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Creately is another great tool we are adding to our distance education resources. Creately provides you with a visual collaborative space where you and your colleagues can sketch out concepts, brainstorm plans, and hold synchronous video chats. 

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/07/here-is-another-collaborative-tool-to.html

Wear the C-Face Mask and you aren’t just granted clean, purified air… you also get the power to talk in multiple languages! Designed by Japan-based Donut Robotics, the C-Face mask is a universal mask-cover that fits on top of your …

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 …

As part of the Canadian Pulse Project, which is tracking the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on higher education institutions, we gathered data via a survey that asked administrators and faculty questions related to COVID-19 and higher education. In …

Microsoft has announced a “new learning app for MS Teams”. Does that mean it’s game over for large parts of the learning tech market? Well, not quite. This post explains why in six sections.

https://learn.filtered.com/thoughts/microsoft-learning-app-teams

Before Claiming That Online Learning Sucks, Remember That Poor Design Leads to Poor Outcomes.

https://medium.com/the-faculty/online-learning-is-not-the-problem-bad-design-is-48442982b5e3

Great online teaching doesn’t require huge gear expense. In this guide, we’ll take you through some of our gear recommendations, some budget tips, and the ultimate secret of online teaching: It’s still the teacher that makes the learning work.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/back-to-school-gear-for-teachers-who-want-to-up-their-online-game/…

Below are five practical tools you can use to boost your teaching online and in class. Using these apps you will be able to create professional looking videos with green screen and animated features, design engaging quizzes and Kahoots (quiz-based …

Reverse image search can be a good way to find more information about an object, animal, or person in a photograph. When you conduct a reverse image search on Google Images Google tries to find matching images and pages that …

Few teachers have been trained to teach students remotely from inside our homes, but that’s what many of us have found ourselves doing this year. Many of us will continue to do so for a while.

http://www.mikioakagi.net/technical-advice

As the number of things that remain out of our control grows (spacing of desks, movement in and between classes, scheduling), there are still a number space design considerations that we can control and which can allow our students to …

Like the entertainment industry, colleges will need to embrace digital services in order to survive.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/university-like-cd-streaming-age/613291/

American higher ed is moving ahead with fall 2020 planning.  Let’s check in with current developments and see what they suggest for the next academic year.

https://bryanalexander.org/scenarios/towards-fall-2020-in-higher-education-what-an-in-person-semester-really-means/