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The COVID-19 pandemic forced nearly all colleges and universities to move their classes to emergency online learning in March 2020.
Canada’s post-secondary system responded amazingly well to the challenge of adapting its programs and courses for online delivery and providing support services to its students during the pandemic. While the system proved its resilience, there are lessons we can collectively learn and unlearn from the pandemic experience as the planning starts for 2021-2022 and beyond.
Building on his observations and direct experience during the pandemic and his 40 years in the distance and online world, Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates gives us 10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World to improve both the quality of the learning experience and outcomes for students in the future.
Read 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World – Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age
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Check Out the List of FREE Upcoming Webinars!
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- 10 Developments in Online and Remote Education That Makes Us Hopeful
Host: Dr. Maria Anderson, CEO, CourseTune
Wednesday, November 4, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET)
- Why Technology Is NOT the Answer! The Challenges for Higher Education Post-COVID-19
Host: Audrey Watters, Education Technology Journalist
NEW DATE! Thursday, November 5, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)
- How to Apply a Low-Tech Approach for Successful Remote Learning: 10 Proven Principles, 12 Dos and 12 Don’ts
Hosts: Tasneem Jaffer, Senior Project Coordinator and Learning Designer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT), University of Cape Town
Shanali Govender, Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT), University of Cape Town
Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET)
- A Special Briefing on OECD’s 2020 Education at a Glance: Crucial Data for a Post-Covid-19 World
Host: Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET)
View Contact North | Contact Nord’s full list of upcoming webinars
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Students Develop Games for Learning at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland
Explore the Gamification Toolbox developed at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, an open educational resource offering, in English, detailed descriptions of how to play each game, as well as templates and models. The games, quizzes, discussions, and simulations provide training for the insurance industry and content can be modified to include information relevant in various countries.
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Using Zoom to Teach Online
Training Sessions and Resources
College and university faculty and instructors, literacy and basic skills and training providers are increasingly using Zoom to teach and train. Zoom is fast becoming a learning platform of choice.
Contact North | Contact Nord is offering a series of free, 60-minute LIVE training webinars on how to teach online with Zoom for faculty and instructors, in additional to a variety of resources.
For more information on the sessions, the upcoming schedule and links to register, visit Zoom Training Sessions and Resources.
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Contact North I Contact Nord’s Searchable Directory of Selected Journals in Online and Distance Learning
Journals play essential roles in online and distance learning, for sharing the latest in research, innovation, theory, practices, and events. Educators find ideas and connections, building a collective knowledge base that advances teaching, learning, management – and student success.
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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.
Spence, J. (2020). Empowered at a Distance – How to Build Self-Direction into Remote and Hybrid Learning. Philadelphia, PA: IM Press LP.
How do we move students from passive recipients of content and a Zoom lecture to self-directed, empowered and engaged learners? How do we rethink the roles of teacher and technology in enabling learners to become self-managing, persistent and effective online learners? These challenges are addressed herein in direct and clear ways. The book focuses on the idea of the student “owning” their learning – driving their learning agenda. The book is not naïve about the challenges associated with this work and examines the journey that instructors and students need to take together to enable this shift. Practical, clear and focused, the book is well worth reading.
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