Online Learning News - June 10, 2020

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How to Design Online Learning to Go Beyond the Simple Digitalization of the Traditional Classroom (Second Offering)

Thursday, June 11, 2020
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (ET)

The 3rd webinar in the series: How to Move Your Course Online and Help Your Student Succeed

Think about teaching and learning differently. Go beyond the “quick and easy” solution. Design a really engaging course, which students do well in.

Focus on design features to help you achieve the following four outcomes:

• Authentic and relevant course resources connected to practice.
• Use of multimedia resources to give students different routes to learning.
• Student creation of digital content individually and collaboratively.
• Students’ reflection on what they are learning and how they are learning.

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

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Learn How La Cité in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Developed Tools for Online Competency-Based Learning

Learn about the goals, pedagogy and essential characteristics of online competency-based learning developed by the educational development team at La Cité in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Staff focus on instructional design, multimedia design, and continuous improvement to integrate professional skills into student-centered learning.

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Updated!
Directory of Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences from Around the World for May to December 2020

You can now search the 43^rd edition of the Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences by Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate, Clayton R. Wright, updated to include May to December 2020 conferences. 

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

Check for events in Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia and Pacific Islands focused on teaching, learning, and educational administration, as well as technology in education.

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Posts

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

Crashing into online learning: a report from five continents – and some conclusions

Must-Read Books on Online Learning

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

Race, P. (2019). The Lecturer’s Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Learning and Teaching. London: Routledge.

It is easy to forget in the height of a pandemic that some are just beginning their career as college or university teachers. Being new to teaching and being thrown into an online environment makes this a tough start to a new career. This book will help. Practical, sensible and full of sage advice, it is aimed at “settling” a teacher into an understanding of what quality, authentic, engaging teaching and learning look like. It also deals with the thorny issues of cheating, plagiarism and the online purchase of essays from essay mills as well as managing the work-life balance. Written and published before the pandemic, the book is strongly recommended for first time colleagues new to this interesting world.

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