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A Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Help Students Successfully Learn Online
Monday, August 10 to Sunday, September 13, 2020
Contact North | Contact Nord and Athabasca University are offering a massive open online course, Learning to Learn Online (LTLO), to introduce concepts and practices important to successfully learning online. Students can start the course anytime but must complete it no later than September 13, 2020.
LTLO is intended for students who are learning online for the first time or want to improve their approach to online learning, and is also open to teachers or educational professionals who want to support their students in learning online.
Participants learn how online learning differs from traditional classrooms while developing personal success strategies.
LTLO addresses:
- Common misconceptions about online learning;
- Frustrations and fears, and the techniques to overcome such obstacles;
- Models of online courses; and
- The concept of a “personal learning space”.
Participants are guided through an interactive self-reflection process to determine their learning preferences and to create their own personal strategy for successful online learning.
For more information and to register visit: http://contactnorth.ltlo.ca/.
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Host: Dr. Susie L. Gronseth
Clinical Associate Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Houston
Dr. Gronseth is Clinical Associate Professor in the Learning, Design, and Technology program area in the College of Education at the University of Houston (Houston, Texas, USA). She specializes in learning technologies, teaching strategies, instructional design, health sciences education, and applications of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to address diverse learner needs in online, face-to-face, and blended contexts.
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Free Webinar!
How to Make Online Teaching Accessible and Inclusive
Monday, August 17, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Learn how to design online courses using Universal Design and other best practices to make them accessible to learners with disabilities and to support all learners’ varied approaches to learning. Dr. Susie L. Gronseth, author of Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design: International Perspectives on UDL outlines a series of practical steps and best practices to recognize potential access barriers for learners in online courses, to design accessible online course materials, and to provide maximum flexibility and support for learners through online design using Universal Design for Learning guidelines.
Takeaways from this webinar include:
- How to identify and understand varied learner needs
- How to make documents, videos, and other course materials accessible
- How to re-envision course designs to support different ways to engage and assess learners
- How to incorporate inclusive strategies to motivate learners, help them get a sense of community and regulate their own learning
Register Now!
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How Online Learning is Triggering the Emergence of a New Pedagogy
One and a half billon students around the world are engaged in online learning due to COVID-19 pandemic. This number could increase this fall and winter.
Faculty are exploring what this online teaching reality means for them, including:
- What is the new pedagogy of remote teaching at scale really like?
- What does engaged learning look like in this new environment?
- How is online learning changing how we teach whether online or on campus?
Read the full article, A New Pedagogy is Emerging… and Online Learning is a Key Contributing Factor.
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Free Webinar!
How to Teach Online Effectively
Using Zoom
Join Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for a free webinar focusing on:
- How to use Zoom effectively to engage with and involve students in their learning;
- How to use Zoom, not just to deliver lectures or make one-way presentations to students, but to facilitate small group work, class challenges, and student presentations;
- How to move from talking head to active learning with Zoom;
- How to make learning valuable and successful when teaching via Zoom; and
- What are the “top tips” users have from using Zoom for teaching.
NOTE: A basic knowledge of how to set up and join a Zoom meeting is assumed. If you do not have these skills, visit http://zoom.us to get a free account, or get one from your institution, to familiarize yourself before the session.
Register Here
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Students Develop Games for Learning at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland
Explore the Gamification Toolbox developed at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, an English-language open educational resource, with detailed descriptions of how to play each game, as well as templates and models. The games, quizzes, discussions, and simulations provide training for the insurance industry and content can be modified to include information relevant in various countries.
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Learn More about Canada’s Only Directory of Online Learning Researchers!
Search the profiles of 115+ researchers who share a common commitment to improving online learning experiences for students. Their research explores topics such as strategies for student engagement, design principles, learning motivation, success and support. Each profile features the researcher’s interests, key collaborators, institutional information and top 3 cited publications in the past 5 years.
Access the Contact North I Contact Nord Searchable Directory
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