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Creating a safe environment for online learning

Neo LMS

Teachers in all fields saw their lives turned upside down with the arrival of COVID-19, with most having to resort to remote learning. On the subject of communications, it is also a good idea to put guidelines in place for the types of emails that your students should and shouldn’t open. Limit cyberbullying.

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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

The Hechinger Report

After the Arizona State University Preparatory Academy announced on Friday, March 13, that it would shift its 11 schools to online learning because of the coronavirus crisis, teacher Theresa Ordell switched to high gear. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class.

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TEACHER VOICE: Already affected by crisis in their own countries, refugee students are left behind in online learning

The Hechinger Report

What does this mean for teaching and learning? As reopening guidelines remain varied and in seemingly permanent flux, we must remember that children across the country simply haven’t experienced consistent online teaching and learning. These conditions combined are not conducive to teaching and learning.

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How Designing Accessible Curriculum For All Can Help Make Online Learning More Equitable

MindShift

As the dust settles from emergency distance learning, schools now have the summer to reckon with what worked and what must change as they grapple with the uncertainty of the next academic year. Some educators who want to make online learning more engaging and accessible are exploring the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.

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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

Edsurge

Administrators should take the time to invest in their staff, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and creating a fluid, on-the-fly plan for transitioning from face-to-face instruction to distance learning in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak during the school year, the report suggests.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

Even as doors reopened to brick-and-mortar schools, administrators here saw the continued need for a virtual option in response to lingering concerns about Covid and to feedback from some parents that their children had thrived in online learning. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching

Edsurge

It’s not surprising that most higher education articles published since March 2020 begin by calling to mind that year’s unprecedented move to remote instruction and online learning—and with good reason. While the conversation was not explicitly about inclusive teaching, their reflections kept returning to inclusive pedagogy themes.

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