DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
The shock of nearly all colleges and universities moving their classes to emergency online learning resulted in several lessons that apply well into the future. As we move into planning for 2021-2022 and a post-pandemic college/university experience, what are the …
In today’s post, we handpicked for you from Chrome web store some of the best apps that can help you take control of your online time and beat Internet distractions.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/10/beat-digital-distraction-with-these.html…
In today’s remote learning reality, enabling students to work in groups, share their work, and provide feedback to each other is of utmost importance. Visual Classrooms is an online computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) platform that allows students to interact …
One of the main challenges with switching to alternative forms of teaching at a distance is getting students to participate, to get them engaged and to maintain their motivation. Selma Hamdani and Cory Legassic from Dawson College shared the strategies …
Now that most of your instruction is done online, the need for digital gradebooks is even more persistent. In today’s post we are sharing with you a list of 4 practical iPad apps that can help you in your grading.…
A teacher who now tutors online left a traditional position because she didn’t want to be part of a broken system that wasn’t serving all students’ best interests.
An online survey from Microsoft and YouGov found that 88% of teachers surveyed believe the pandemic has accelerated “hybrid learning” – where youngsters learn at home and in the classroom – and 74% believe online and digital learning platforms are …
One recent publication suggested misconduct and plagiarism is the new “arms race” in higher education. Essay mills, custom writing services, paid exam takers, partners undertaking assignments for their loved ones, and some parents completing assignments for their offspring are all …
Zoom has a bunch of features you can use to better manage the online teaching experience, and we just rolled out four brand-new ones! Here’s how our features will help you teach — and students learn — over Zoom.
https://blog.zoom.us/4-new-zoom-features-educators-can-use-to-enhance-virtual-teaching-learning/…
Preparing for the fall 2020 semester and looking for resources to support online learning, teachers have been reaching out on various online teacher communities. One topic that kept popping up was icebreakers and especially what icebreakers worked well in an …
Ransomware attacks have increased in volume and speed, and their impact has become much more significant as many schools continue online instruction.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2020/08/how-protect-school-systems-ransomware-attacks-perfcon…
In the Winter 2020 semester, as teachers started moving classes online for emergency remote teaching, Zoom became a household name. In response, over the past few months Microsoft has expanded the possibilities of its Teams platform, part of the Microsoft …
The Top Tools for Learning 2020 (14th Annual) survey will close on Friday 21 August. Have you voted for your favourites yet? If not, you can do so by completing an online form here or else send a tweet to …
Pixel is a little sandbox for consumer AI, so gives us insights into the way technology is moving and therefore the way online learning will move.
https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2020/08/pixel-is-powerful-portal-personal.html…
To help you become knowledgeable online educators, inform your remote teaching practices and optimize your distant instructional experience, we have this collection of excellent reads to share with you. These are educational guides that will introduce you to the intricacies …