Online Learning News - April 29, 2020

Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer, Contact North | Contact Nord

With over thirty years’ experience in teaching online as well as developing online courses and programs.
Dr. Murgatroyd designed, developed and implemented the world’s first online MBA as Executive Director, Centre for Innovative Management at Athabasca University.

Dr. Dianne Conrad, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Author of Assessment Strategies for Online Learning: Engagement and Authenticity, Dr. Conrad has thirty-five years of experience in teaching and researching in post-secondary institutions in Canada and the US with a particular expertise in adult and distance education, online learning, and prior learning assessment and recognition.

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How to Move Your Course Online and Help Your Students Succeed 

Join us for a series of four FREE, practical, and interactive webinars to assist faculty and instructors move their courses online. For more information and to register, click on the titles below. 

1. How to Move Your Course Online Quickly and Effectively
   
   Date: Wednesday, May 6 at 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET)

   Host: Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer, Contact North | Contact Nord

2. How to Make Your Course Interactive and Engaging
   
   Date: Tuesday, May 12, at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (ET)

   Host: Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer, Contact North | Contact Nord

3. How to Design the Learning to Make the Most of Online Delivery and Go Beyond the Simple Digitalization of the Traditional Classroom
   
   Date: Tuesday, May 19, at 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)

   Host: Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer, Contact North | Contact Nord

4. How to Engage Online Learners in Authentic Assessment
   
   Date: Wednesday, May 27, at 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET)

   Host: Dr. Dianne Conrad, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord 

Read How to Develop an Online Course Quickly and Effectively: A Ten-Step Process 

How to Develop an Online Course Quickly and Effectively is a ten-step process to help faculty and instructors quickly transition their courses to an online format.

By following the ten steps, faculty and instructors can ensure online course design meets the needs of students and the educational requirements of the course.

Read How to Develop an Online Course Quickly and Effectively

Making Professional Education More Accessible for Pharmacists Through Artificial Intelligence-Based Virtual Clinics

Learn how Dr. Jeff Nagge, Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo, created an online clinical experience through an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to simulate real life clinic visits by patients for his online continuing education course for pharmacists. 

Moving your classes online due to COVID-19?
Have questions about teaching online?
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Contact North I Contact Nord’s world experts from Canada, the United States, Europe and Africa are volunteering to help you.

e-Mail your questions about anything related to teaching online to [email protected] or submit your question online on teachonline.ca. and receive a response within 2 business days. Questions and answers will be posted for quick reference.

The search tool on teachonline.ca is available to help with your immediate requests. Enter keywords in the search tool and it displays a list of relevant resources.

Click here to read the selection of questions and answered subsmitted.

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What are the Myths, Realities and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Learning Analytics?

Tuesday, May 5 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

This webinar is part a five-part series by Dr. Bates for faculty, instructors, instructional designers, and administrators.

REGISTER NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

Click here to review the slides and listen to the recordings from the other webinars in this series.

Contact North | Contact Nord’s Directory of Online, Open & Distance Learning Associations and Consortia Throughout the World

Contact North | Contact Nord created this non-exhaustive list of online, distance and open learning associations and consortia around the world, providing links to websites (if available) to widen access to the valuable information offered by each.

Explore the directory

Read Dr. Tony Bates’ New Blog Posts

Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ New blog post:

Online enrolments after Covid-19: a prediction, part 1

Must-Read Books on Online Learning

Student Engagement Edition

Must-Read Books on Online Learning features books and articles of interest to those involved in the expansion and improvement of online learning.

For Faculty and Instructors

Effective Unit Design for Higher Education – A Guide for Instructors

For Instructional Designers

Meaningful Online Learning – Integrating Strategies, Activities, and Learning Technologies

For Policy-Makers and Administrators

The 60-Year Old Curriculum – New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy

Browse all Must-Read Books here