean too much additional work. For those who might be new to WebCampus, know that resources are available to assist you.
- https://www.med.unc.edu/it/continuity-of-learning-during-emergencies/
- Teaching During Campus Closure
- In the event of an emergency, the ability to teach courses on campus may be affected. This guide helps you identify and become acquainted with alternatives to face-to-face instruction for use during situations when campus may be closed and teaching must take place fully online.
- https://bit.ly/covid19-support1
- https://keepteaching.niu.edu/
- In Case of Emergency
- In case of an emergency (outbreak, pandemic, natural disaster, etc.) that necessitates prolonged campus evacuation, the University's priorities are:
1) The safety of students and university personnel.
2) Continuing teaching and learning.
- Teaching Online
- In response to COVID-19 many campuses are suddenly transitioning to online learning. This caused an outpouring of advice in the form of Twitter threads, email threads, and Google Docs. The goal of this Wiki is to centralize this knowledge and make it more accessible.
- https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/article/2019/02/20/how-hold-your-class-during-emergency-closures
- https://lts.lehigh.edu/academic-continuity
- https://coronavirus.nd.edu/instructional-continuity/
- https://sites.google.com/apps.losrios.edu/crc-online-education-resources/home
- https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/healthcenter/coronavirus
- https://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/preparing-to-teach/course-continuity/
- https://elearning.olemiss.edu/faculty/academic-continuity/
- https://instructionalcontinuity.sfsu.edu/
- University of Waterloo - Keep Learning
- Welcome to Keep Learning
In response to the ongoing situation with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the University of Waterloo has moved all Winter and Spring term courses online. This site identifies strategies and resources to help you teach your class remotely and will continue to evolve.
- https://dld.brown.edu/teaching-continuity-guide
- UW Bothell Instructional Continuity
- This page is designed to help faculty prepare for and conduct classes during a possible long term disruption to campus operations. Please check back frequently as we continue to populate this page with more helpful information.
- Coronavirus
- Saint Joseph’s University has transitioned to virtual instruction in response to the global coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. This website is dedicated to information on the University’s operations and will be updated as the situation evolves.
- Teaching Remotely in Times of Need
- Torrey Trust, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- https://www.njcu.edu/academics/njcu-online/instructional-continuity
- https://www.fau.edu/canvas/virtualteaching/
- https://instructionalcontinuity.smccd.edu/
- https://miamioh.edu/coronavirus/
- https://www.linfield.edu/tls/emergency.html
- https://www.wright.edu/coronavirus
- Wright State University - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- https://coronavirus.illinoisstate.edu/
- https://www.furman.edu/faculty-development-center/faculty-resources/remote-learning-digital-collaboration/
- https://www.wichita.edu/services/mrc/instructional_technology/BbTraining/emergencyonline.php
- Wichita State University - Meeting In-Person Classes Online
Page update: This webpage provides options for different situations leading to a sudden need to move a class online. To support the rapid response needed in the recent COVID-19 suspension of in-person classes at Wichita State, Instructional Design and Access has created a 10-step program to get in-person instructors online very fast. If you are completely new to teaching online, please refer to this Building Continuity of Instruction program now.
- https://teach.uiowa.edu/keep-teaching-iowa
- Continuity of Instruction
- This document is designed to address the challenges of continuing instruction without being able to meet with students face-to-face.
- Teaching Online Tools
- https://lx.uts.edu.au/resources/coronavirus-toolkit/
- USF TEAch Resource Library
- Welcome! The USF TEAch Resource Library offers resources for faculty interested in exploring different ways to design your course, engage and assess your students. This library centralizes different resources from multiple outlets within USF that will hopefully provide you with the tools to apply a certain technique to your course.
- https://citls.lafayette.edu/academic-continuity/
- https://teaching.cornell.edu/teaching-resources/planning-remote-teaching
- https://www.cmu.edu/canvas/teachingonline/teachingremotely.html
- https://www.hartnell.edu/pdc/canvas/onlinetraining.html
- https://keepteaching.osu.edu/
- https://learning.northeastern.edu/digital-learning-resilience/
- https://odl.fsu.edu/emergency-instruction
- https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-innovation-in-education/digital-education/remote-teaching-guidance/
- https://ceils.ucla.edu/resources/preparing-to-teach-online-in-the-event-of-disruption-due-to-covid-19/
- Information Technology
- The Office of Information Technology is responsible for computing, communications, information and wireless network services for students, faculty and staff throughout the University community.
