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Planning a distance learning course takes time and a lot of preparation, but sometimes the context in which we teach forces us to make these changes in a very short period of time. Here is an overview of educational resources …

Knowt takes the notes that you have in your free Knowt online notebook and turns them into practice quizzes for you. Your notes can be written directly in Knowt or imported from Google Drive, from a document stored on your …

When we try to replicate classroom experiences in an online environment, it’s easy to think of video conferencing as our go-to tool for all sorts of learning objectives—and for good reason.We like the idea of being able to see and …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the pursuit of machines that are able to act purposefully to make decisions towards the pursuit of goals.  “Machines need to be able to predict to decide, but decision making requires much more. Decision making requires …

Some good tools to help you creating rubrics. These are scoring  and criterion-referenced guidelines teachers create to help with, among other things, the assessment of students performance.  

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2020/03/rubric-making-tips-and-tools-for.html

As educators this week began shifting their coursework online, thousands of them are likely using the Zoom teleconferencing app for class-wide lessons or discussions.

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/24/teachers-across-new-york-city-are-getting-a-lesson-in-zoombombing/

With the reports of more and more institutions closing campuses because of the corona-virus, and even those not closing advising their instructors to move their classes online, I am wondering what advice or help these instructors are getting from their …

Education is one of the most important challenges, it will surely change after this episode (with all that this entails in terms of opportunity for those who know how to deal with it properly), and it will be essential for …

Dave Cormier has created a series of videos (up to ten now) helping people get started with online learning in a hurry. It’s practical and realistic. For example: “My first oliah blog post had to do with prioritizing the establishment …

Since we use Microsoft tools, I quickly realized it would make sense for Teams and OneNote to play a leading role in online lessons for my students. We were learning as we went, much like many other educators like you …

Nimbus Screenshot is a screen capture tool that includes tools for drawing straight lines, arrows, boxes, etc. It’s available to use as an extension in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. There is also a Nimbus Screenshot Chrome app for Chromebook users …

Whether you are a college or high school student, or an employee who would normally attend in-person workshops, it’s likely that you’ll be thrust into the world of remote learning immediately and with little preparation.  I reached out to Karl …