Online Learning News - November 18, 2020

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Using Lightboards to Successfully Teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Subjects Online

A McMaster University Innovation

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)

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Learn how to use a lightboard to teach online both synchronously and asynchronously to engage students.

A lightboard allows faculty and instructors, with little technical knowledge, to create online sessions that are closer to the real classroom experience. Lightboards work great for subjects where problem-solving is central to the discipline, such as in science, technology, engineering, and math, but they can also enhance teaching in any subject, as it acts like a blackboard or whiteboard.

Host: Michael Justason, Program Chair, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University

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Online Learning as a Solution to Ontario’s Literacy Problem

The e-Channel & Contact North I Contact Nord Success Story

Four in ten Ontarians aged 15 and over do not have the literacy skills they need to meet the demands of modern life.

Learn how eligible Ontario residents (those 19 years and over) can access Ontario’s online Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) “e-Channel” program across the province at no cost. Learners can achieve their goals related to employment, apprenticeship, post-secondary education, secondary school credit, and independence.

To find out more, read Online Learning as a Solution to Ontario’s Literacy Problem

How to Use Moodle to Teach Online

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)

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Moodle is a Learning Management System (LMS) with many features and functions to enable instructors to create engaging, memorable learning experiences and build a real sense of community amongst learners.

In this FREE practical and interactive 1-hour webinar, Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate, Erin Melvin, explores:

• How to get your online courses up and running on Moodle
• How to engage learners in highly interactive learning
• How to use Moodle for authentic assessment
• How to make the most effective use of grading and the gradebook
• How to use analytics and other tools to monitor student progress

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates reviews 10 lessons we can take from the 2020 experience as we move into planning for 2021-2022 and a post-pandemic college/university experience.

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

10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian universities and colleges

Searchable Directory of 65+ Open Universities Worldwide

Throughout the world, more than 65 open universities provide open and equal access to education. Open universities do not require any formal education or credentials to be admitted. They have a common commitment to open access to quality learning and student success.

Use the directory to search location, contact information, delivery modes, enrolment and more!

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

Piña, A., Lowell, V.L. and Harris, B.R. [Eds.]. (2018). Leading and Managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning Leader Needs to Know. New York: Springer.

The twenty-five chapters in this book, which was in fact published in 2017, cover a range of topics of interest to universities and colleges seeking to build on their pivot to remote teaching and embed online learning into their futures strategy. Topics covered include quality assurance, getting to scale, marketing, resourcing an e-learning centre or program and professional development. Practical, grounded in experience and substantial. The book can be bought as a whole or as separate chapters. Worth a look.

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Register Today for the Virtual Edition of
The Learning & Training Conference 2020

Tuesday, December 8 – Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The 2020s is a decade of learning innovations enabled by technologies.

Over two days in December, join us virtually to focus on the skills needed by individuals, corporations, organizations and communities for tomorrow’s workplace, the ways technology can enable the development of these skills, and how learning is being organized and delivered through new approaches, partnerships and credentials.

• Explore the emerging pedagogy that embraces emerging technology and highly skilled faculty, instructors, and teachers to achieve new levels of student engagement and outcomes.
• Learn from examples of innovative organizations – schools, colleges, universities, corporations, social enterprises – that are imagining and delivering new approaches to learning.
• Look at new approaches to skills recognition and support for learners and the ways in which learning on demand is being imagined and delivered.
• Explore new and emerging technologies to support the delivery of quality learning experiences.

The Learning & Training Conference 2020, formerly the ONLINE LEARNING conference series, is hosted by Contact North | Contact Nord.

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