To help you become knowledgeable online educators, inform your remote teaching practices and optimize your distant instructional experience, we have this collection of excellent reads to share with you. These are educational guides that will introduce you to the intricacies …
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Here Is Another Collaborative Tool to Enhance Your Remote Teaching
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…
This smart face-mask auto-translates languages as you speak!
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 …
Microsoft Teams’ New Features Teachers Should Know About
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.