Online Learning News - December 9, 2020

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Enhancing Student Learning Through the Creation of Videos Using Smartphones

A York University Innovation

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET)

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Learn how Dr. Iris Epstein developed an interactive web-based resource toolbox with students and faculty across York University to support innovative teaching and learning using smartphone video called the Smartphone Accommodation Resource Toolbox (SmART).

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Dr. Iris Epstein, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing at York University

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Ask Ron Anything About Teaching with Zoom

Wednesday December 16, 2020 from
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Ask Dr. Ron Owston, Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate and leader of the very popular webinar series, any nagging questions you have about teaching effectively with Zoom.

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Learn How to Leverage the Six Learning Types to Help Students Succeed

Thursday, December 10, 2020
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET)

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Join Professor Diana Laurillard, from the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education, who developed the Six Learning Types based on the Conversational Framework, to discuss these six basic types of learning that faculty and instructors can use in their online and blended courses.

During this FREE, one-hour interactive webinar, learn how to use the six types of learning in relation to different kinds of technology:

1. Acquisition (read/watch/listen)
2. Inquiry
3. Discussion
4. Practice
5. Collaboration
6. Production

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates reviews and comments on the results of a report on the impact of COVID-19 emergency responses at universities and colleges in the USA. The report looks at the more general impact of the various arrangements made by colleges and universities on student sentiment regarding the ‘academic and co-curricular experience.’

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

Impact of emergency remote learning on college success and retention

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Access the resources of over 80 teaching and learning centres at colleges and universities in Ontario and across Canada that support faculty and instructors by offering resources, tools, coaching, and training to enhance teaching and learning strategies, assessment practices, and student interaction.

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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.

Bhatt, I. (2019). Assignments as Controversies – Digital Literacy and Writing in Classroom Practice. London: Routledge.

How has access to ubiquitous content online and to open education resources changed how students tackle an assignment? How has it changed how instructors create assignments? What is now possible for creating assignments, which do more than “test understanding”, but create challenges, controversy and provide an opportunity for students to co-create knowledge? If the pivot to online learning has done anything, it has opened up new approaches and thinking about assessment. If you are rethinking what you assess, how you assess and how you engage learners in the design of their own assessment then this is a “must-read” book.

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