Tag: online teaching
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Link: Should your publications be web books?
https://electricbookworks.com/thinking/publishing-websites-for-impact/ This is such a great post from Arthur Atwell at Electric Book Works. I have so many thoughts on how I want to use these ideas, but the main one is that all of our teaching materials should be web-first. I’ve captured the list, but you really should read the full post by Arthur.
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Stop thinking of the LMS as an online classroom
I’ve seen so many criticisms of online teaching, where it’s accused of not being as interactive / lively / engaging as a F2F classroom experience. There are many potential reasons for this experience, but the main one, IMO, is that the person using the LMS doesn’t realise that online teaching and learning is SO much…
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Resource: 12 key ideas – An introduction to teaching online
12 key ideas – An introduction to teaching online is a short book (presented as a course) by Dave Cormier and Ashlyne O’Neil, on the topic of making the transition to online teaching. From the Introduction: This course is an attempt to re-frame the idea of what it means to start teaching online. It will…
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Using email as a learning management system
First of all, we should stop calling things like Moodle and Canvas “learning management systems”. At best they’re content, or student management systems. Pet peeve out the way? Tick. I’ve been advocating for low-tech solutions to the problem of remote teaching and learning ever since I noticed how many people seemed to be pushing for…
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Resource: Low Tech Remote Teaching Principles
Keep it simple and low tech. Accessibility is core, not optional. Provide structure. Use what is available. Keep learning active. Scaffold learning by chunking content. Have a clear course outline. Be visible and contactable. Help keep students on track. Be kind to yourself and empathic to your students. This collection of Low-tech remote teaching principles…
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Universal principles of learning task design. Crisis edition.
It seems that everyone has decided to move teaching, learning and assessment online with a massive focus on synchronous, video-based lectures as the primary means of “delivering” the curriculum remotely. It’s as if we don’t have about 100 years of experience with distance learning to draw from and that there are no lessons to be…
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Resource: Creating an online community, class or conference – A tech guide
Are you creating an online course, event or conference? If you’re not a programmer, and if you don’t have a lot of money to spend, this guide will get you started. Read it from top to bottom to get a step-by-step guide to what you can do to set up your course or event. Then…
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Comment: Please do a bad job of putting your courses online
For my colleagues who are now being instructed to put some or all of the remainder of their semester online, now is a time to do a poor job of it. You are NOT building an online class. You are NOT teaching students who can be expected to be ready to learn online. And, most…
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Resource: Online learning in a hurry
Dave Cormier has provided an excellent series of short (5 minute) videos called Online learning in a hurry, for teachers who are now expected to move their teaching and assessment online. What I really like about this collection is that it’s not a list of [insert service here] for remote teaching and learning. For example,…