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Assessment of Student Learning
Three Things to Stop, Improve and Start!
Student assessment is under the microscope like never before, thanks in part to the pandemic. In the second instalment of Stop, Improve, Start series, find out what faculty, instructors, and education and training providers need to do to make assessment more relevant in a post-pandemic world.
Stop, Improve, Start is a six-part series that looks at current trends and research to help faculty, instructors, and education and training providers engage in critical reflective practice about teaching, learning and technology. Contact North | Contact Nord captures in a few bullets current trends and research and shares them by focusing on these basic questions:
- What should we stop doing?
- What should we work on to improve?
- What should we start doing?
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Free Contact North | Contact Nord Webinar
The Spark of Online Learning: How Technology and Emotion Science Invigorates Every Class
Thursday, February 17, 2022
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Register Now!
Emotion and cognition are inextricably linked – how we feel and connect with others impacts both what we learn and how we retain that learning. When we engage in online learning, we are not just presenting information and knowledge or teaching a skill, we are engaged with emotional, compassionate, complex people.
Our host, Flower Darby, explores the joy of teaching and the power of technology to enable truly engaging learning.
- Understand why connecting with students at an emotional level matters for effective learning.
- Identify how emotions and cognition interrelate.
- Explore practical strategies to put the power of emotions to work in your classes.
- Learn how to create conditions in which you, as a teacher, find the joy in teaching.
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Beyond the Basics:
Helping You Teach More Effectively
with Zoom’s Advanced Tools
You have mastered the basic features of teaching on Zoom, so now what?
Beyond the Basics is live training geared specifically to educators and trainers like you. Led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, our FREE session will help you boost engagement and accessibility for all types of learners:
- Enable live transcriptions for added accessibility
- Use PowerPoint as a virtual background, as a more immersive way to present
- Use focus mode to help learners avoid distractions by only seeing the host’s webcam
- Use immersive view for creative discussions
- Set up and use exit surveys for all types of feedback
- Set up advanced polling and quizzes for instant engagement
Register now for a one-hour live FREE training session!
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AI in Education
Three Things to Stop, Improve and Start!
Three Things About AI in Education is the first instalment in the Stop, Improve, Start five-part series. From admissions to grading, artificial intelligence in higher education is here to stay. Learn the three things faculty, instructors, and education and training providers must stop doing, improve on and start doing to make sure AI is used for good.
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Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog:
Online Learning and Distance Education
In this blog post, Dr. Bates investigates the appropriateness of ‘standard’ online learning for Indigenous learners.
Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ blog post:
Investigating Indigenous learners’ experience of online learning
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This Week’s Must-Read Book
on Online Learning
Smart Campus E-Readiness:
A Framework for Cyberspace Learning Strategic Management
By Sayed Hadi Sadeghi (2022)
The term “smart campus” is growing in use, especially in the Middle East. This book explores what the construct means and how its deployment – there are case examples from Australia, US and Iran – can provide a creative response to the challenges of making affordable, quality learning available to more learners. With some insightful, material covering a range of topics – assessment, learning design and effectiveness, technological adaptation, administration, and management – the author does a thorough job of outlining what a smart campus is and could become.
Browse all Must-Read Books
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Contact North I Contact Nord’s
Searchable Directory of Selected Journals
in Online and Distance Learning
Journals play essential roles in online and distance learning, for sharing the latest in research, innovation, theory, practices, and events. Educators find ideas and connections, building a collective knowledge base that advances teaching, learning, management – and student success.
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Upcoming Events in Online Learning
eLearning Africa
15th International Conference & Exhibition on ICT
for Education, Training & Skills Development
Kigali, Rwanda
May 11 – 13, 2022
Africa’s largest conference and exhibition on technology-supported learning, training and skills development, eLearning Africa is a network of leading experts, professionals and investors, committed to the future of education & training in Africa.
The theme for eLearning Africa 2022 is “A New Purpose for Education”.
For More Information and to Register
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About Contact North | Contact Nord
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