- https://www.gordonstate.edu/departments/computer-services/brightspace-by-d2l/index.html
- Оптико-механічний коледж
- У зв’язку із заходами з протидії розповсюдження коронавірусу COVID-19,
Оптико-механічний коледж Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка з 17 березня 2020 року переходить на дистанційну форму комунікацій.
- https://echo.lemoyne.edu/Faculty-Staff-Resources/Resources-for-Employees/Technology-Resources/Keep-Teaching
- COVID-19 Information
- Tennessee Wesleyan University is closely monitoring the evolving situation of COVID-19. We have been, and will continue, following recommendations made by public health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Onsite to Online
- If an emergency causes a building closure or prevents you from coming to campus, the Academy has tools and resources at the ready to move your classes online.
- https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/administration/instructional-resources/software-and-learning-resources/
- Whitworth University - Instructional Resources
- https://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/leds/course-continuity-resources/
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
- Find up-to-date information related to the status of the global COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and how the College is anticipating and responding to its impact on our community.
- https://cte.openlcc.net/keepteaching
- https://its.lmu.edu/whatwedo/instructionaltechnology/keepteaching/
- https://libguides.marshall.edu/BlackboardQuickStart
- Teaching Remotely
- Teaching can be disrupted by events and unforeseen circumstances such as severe weather, natural disasters, or public health concerns. If VSU’s physical campus closes and/or face-to-face classes are canceled unexpectedly for an extended duration, then faculty might be asked to develop alternatives to standard classes by teaching remotely and maintaining instructional continuity online.
- Teaching remotely
- On this page:
Important considerations for week one
Get started
Put classroom activities online
Technology how-to guides
FAQ
- https://plymouthstate-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/jtn1026_plymouth_edu/EY9n-YAlcSRAm3BLhiGMInwBtSPGBicovpAA5u5p8DvzfA?rtime=6cVVy8TF10g
- Texas Tech Worldwide eLearning
- Resources for Faculty Transitioning to Online Delivery
Recent changes in our TTU community due to COVID-19 have resulted in transitioning to online classes for all TTU students beginning March 30. Faculty can follow the steps below to quickly transition their face-to-face classes to online classes.
- https://digitallearning.ucf.edu/newsroom/keepteaching/
- Continuity of Operations Plans - Loyola University New Orleans
- These general guidelines are based on the experiences of Loyola University's faculty, staff, students, and administrators in emergency situations both longer and shorter term.
- https://cep.barnard.edu/tips-strategies-instructional-continuity
- https://academictechnologies.it.miami.edu/explore-technologies/academic-continuity-guide/index.html
- https://lesley.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-academic-resources/teaching-and-scholarship/elearning-and-instructional-1
- https://provost.ncsu.edu/faculty-resources/keep-teaching/
- https://stockton.edu/emergency-management/coronavirus.html
- https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/lits/academic-continuity
- https://fiuhelp.force.com/canvas/s/article/Academic-Continuity-Guide-Instructors
- Teaching and Learning Online
- Communication, Community, and Assessment
- ACUE - Teaching Without Walls
- Initially, Michael Wesch wasn’t thrilled about teaching online. He didn’t love the idea of talking into the camera and worried that students’ learning experiences could suffer. To him, part of the joy of teaching came from being with students in a classroom.
- https://weblearning.psu.edu/contingency-planning/
- https://utulsa.edu/coronavirus-updates/
- https://affiliate.wcu.edu/cfc/emergency-online-instruction-checklist/
- https://keepteaching.jhu.edu/
- Remote Instruction During an Emergency
- This is a quick start guide for faculty who need to teach from home (or when students are not in class due to quarantine, etc.) for a short period of time due to emergency situations (i.e. COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019). While it may be difficult to plan ahead for every type of emergency situation, this resource will help guide you through options to consider when teaching online in an emergency situation.
- https://case.edu/utech/resources/technology-university-closures-and-working-remotely
- https://online.mines.edu/continuity/
- https://www.bowdoin.edu/baldwin-center/for-faculty/remote-learning-and-teaching/index.html
- https://cte.rice.edu/guide
- https://edspace.american.edu/ctrl/portfolio-item/teaching-when-campus-is-closed/
- https://www.lanecc.edu/atc/teaching-continuity-plan
- https://www.miamioh.edu/digital-learning/continuity-of-education/index.html
- https://www.xavier.edu/instructional-continuity/index
- Xavier University - BE PREPARED
We're here to provide guidance and resources to help you teach remotely during Xavier's temporary suspension of on-campus instruction.
