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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 …

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.…

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. 

https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=70718…

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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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 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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

Effective online teaching and learning requires a carefully designed classroom that promotes student engagement with faculty, peers and course content. This research included an investigation of the importance of faculty–student communication and collaboration; student–student communication and collaboration; active learning techniques; …

Overnight there was a spike in demand at institutions for help and support to transition instruction online. In effect, measures taken to flatten the COVID curve created other curves; massive spikes in systems that were not designed to support such …

“The important thing is that whatever it is we are doing, it is a teachable moment,” says Hyman. Along with the challenge comes the opportunity to design innovative learning experiences and management systems that will last far longer than our …