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The pioneering online learning networks offer hard-earned lessons for what works and what doesn’t with online education.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/technology/moocs-online-learning.html…

At home, it seems to be a bit easier to focus on all the work,” said one eighth grader who was struggling in school. “Everything in general is easier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/nyregion/coronavirus-students-schools.html…

Here are some resources to help students understand copyright, Creative Commons, and fair use.  

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/05/five-resources-for-teaching-and.html…

Chinese MOOC platforms XuetangX and iCourse (also called Chinese University MOOC) are releasing free online courses in English for global learners.

https://www.classcentral.com/report/china-mooc-platforms-go-international/…

Investment spiked in education technology companies last year, even before the coronavirus crisis forced schools to adopt remote learning en masse, according to new data.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/investment-education-technology-boomed-ahead-230100294.html…

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. 

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/38784…

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…

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 …

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 …

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, …

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.…

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/…

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 …