- https://courses.centre.edu/course/view.php?id=2218
- https://cer.jhu.edu/teaching/campus-closure-teaching
- Coronavirus Updates
- UNF Remote Learning Extended to Summer B Session.
- https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/ensuring-continuity-of-learning-during-enforced-absence
- https://it.osu.edu/keepteaching
- Keep Teaching Guide
- The USAHS Keep Teaching Plan has been designed to support faculty in the transition of all instruction, including lab sessions and exams, where applicable, to a virtual format.
- https://keepteaching.ubc.ca/
- Center for Faculty Excellence
- The Center for Faculty Excellence team is providing remote support and training during this time.
- https://otl.wayne.edu/teachanywhere
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=2ahUKEwi_75WlyZDoAhUCA6wKHc6OAncQFjAGegQIBhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsenate.ucsd.edu%2Fmedia%2F71324%2FRemote-and-Distance-Instruction.pdf&usg=AOvVaw25-u0DDhmJLknufh5Fwb-d
- https://guides.lib.jmu.edu/TemporaryRemoteTeaching_Learning
- https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/nexus-faculty-resources/services-support/covid-19-instructional-continuity
- https://wiki.spu.edu/display/ETMH/Campus+Closure+-+Alternative+Options
- https://www.westmont.edu/office-provost/academic-continuity-resources
- Westmont - RESOURCES FOR CONDUCTING CLASSES WHEN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IS INTERRUPTED
Academic Continuity Resources
- Instructional Resilience Resources
- Instructional Resilience Resources.
- https://keepteaching.qc.cuny.edu/
- Working & Teaching Remotely
- In the event that routine work or academic functions are disrupted due to prolonged campus or building closures, you may find it necessary to work or teach a class from off campus. We provide a variety of services to connect you with colleagues and students remotely so that work and learning can continue uninterrupted. Students should visit our learning remotely page for more information.
- https://provost.asu.edu/continuity/faculty
- https://li.wsu.edu/teaching-tool-boxes/emergency-tool-kit-for-extended-distance-delivery/
- https://www.chapman.edu/campus-services/information-systems/working-and-teaching-remotely/course-continuity-plan.aspx
- Keep teaching
- In the event of an emergency situation, it may be become necessary to teach remotely. Perhaps the closure lasts longer than expected or widespread illness makes in-person instruction challenging. The goal is to maintain the delivery of quality instruction as much as possible to minimize the disruption of student progress toward degree completion.
- Academic Continuity
- Yale University is committed to improving the world today and for future generations through outstanding research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice. Yale educates aspiring leaders worldwide who serve all sectors of society. We carry out this mission through the free exchange of ideas in an ethical, interdependent, and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
- Instructional Continuity
- Instructional Continuity may be an unfamiliar term, but it really just means keeping your class on schedule during disruptive times.
- https://teachingcontinuity.virginia.edu/
- https://www.geneseo.edu/cit/academic-continuity-during-prolonged-closure
- https://www.academictechnologies.northeastern.edu/resiliency/
- https://its.ucsc.edu/fitc/course-dev/index.html
- https://facultytech.it.fordham.edu/index.php/coursecontinuity/
- How to Move Your Course Online During the Coronavirus
- Institutions across the nation are actively preparing to move their on-campus classes into an online format as a measure to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. For many, this migration from in-person teaching to online teaching can be a daunting task, but it does not have to be!
- https://iteachu.uaf.edu/pedagogy-resources/instructional-continuity/
- https://tlos.vt.edu/continuity/
- https://teaching.temple.edu/remote-resources-emergency-online-teaching
- https://www.it.unlv.edu/teaching-working-remotely/employees
- Ensuring Instructional Continuity at El Camino
- In a circumstance where you might be required to change the modality of your course with minimal notice, this guide will provide you with some actions to take when making this shift.
