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As you make your transition to remote instruction, Microsoft Teams for Education becomes an integral element in your teaching digital toolkit. With the multiple features it provides, Microsoft Teams can tremendously transform your online teaching and help you enhance your …

A new professional development offering from Lumen Learning aims to help higher education faculty improve their teaching. Lumen Circles combines an online learning platform with “facilitated fellowships” that connect faculty with peers to form a virtual community of practice.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2020/06/17/lumen-learning-intros-professional-development-program-for-faculty.aspx…

There are plenty of online tools for removing image backgrounds. Once the image background is removed you can then upload the new version of the image to your presentation. Here are some free tools you can use to remove image …

Just Read is a Chrome extension that can help you turn your online reading into a pleasurable experience. It provides you with a distraction-free environment where you can focus on the content of your articles. With a single click, Just …

There are three tools that I typically recommend to those who are looking to just record short spoken audio tracks and don’t require additional editing functions. Those three tools are Vocaroo, Online Voice Recorder, and Twisted Wave. 

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/06/three-ways-to-record-to-make-short.html…

The pioneering online learning networks offer hard-earned lessons for what works and what doesn’t with online education.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/technology/moocs-online-learning.html…

Chinese MOOC platforms XuetangX and iCourse (also called Chinese University MOOC) are releasing free online courses in English for global learners.

https://www.classcentral.com/report/china-mooc-platforms-go-international/…

With the amount of distractions present in the virtual world, it becomes extremely challenging to maintain sustained focus on a single task for a prolonged period of time  undermining thus our overall productivity and sense of creativity. In today’s post, …

As the coronavirus pushes schools and universities toward remote learning, teachers have struggled to keep their students focused from their homes. Over the last few weeks, however, some teachers have figured out a better way to educate remotely: Zoom backgrounds.…

Students in different countries were asked to answer 15 questions on  issues they are experiencing on learning online Many of the students cited the same issues regardless of their country of origin.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2020/05/this_is_what_students_want_us_to_know_about_pandemic_learning.html …

Covid-19 will reshape how we think about higher education and online learning.

https://www.city-journal.org/post-pandemic-higher-education…

One of the most effective ways to move instruction online is to build screencast videos. Building effective screencasts continues to be the barrier that stops educators from making a smooth transition to distance learning, so I have put together the …

As teachers struggle to optimize their digital instruction during the COVID-19 crisis, an expert offers five tips for how to implement effective online instruction.

https://www.futurity.org/teaching-from-home-tips-2351532/…

The intermediate-level Blended Learning Practice massive open online course (MOOC) is an introduction to blending technology and distance education teaching strategies with traditional, in-person classroom activities. This free, 4-week course provided by the Commonwealth of Learning in partnership with Athabasca …