In Teaching Online, Claire Howell Major describes for college faculty the changes that accompany use of such technologies and offers real-world strategies for surmounting digital teaching challenges.
Typology of Free Web-based Learning Technologies
The Typology of Free Web-based Learning Technologies (2020) provides educators with a list of 226 technologies arranged into 40 types and 15 clusters that can be used via a browser to promote more productive and interactive learning.
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/4/typology-of-free-web-based-learning-technologies…
Online enrolments after COVID-19: some predictions for Canada
There is probably nothing more foolish than trying to predict the future, but here I go. I have tried to put some numbers on how the uptake of fully online learning and blended/hybrid learning is likely to change post-COVID-19. These …
30+ COVID-Inspired Predictions About Education One Year from Today
I can’t predict the future, but I can make projections based upon an analysis of past, present, and emerging trends and patterns. Sometimes I do so with careful research over weeks, months, or years. In other instances, I embrace a …
6 Good Chrome Tools to Help You Eliminate Distractions and Beat Procrastination
With the amount of distractions present in the virtual world, it becomes extremely challenging to maintain sustained focus on a single task for a prolonged period of time undermining thus our overall productivity and sense of creativity. In today’s post, …
Teachers take lessons from boring to blockbuster with wild Zoom backgrounds
As the coronavirus pushes schools and universities toward remote learning, teachers have struggled to keep their students focused from their homes. Over the last few weeks, however, some teachers have figured out a better way to educate remotely: Zoom backgrounds.…
The best eLearning platforms for online courses
Online university programs get a boost, as schools determine the fate of the fall semester in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-best-elearning-platforms-for-online-courses/…
It’s forever 1999 for online learning critics
One of the (many) things to surprise and disappoint me over the past couple of months has been the resurrection of so many bad takes on online learning that I had encountered in 1999 and thought we had moved on …
CAUT guidelines on re-opening campuses
It is crucial that academic staff associations and academic governance bodies be actively involved in all discussions about planning for the 2020-21 academic year. To assist member associations in these planning discussions, CAUT has prepared guidelines on re-opening universities and …
The One-On-One Interview as an Innovative Assessment Method
The one-on-one interview ensures equity when we evaluate our students’ learning. In the context of distance education, this innovative method of evaluation could allow us to circumvent the potential integrity problems that distance evaluation can create. Here we discuss how …
Presentation of the Week: Rethinking Student Engagement in the Digital Classroom
The case for student mental health days
10 Best Apps for Online Teaching
We have compiled for you a list of the most efficient and user-friendly apps that help facilitate online learning. From making notes to holding webinars – you will have all the apps you need at your fingertips. Online learning is …
Mozilla research shows some machine voices score higher than humans
In 2019, Mozilla’s Voice team developed a method to evaluate the quality of text-to-speech voices.A lot of the existing work answered the core question of “can you understand this voice?” But now that we’ve reached a stage of computerized voice …
As Higher Education Goes Online, Professors Struggle In Adapting To The Digital
Covid-19 brought in overwhelming uncertainties for each one of us. While office-goers adapt to the remote work culture, colleges are embracing the online learning modules and discussions. For many, the lockdown has resulted in an uncertain examination schedule, lost internship …