The intermediate-level Blended Learning Practice massive open online course (MOOC) is an introduction to blending technology and distance education teaching strategies with traditional, in-person classroom activities. This free, 4-week course provided by the Commonwealth of Learning in partnership with Athabasca …
Zooming
Since we launched Zoom as a campus platform on March 13, 2020, there have been 36,439 meetings conducted by our community. And 3 reports of ZoomBombing (so far). There may have been others, but we have only 3 reported cases …
6 Ideas for Creating a Remote Community of Learners
Collaboration and connection are vital to our academic success as well as our social-emotional well being. They can occur more naturally in our face to face environments which is why we have to be more intentional about creating the conditions …
Every Minute Counts — I Sat In on Some Classes at Success Academy’s Virtual School. Here’s What I Saw
New York City has been brought to a halt; only sirens pierce the silence. But for Success Academy students, learning continues. One week after the network launched distance learning at all 45 schools, which enroll 18,000 students, I embedded in …
Four Lessons We’ve Learned from Moving Online
There are as many ways to approach a school’s shift of operations online as there are schools, systems, and school cultures. Here are four lessons we have learned moving to online teaching that have allowed us to do so smoothly.…
Are MOOCs Open Educational Resources? A literature review on history, definitions and typologies of OER and MOOCs
Open Education gained more visibility as a result of the emergence of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This article discusses whether MOOCs should be considered as OER.
Skype introduces ‘Meet Now’ video calls to lure users away from Zoom
Skype recently added a new Zoom-like video calling feature that goes one step ahead by letting hosts initiate meetings without signing up on the platform.
https://www.techspot.com/news/84702-skype-introduces-meet-now-video-calls-lure-users.html
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Performa is Offering a Non-Credit Online Course About Blended Learning in College Education for Free
Are you interested in blended learning? Do you already give blended learning courses and want to hone your skills or, on the contrary, do you not know anything about blended learning and are just curious? Performa has created a SPOC …
Microsoft thinks coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn
Microsoft is revealing more about how people are using its Teams app, and it predicts the novel coronavirus pandemic will be a turning point that will change how we work and learn forever. While usage continues to rise, Microsoft is …
How to spark your curiosity, scientifically
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Presentation of the Week: Choose your own eLearning adventure: How to create Branching Scenarios
Why being connected really matters for students
Being connected to each other is not only a basic human need but a logistical requirement for successful distance learning. And because of the efforts of educators, many students are already set up for success in this new reality.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/491267-why-being-connected-really-matters-for-students…
Five Search Tools Students Often Overlook
This is a good time to remind students about some basic search strategies like creating a search checklist and consulting vocabulary lists as part of the search process. Once they’ve done those basics it might be time for them to …
Students from Harvard and MIT are offering free tutoring to children who are now learning from home
An education company is offering free tutoring with students from top colleges.
https://www.insider.com/harvard-students-free-tutoring-kids-stuck-at-home-2020-3…
Accessibility Suffers During Pandemic
Students with disabilities and their advocates say access to equitable education has been abandoned in the scramble to move classes online.
https://insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/06/remote-learning-shift-leaves-students-disabilities-behind…