The Chronicle analyzed 712 responses from faculty members and 457 from administrators to see what terms were among those that occurred most commonly (variants of the same word were grouped). Here’s what we found, edited for brevity and clarity.
Online learning is here to stay – so we must work out how to do it well
The rapid shift to online work and study has forced providers to extend already over-stretched budgets. ‘Emergency’ IT infrastructure and software have been brought in at pace, and we’ve seen fast-track digital upskilling for staff and students. Such upheaval posed …
How Chrome’s Short URLs Can Increase Your Security
Google might soon truncate the full address of websites you visit. By only showing the domain name of a website in the address bar rather than the full URL, Google’s move could actually help people increase their security when browsing …
The 7 elements of a good online course
Good online courses can be more personal and rewarding for students than the traditional learning in large lecture halls. Here’s some advice for students about what to look for as learning remains online.
https://theconversation.com/the-7-elements-of-a-good-online-course-139736…
Want students to thrive? Build them a learning ecosystem
Learning ecosystems help break silos and scaffold collaboration and equity for students, educators, and communities.
https://remakelearning.org/blog/2020/06/08/students-thrive-ecosystem/…
How to Keep Students’ Attention in a Virtual Classroom
Teachers worried about students zoning out during distance learning can lean on these programs for help.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-keep-students-attention-virtual-classroom…
What Comes After Phase 3?
This is a conversation with some people from the health care industry in the U.S. asking about what I expect to see after the current wave of technology. The current wave, which I discussed in my E-Learning 3.0 course, involves …
What We’re Learning About Online Learning
As virtual classrooms and online learning proliferate, researchers are working to quantify what works and what doesn’t.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/health/school-learning-online-education.html…
We need to gather as much data as we can’: How AI could change everything about education
We need to gather as much data as we can so we can build on this and implement it in the long term. This will ensure that, first of all, we don’t go back to the old way of doing …
My secret to staying focused under pressure
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Presentation of the Week: Tricks that students may use to fool Turnitin
Easy Ways to Remove Image Backgrounds
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 …
12 Key Ideas: An Introduction to Teaching Online
This book is meant to be a short course to help you prepare to move your teaching online. Do a chapter a day. Or just pick the ones you like.
Work in 2030
Good discussion and review of a work futures study Ahead By A Decade: Employment in 2030 published last week by the Brookfield Institute in comparison with similar work done by the “Canadian Occupational Projection System” (COPS).
http://higheredstrategy.com/work-in-2030/
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Teams and Moodle, What Scenario to Expect
Microsoft Teams has features like a virtual classroom in which there are virtual classes for learning. Chat and video conference interactions, to task submissions and quizzes. Everything makes Microsoft Teams a comfortable place to study in virtual classrooms. However, still …