Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Almost 19 years ago, I started a new teaching position that introduced me to the world of online instruction in higher education. The position came with the added—weighty—responsibility of serving as a program coordinator for the Department of Psychology’s first fully online Bachelor of Science program. Recommended Resources.

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Digital Learning Blackboard Course Exercises 180

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is a whole new way of experiencing math instruction,” Ganguly, a former math and physics teacher, told me, pointing to promising early studies from the non-partisan research group WestEd, along with feedback from teachers and students on Prisms, which is hosted on the Meta Quest platform.

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Training Report Online Learning Conference 123

Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. Hillary Scharton writes that children aren’t born knowing technology, and that the belief that digital natives excel at multitasking can be detrimental to their learning.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media Adobe 264

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2020

I spent the better part of that week in district-level meetings trying to determine how to shift to AMI (Alternate Methods of Instruction)—in a nutshell, to teach and learn virtually. It was incredible, really, how quickly the shift from in-person instruction to online learning happened. We got it done.

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Libraries Education Meeting Examples 183

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Levy teaches at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and his book offers a resource packed with practical ways to facilitate student interaction, to be engaging as a presenter, and to combine synchronous and asynchronous online material. Let’s just say that Levy is right to stress having a slide for breakout room instructions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2020

In the wake of this crisis, Quill.org is providing Free Quill Premium to all and has compiled remote learning resources for teachers and students. Quill.org is a non-profit that provides teachers and parents with a free, research-backed online learning platform that helps provide classical writing instruction.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 11, 2020

With the rapid spread of the virus forcing more and more schools around the United States and the world to close, many teachers are now having to rely solely on technology to deliver instruction (preferably effective) to their remote students. The mobility of Answer Pad lets students use at home to interact w/ teacher created resources.

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Tools Game-Based Learning Learning Differentiated Instruction 41