- https://library.educause.edu/topics/information-technology-management-and-leadership/covid19
- University of South California - Course Continuity in an Emergency
- This page contains information and resources for USC faculty on maintaining their basic on-campus course instruction during an emergency by moving it online, such as in response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- https://answers.syr.edu/display/AC/Rapid+Online+Course+Development+Guide
- https://tulane.edu/tulane-university-moves-online-instruction-cancels-large-events
- https://atus.wwu.edu/kb/keep-working-checklist-temporary-work-campus
- Keep Teaching
- UNO is closely monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and taking proactive measures to ensure the health of our students, faculty and staff.
- University of California Riverside - Temporary Remote Learning Resources
- https://sasoue.rutgers.edu/teaching-learning/keep-teaching
- Keep Teaching: Continuity of Instruction
Steps to Accommodate Graduate and Undergraduate Off-Campus Teaching & Learning
- https://www.clarku.edu/offices/its/a-z-service-catalog/academic-continuity/
- Academic Continuity
Academic Continuity refers to the continuation of teaching and learning at Clark University in the event of unexpected or extended campus closures. This guide, provided by ITS and CETL, will give you some considerations, techniques and tools to plan and implement academic continuity strategies for your courses.
- https://www.gvsu.edu/ftlc/academic-continuity-331.htm
- PREPARING FOR REMOTE TEACHING
A variety of circumstances might require you to take your classes online with minimal notice. In order to maintain academic continuity, faculty should consider these questions first: How will I communicate with my students? How will I provide access to course materials? What will students engage with course content? What will assignments look like? How will exams and quizzes be administered? How can I ensure that students have access to support services? Recognizing that each course is different and that there are more complex questions to answer, we are starting now with a series of foundational interactive sessions to assist faculty (and staff) in their planning.
- https://uccaribe.net/
- Continuidad Académica a Distancia
En esta página encontrarás un compendio de aplicaciones existentes en la UCC que desde un punto de vista tecnológico se podrán usar a fin de que las actividades académicas continúen en la medida de las posibilidades.
- https://sites.google.com/holycross.edu/hc-course-continuity/home
- Holy Cross Course Continuity
- https://www.pasco.com/resources/home-science-tools
- Home Science Tools
At PASCO, we are committed to doing all we can to help the science education community. In these uncertain times of school closures and remote learning, we want to ensure that all students and teachers continue to build their science skills and have access to the content they need.
- https://its.umich.edu/remote-resource-guide
- Remote Resource Guide
If you need to connect remotely, the following resources are available to help you bring your university work to you. See related guides from our Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses.
- https://www.sju.edu/academicadmin/instructional-continuity
- Instructional Continuity
The Instructional Continuity Planning (ICP) Committee was formed to generate suggestions to offer to faculty appropriate options for providing lapse-free curricula in the event of class disruptions. The guidelines presented here are our suggestions concerning best practices for dealing with disruptions of instruction.
- Teaching intelligence: how to take your classes online
- Many universities have begun to teach online amid concerns that traditional classes could spread the Coronavirus. Yale-NUS lecturer Catherine Shea Sanger explains how it can be done quickly and effectively
- https://webservices.ulm.edu/policies/download-policy/779
- Interim Research Policy during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Emergency
This document addresses funded research and not independent research being conducted by students, staff and faculty.
- https://online.lsu.edu/online-contingency-plan/
- Faculty Guide for Remote Teaching
LSU has prepared resources to guide faculty on how to convert their face-to-face classes for remote instruction to ensure continuity of learning. Please find guidance below as well as printables, videos, and step-by-step instructions to support this process.
- Keep Learning Remotely
- WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS STRESSFUL AND WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR MANY, BUT THE MINES COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT AND SUPPORTIVE. WE WILL GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AS OREDIGGERS. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF, YOUR CLASSMATES, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR INSTRUCTORS DURING THIS TIME. TAKE CARE OF YOUR WELLBEING FIRST.
- https://thewirecutter.com/blog/use-zoom-like-a-pro/
- 8 Tips for How to Use Zoom Like a Pro
If you’re new to working from home, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re also new to using Zoom—our pick for the best videoconferencing service. We’re not the only ones who like it: Zoom has added millions of users over the past few months as teams shift to remote work in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
- Georgetown University - INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY @GU
- Connecting With Students, Continuing With Coursework
In response to the emerging outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, Georgetown is moving all classes to a virtual learning environment. The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS)—along with partners from across the University—is here to help. On this site you will find information about office hours, web resources, webinars and other forms of assistance.
