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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

Edsurge

But for now, some experts say to start simple: Take a short online course, for example, to see what students experience. The in-depth workshop or multi-day training can come later.) If nothing else, the experience of learning online can alter a teacher’s perspective, which is a crucial first step toward improving practice.

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From China To America: How Online Learning Is Connecting Cultures

EdNews Daily

Online learning is not new. However, learning and teaching English across borders is still in its infancy, and continues to grow every day. At 51Talk, based out of China, American teachers are sharing their stories about lessons, culture, and even how they’re making money online at home teaching.

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

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After The Workshop: PD Comes to Life at PS 176

The Innovative Educator

Innovative Educators understand the value of high-quality professional learning opportunities. They take what they learn and put it into practice in their schools and classrooms. That makes teaching the workshop back at their school to even more teachers possible. At this school their motto is “Tinkers are Thinkers.”

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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

In my role as program manager for the Refugee Educator Academy at the Center for Learning in Practice , I am in a unique position to contribute to a change of course for professional learning and educational practice.

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Navigating a Year of Distance Learning as an Instructional Coach

Digital Promise

This connects my learning to actions that impact teacher and student opportunities. The OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) I have worked on each quarter with the VILS professional learning team have provided the structure that keeps me focused and engages me in ongoing reflection.

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Inviting Teachers to Reflect on Their Use of Technology During COVID-19

Digital Promise

Plan to earn micro-credentials for some skills you learned this year (and see this list for a subset that might be most relevant for demonstrating what you learned through distance learning). The post Inviting Teachers to Reflect on Their Use of Technology During COVID-19 appeared first on Digital Promise.