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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

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Insights that derive from dialog between K-12, higher education, and online-learning providers could well shape instructional practices for the better as students return to school, whether in a classroom or over Zoom. Yet that discomfort also raises opportunities to question prevailing assumptions about how teaching and learning occurs.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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I typically start by developing an Empathy Guide like the one put together by the Stanford d.school or reviewing the free book by Giff Constable, “ Talking to Humans ” to structure productive conversations. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I’m ending that series, I think, so I can focus on writing books. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” A nice review in The Nation of Eve Ewing ’s new book (and her work more broadly) on the closure of schools in Chicago.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Hail and Farewell to The Google Books Case ” by James Grimmelmann. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The company, which provides public radio and related instructional materials to classrooms, has raised $1.55 These clauses prevent students from suing. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. Tressie McMillan Cottom ’s new book, Lower Ed , is now out, and you should buy it and read it. ” asks Edsurge. million and relies on volunteer labor.