Forget multitasking, try monotasking
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Presentation of the Week: How to Help Students Succeed by Taking Ownership of Their Learning Online Through Personal Learning
What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social Distancing?
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 …
Are Universities Going the Way of CDs and Cable TV?
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/
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Towards fall 2020 in higher education: what an “in person semester” really means
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.
What education 4.0 should look like
Education is an integral part of human development. Being rapidly updated and having already gone through three major stages, education 4.0 will use technologies that don’t exist yet, and will focus on creative thinking instead of rote-learning.
https://yourstory.com/2020/06/education-four-creative-curriculum-learning-technology…
Lumen Learning Intros Professional Development Program for Faculty
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.
Microsoft Strengths Its Education Offering With New Microsoft Teams Features
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced several new Microsoft Teams features that will better target education users. Microsoft Teams is known as an enterprise-level collaboration tool that allows chatting, file sharing, and meeting in a centralized, secure location. Microsoft Teams already …
12 Little-Known Microsoft OneNote Features You Will Love
If you’re already using OneNote for Windows or OneNote 2016, then these features will speed up your work. And if you’ve never used it before, you’re about to find out how useful these OneNote features can be to organize almost …
How much ‘work’ should my online course be for me and my students?
How much work is too much (or too little) work for my students? How much work is too much work for my TAs or for me? How do I design an online course? A post where I propose ‘Total Work …
Microsoft Teams now available for personal use as Microsoft targets friends and families
Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today in preview. It’s part of a broader effort by Microsoft to remain relevant with consumers and win them back after a series of exits from consumer-friendly services.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21298766/microsoft-teams-personal-launch-preview-accounts?…
Why your organization needs a BYOD policy
With BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), the expense of providing employees company-owned devices and then supporting them was replaced with employee allowances to use their own phones, tablets, and laptops.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-your-organization-needs-a-byod-policy/…
Presentation of the Week: Ethical Codes and Learning Analytics
The new science of personalized vaccines
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What’s coming in Moodle 3.9
The long awaited release of Moodle 3.9 is almost here! In June, we’ll see a range of enhancements for Moodle students, teachers and administrators. Let’s take a look at some of the new features you can expect to see in …