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New survey documents how professors view this spring’s mass move to virtual courses. Key findings: most used new teaching methods, half lowered their expectations for the volume of student work — and a third for its quality. Inside Higher Ed
Chrissy Romano Arrabito teaches second grade at an elementary school in Hackensack, N.J., a community that has been devastated by COVID-19 in recent weeks. The school is located just a few miles outside New York City, the epicenter of the crisis in the U.S., in Bergen County, where nearly 11,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. […]
Emergencies are inevitable–but a strong online learning plan can help with continuity and student success eCampus News Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
In my experience, the key to successful online learning — or any learning for that matter — is recognizing that durable, long-lasting and serviceable knowledge is acquired when there is increased cognitive effort. In the world of remote or online teaching, that’s not always easy to achieve. Campus Technology
The webinar will stream Thursday, April 16, and highlight the online university’s approach to personalized support for institutions moving to virtual learning amid COVID-19 outbreak. Western Governors University
The global COVID-19 health crisis has closed thousands of campuses and forced millions of students and instructors to move to online learning – and quickly! Many are moving into a new territory of learning, which is as unsettling as it is rewarding. To help ease the stress, here are a few tips to quickly transition […]
Every day, Hannah Haskell reads a chapter of Harriet the Spy to her 3rd graders. She used to read the book to students during snack time. Now, she reads the chapters online, as her students tune in from their own homes. Education Week
We examined the adoption of online teaching strategies by faculty members at a large midwestern research university who participated in a year-long learning community. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to investigate changes in teaching approaches resulting from a year-long e-learning professional development initiative; and 2) to understand the perceptions of factors that […]
Recently, colleges have begun to employ online learning courses for multiple participants. Consequently, students need to master online learning skills. To improve this teaching model, this study investigated the considerations and teaching patterns of two lecturers in the same multiparticipant online courses: 102 students in one course and 70 students in the second. The students’ […]
What has changed in your (or your colleagues’) teaching practices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis? Did your institution’s (or your own) priorities or guiding principles for learners change? What is different for your learners? How do you expect your ability to support learners through technology to be enhanced or degraded? Will the relationship […]
