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 …
How do faculty and administrators imagine the future of higher education in Canada?
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’s announcement changes the future of learning – here’s what you need to know
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…
Online Learning Is Not The Problem, Bad Design Is
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…
Back to school: Gear for teachers who want to up their online game
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/…
5 Great Tools to Boost Your Online and in Class Teaching
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 …
How to Improve Reverse Image Search Results
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 …
Teaching from Home: Some Technical Advice
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.
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.