Online Learning News - November 17, 2021

Free Contact North | Contact Nord Webinar

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Join Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston for his series of 1-hour interactive sessions focusing on teaching with Zoom. Click on the title for more information and to register.

How to Effectively Use Zoom to Provide an Interactive and Engaged Learning Experience to Students

Thursday, November 18, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Ask Ron Anything About Teaching with Zoom

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Free Contact North | Contact Nord Webinar

How to Overcome the Challenges of Shifting to a New Paradigm of Learning

Thursday, December 2, 2021
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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In this interactive webinar, Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer at Contact North | Contact Nord, explores what is changing and what impact this will have on the experience of teaching and learning. We also look at the barriers to change and how these may be overcome. This webinar builds on Stephen’s work as a futurist teaching futures literacy and writing about the future of learning.

Participants of this engaging webinar will:

• Better understand some of the change dynamics impacting colleges and universities in North America.
• Understand the current risks and challenges faced by teachers, administrators, students, and policy-makers.
• Look at some scenarios for the future of teaching and the possible, probable and preferred futures of teaching and learning.
• Critically examine the barriers to change and the ways some colleges and universities are seeking to overcome them.

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

Pivoting Your Instruction:
A Guide to Comprehensive Instructional Design for Faculty

By Bruce M. Mackh (2022)

How do you design a learning experience for students when some are in class, some are online, and some are four thousand miles away? How do you change your design when suddenly you have to change the mode of delivery? This is the book you need to help you think about these challenges. Practical, grounded in experience and full of takeaways, the book is filled with useful advice, information and examples – all informed by a commitment to care and concern for the student as a person.

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The researchers share a common commitment to improving online learning experiences for students. They explore 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 three cited publications in the past five years.

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Upcoming Events in Online Learning

Online Educa Berlin (OEB)
2021 Theme: Learning Resilience

Wednesday, December 1 to Friday, December 3, 2021

Berlin, Germany

In a world changed forever by a global pandemic, no single word is more important than 'resilience.' It is the secret to overcoming the past, the key to the future. But what do we mean by it? How can we become resilient? Should we learn resilience? Can it be taught? How should we invest in resilience? And how can we make learning itself resilient?

OEB Berlin is an annual global, cross-sector conference and exhibition on digital learning and training. The event has a unique focus, bringing to the forefront of developments in learning technology.

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About Contact North | Contact Nord

As Ontario's community-based bilingual distance education and training network, Contact North | Contact Nord helps underserved residents in 1,300 small, rural, remote, Indigenous and Francophone communities access education and training without leaving their communities.

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