Online Learning News - October 28, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord’s Searchable Directory of EdTech Start-Ups 

Ontario is home to more than 100 established and recent start-ups in educational technology, providing the technology that delivers high-quality learning experiences for students, giving faculty and instructors the tools to design engaging online courses and employing thousands of Ontarians in communities across the province.

In 2017, Contact North | Contact Nord launched this searchable directory to showcase Ontario’s leadership in EdTech. The directory includes companies developing communication/collaborative tools, learning management systems, and online tutoring, student assessment, and presentation/delivery tools.

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Online Learning at a Tipping Point?

In March 2020, some 1.6 billion learners around the world were suddenly being taught through online learning, with many instructors and learners experiencing an online or hybrid platform for the first time.

• Is online and fully blended learning here to stay?
• Will it become a more substantial component of our post-secondary learning ecosystem?
• Has this become the tipping point for online learning?

To find the answers to these questions and more, read Online Learning at a Tipping Point?

Using OER to Construct a Course at Durham College, Ontario

Track how Professor Brandon Carson at Durham College in Ontario found, assessed and structured open educational resources (OER) into an online course on HTML, the language used to represent webpages. The experience underlines the importance of providing clear and detailed information for students and all those involved in the development process on the purpose and benefits of OER.

Back by Popular Demand!

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.

1. How to Teach Online Effectively Using Zoom 
   
   Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET)
    
2. How to Effectively Use Zoom to Provide an Interactive and Engaged Learning Experience to Students 
   
   Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET)

View Contact North | Contact Nord’s full list of upcoming webinars

Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates examines a survey by New York University about U.S. university students’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey was conducted between March and June 2020, to find out ‘what students found worked, what didn’t and how they experienced the shift’.

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

Another survey of student responses to emergency remote learning 

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Numérique 2020 | Journées du numérique en enseignement supérieur (Digital 2020 | Symposium on the Use of Digital Technology in Higher Education)

November 2-3, 2020

Université TÉLUQ is hosting a free virtual symposium in both French and English.

Participants will attend a series of highly informative presentations from researchers, instructors and professors, educational consultants, e-pedagogic project leads, managers, tutors and digital strategists from Quebec and around the world.

Topics include digital technology in education from the perspectives of emerging trends and the integration of technology into practice, as well as distance education and institutional transformation.

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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.

Fisher, M. and Fisher, E. (2018). Hacking Instructional Design – 33 Extraordinary Ways to Create a Contemporary Curriculum. South Euclid, OH: Times 10 Publications.

Times 10 have been producing practical, hands-on books for some time. This one focuses on how to creatively and quickly adopt and adopt principles of instructional design for whatever course it is you have been asked to create for online delivery. Especially helpful for “first time” online course creators, the book is full of tips and tricks and short vignettes which will help readers get to grips with the demanding work of course creation.

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