Online Learning News - May 5, 2021

Learn More About the Future of the Hybrid Campus

Thursday, May 13, 2021
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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In this interactive webinar, Cole Clark, Managing Director of Higher Education at Deloitte, will share his thinking and the findings from some recent explorations:

• How the academic portfolio will be reshaped by a shift to the hybrid campus.
• What the hybrid campus means for the college and university workforce.
• What the hybrid campus needs in terms of technology supports, analytics and professional development.
• What students will be able to experience in the hybrid campus.
• What challenges will be faced in the shift to hybrid campus, especially in unionized environments.
• What the medium to long term outcomes of this approach would represent.

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Enhancing Student Learning Through the
Creation of Videos Using Smartphones

A York University Innovation

Learn how Dr. Iris Epstein, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at York University, co-designed and developed with students and faculty across York University, an interactive web-based resource toolbox to support innovative teaching and learning using smartphone video called the Smartphone Accommodation Resource Toolbox (SmART).

Iris Epstein, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health, School of Nursing
York University

Everything You Need to Know about Zoom Breakout Rooms!

Thursday, May 20, 2021
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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Zoom’s breakout rooms provide a unique opportunity to learn to create active and engaging learning experiences for students.

• Move beyond holding ineffective, unstructured breakout room discussions
• Create distinctive breakout room roles for students to promote active participation
• Employ a variety of tools and techniques to enhance breakout room experiences
• Pre-assign students to breakout rooms or allow them to choose their own
• Design creative ways for students to report breakout room outcomes to the whole class
• Make use of breakout rooms in large enrolment courses

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Dr. Ron Owston
Research Associate
Contact North | Contact Nord

Directory of Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences from Around the World

Search the 44th edition of the Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences by Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate, Clayton R. Wright, updated to include 2021 conferences.

Use three unique search features of the comprehensive directory offered by Contact North I Contact Nord:

• Sort the directory by date, conference name or country
• Filter the results by date or country
• Search for a conference name, country or topic using a keyword search

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates summarizes the findings and comments on the recently released report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that looks at the worldwide state of K-12 education one year into the pandemic.

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

OECD report on the state of school education one year into the pandemic

This Week’s Must-Read Book
on Online Learning

Designing Courses with Digital Technologies: Insights and Examples from Higher Education

Edited by Stefan Hrastinski (2021)

Stefan Hrastinski is based in Sweden, but this rich collection of specific case examples of technology in use for learning in colleges and universities has material from around the world and from a range of disciplines, including math, science, writing, film and many other subjects. Various technologies and approaches are examined – discussion forums, blogs, collaborative group work and virtual teams, the use of video and vlogs, as well as several other approaches. One strength of this book is that there are examples of success and failure – not everything worked out in the way the instructor thought it would. But the collection is inspiring, encouraging and empowering.

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