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 …
College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It.
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…
The Post-Pandemic University
Covid-19 will reshape how we think about higher education and online learning.
https://www.city-journal.org/post-pandemic-higher-education…
How we’re using AI to discover new antibiotics
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Presentation of the Week: Moodle learning analytics from different perspectives
Everything You Need to Know About Building a Great Screencast Video
One of the most effective ways to move instruction online is to build screencast videos. Building effective screencasts continues to be the barrier that stops educators from making a smooth transition to distance learning, so I have put together the …
Tools to (remotely) Collect Students Feedback
Most of the web tools cited below are presently offering a wide variety of remote learning resources as a way to help schools, teachers, educators, and parents deal with the interruptions caused by the current pandemic. Make sure you check …
‘Zoom fatigue’ is taxing the brain. Here’s why that happens.
Video calls seemed an elegant solution to remote work, but they wear on the psyche in complicated ways.
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What’s Inside Your Computer – Three Introductory Lessons from TED-Ed
TED-Ed has a few videos that can help viewers understand the basics the components inside a computer and how they work. These videos are appropriate for upper elementary school and middle school students. High school students who don’t have any …
5 Tips for Teachers Working From Home
As teachers struggle to optimize their digital instruction during the COVID-19 crisis, an expert offers five tips for how to implement effective online instruction.
First data on the shift to emergency online learning
Pretty much everyone went online; professors with the least online experience had to make the most adjustments, had the most to learn, and were most likely to just jump into giving lectures by videoconference.
https://www.tonybates.ca/2020/04/22/first-data-on-the-shift-to-emergency-online-learning/…
Crashing into online learning: a report from five continents – and some conclusions
I have selected reports from sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Japan, the UK, Canada and the USA. Now I have to say that the selection below is by no means a stratified random sample – the emphasis here is on random – …
Profweb Podcast #1: Interactive Videos, myDALITE and Moodle to Support Alternative Teaching
This inaugural podcast is part of what we hope will become a series of podcasts that highlight how teachers are innovating in the digital age. These podcasts are a collaborative effort between Profweb and the SALTISE active learning community of …
Getting the next phase of remote learning right in higher education
These are some decent suggestions on how to prepare for next year. The difficulty, of course, is always in the details of how to implement them. Here are the suggestions.
Tech company offers free online cybersecurity training courses
No need to post “boredom” as a status update on social media because you can temper a staid stay-at-home experience with free tech courses designed to address the skills gap and an increase in security threats.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/tech-company-offers-free-online-cybersecurity-training-courses/…