Online Learning News - December 15, 2021

Free Contact North | Contact Nord Webinar

How to Design Online Teaching for Engaged Learning: Merging Instructional Design and Teaching and Learning Research

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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How do we marry the substantial research on effective teaching and learning with our knowledge and experience of instructional design to ensure effective learning and increase student retention and course completion?

What pedagogical techniques are needed to make online learning engaging and empowering for students?

In this interactive webinar, Dr. Linda Nilson provides:

• Specific approaches to course design you can take to increase retention and completion.
• Practical insights on how to improve your online teaching, based on cognitive science and instructional design. Approaches to the assessment of learning that help students succeed.

Beyond the Basics: Teaching with Zoom’s
New Tools

Many instructors have mastered Zoom’s basic features. Now it’s time to up the engagement factor in your live classes by learning Zoom’s newest, most engaging tools.

If you’re stuck in a Zoom rut and you’re tired of limiting your classes to basic video, screen sharing and polls, Beyond the Basics, free, live training is made for you. In this training session led by Contact North | Contact Nord’s e-Learning Training Facilitator, you will learn how to increase 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

Register now for a one-hour live FREE training session!

This Week’s Must-Read Book
on Online Learning

Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction: A Big Data Roadmap to Effective Online Learning

By Theodore W. Frick, Rodney D. Myers, Cesur Dagli, Andrew F. Barrett (2021)

Learning analytics is one of those developments much talked about and little used, at least in most institutions. Some are making extensive use of analytics, not simply for identifying students who appear to be struggling with their learning, but for improving learning designs. This team, which includes Andrew Barrett who leads the learning technology team at Shopify, looks at learning journeys and time as foundations for analyzing how students use their time and interact with online design. Their aim is to improve design by improving the fit between design and utilization. A refreshing approach, which shows promise.

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Directory of Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences from Around the World

Search the Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences by Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate, Clayton R. Wright.

Use three unique search features of the comprehensive directory offered by Contact North I Contact Nord:

• Sort the directory by date, conference name or country
• Filter the results by date or country
• Search for a conference name, country or topic using a keyword search

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Upcoming Events in Online Learning

Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate

Virtual: March 28 – April 1, 2022
In-Person - Dallas, Texas, USA: April 11 – 14, 2022

This conference challenges teaching and learning paradigms, reimagines the learning experience, and ideates on how disruptions in education today will shape the innovative classrooms of tomorrow.

Eight presentation tracks include:

• Blended Teaching and Learning
• Career and Technical Education
• Instructional Technologies and Tools
• Leadership and Advocacy
• Open Learning
• Process, Problems, and Practices
• Research: Designs, Methods, and Findings
• Teaching and Learning Practice

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