- Master Online Teacher Competencies
- Online education continues to flourish across the globe. As we pass from the early adopter phase into acceptance by the masses, the number of instructors taking part in online education grows. Although qualified in their field, many instructors have no education in the methods of instruction or facilitation.
- Virginia Commonwealth University - Keep on Teaching
- Sometimes the unexpected happens. When it does, VCU will be prepared to keep on teaching and keep on learning. Were we to have a blizzard or some other surprise event, no doubt we will eventually experience a moment where all in-person academic meetings will need to transition to a remote format. If all or part of VCU instructional locations become unavailable or need to be closed, academic continuity can maintain course progression.
- https://wiki.wooster.edu/display/itdocumentation/COVID-19+Recommendations
- COVID-19 Recommendations
In light of recent developments relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), it is important for faculty and staff members to be prepared to accommodate students and team members who are learning remotely or needing to work remotely. In order to allow students and team members to maintain their work under these circumstances, Educational Technology and Technology Services have developed these recommendations.
- https://www.csus.edu/academic-affairs/academic-continuity/
- Academic Continuity During Campus Disruption
If you've seen the motivational poster for teachers that says, "Keep Calm and Teach On," you know the key message you will find here. This Academic Continuity page was developed to offer guidance to Sacramento State faculty if they face challenges delivering instruction to one or more students because of disruption of normal campus operations.
- https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/unit/instructionaltech/Academic_Continuity.html
- Villanova University - Academic Continuity
In the event of a disruptive event or emergency, your ability to continue your teaching as planned may be affected. This guide has been designed to provide viable, easily implementable options to continue your teaching and academic activities.
- https://www.coe.edu/student-life/student-life-resources/health-wellness/covid-19
- COVID-19 novel coronavirus update
As the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to expand, we felt it important to update the Coe community. The health and safety of our students, faculty and staff members are top priorities, and Coe College is continuing to monitor the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
- https://www.brandeis.edu/teaching/teaching-continuity.html
- Preparing for Teaching Continuity
Our Brandeis teaching/learning community is challenged to make substantial alterations to the educational experiences that sustain our Brandeis goals and values. In the online teaching/learning environment, we can continue to model the principles of access and social justice upon which Brandeis was founded. Please be flexible and creative about the work you require of students.
- https://www.glosole.org/justintime.html
- Online? . . . Just in Time!
Did you suddenly learn you need to teach online? Whether it's a single class meeting or a full course redesign, GSOLE has you covered. This page is dedicated to providing Just In Time support for instructors having a wide range of experience teaching online and onsite courses.
- https://www.hnu.edu/news/message-about-coronavirus-prevention-and-preparation/
- Message about Coronavirus prevention and preparation
Please check this page regularly for updates regarding how Holy Names University is addressing the challenges presented by COVID-19.
- https://www.uhd.edu/computing/Pages/TeachingWorkingOnline.aspx
- UHD Teaching and Working Online and Remotely
In the event of a campus closure due to weather, illness, or other emergency, the University of Houston-Downtown offers several alternative methods for continuing instruction and support services remotely. Any closure will be officially announced through the University's website and via campus emergency alerts.
- https://www.csusm.edu/ats/idesign/cougarcourses/keepteaching/index.html
- Keep Teaching Tools and Tips
Cougar Courses supports academic teaching and learning with the ability to communicate with your students, deliver course materials, link to online resources, collect student assignments and quizzes, facilitate discussion, and track grades.
- https://sites.tufts.edu/ets/keepteaching/
- Keep Teaching
Tufts supports a variety of tools that enable courses to continue when students are unable to attend class for an extended period of time or in the event that classes are canceled unexpectedly due to weather or other disruptive circumstances. TTS Educational Technology Services provides tips, guidance, and support in the event you need to move your classes online due to unforeseen circumstances.
- https://www.maciejworkiewicz.com/post/2020/03/14/how-to-move-to-online-teaching-fast
- How to move to online teaching (fast)
In my approach I chose to focus on Zoom 😊 In my opinion it is one of the best conferencing tools for online education (I have no shares in this company nor have I received any support from them).
- https://it.ucmerced.edu/EdContinuity
- Educational Continuity For Faculty
This page outlines methods that allow for teaching and learning to continue in the event that instructors, teaching assistants, or students are unable to physically attend class. These methods are in alignment with the Divisional Council's Emergency Course Continuity Policy.