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Write-on Video is a powerful video editor compatible with iOS and Mac, ideal for storytelling projects. Whether you want to add an interactive touch to your video content or you want to engage your students in multimodal literacy activities, Write-on …

Lifelong learning is the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.It’s about learning to know, learning to do, and learning to be. Cultivating the mind is essential for personal growth.

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/4-habits-of-highly-effective-lifelong-learners…

Whether you’re designing a course or giving learners study advice, don’t let these myths lead you astray.

https://www.learndash.com/5-learning-myths-debunked/…

Google Meet, Google’s premium video conferencing product, is now free for everyone, with availability rolling out over the coming weeks.  

https://canada.googleblog.com/2020/04/google-meet-premium-video-meetingsfree.html…

Students in different countries were asked to answer 15 questions on  issues they are experiencing on learning online Many of the students cited the same issues regardless of their country of origin.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2020/05/this_is_what_students_want_us_to_know_about_pandemic_learning.html …

Teach from Home is great educational resource created by Google in partnership with other parties (e.g., UNESCO and ISTE). It is “a temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis”. The site features a …

We may not be thrilled with our housebound conditions, but what better opportunity for learning a foreign language?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/travel/language-instruction-apps-television-youtube.html…

This summary describes pretty precisely many of the instructivist principles being applied these days in ‘remote teaching’. They basically describe a process of presenting information, having students practice concepts, and then testing them on their knowledge acquisition. 

https://3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/12-building-blocks-to-use-learning-technologies-effectively-all-in-one/…

In the fall of 2019, 3 teachers from LaSalle College experimented with hybrid teaching in a new classroom set up for that purpose.The college drew preliminary conclusions from the experiment. I will present to you some of the key elements …

It won’t be easy, but there’s a path to get students back on track. Higher education will crumble without it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/coronavirus-colleges-universities.html…

Covid-19 will reshape how we think about higher education and online learning.

https://www.city-journal.org/post-pandemic-higher-education…