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Ton of tools and 10 things to do if you’re new to online learning…
April 30, 2020Schools and Universities in several countries have closed down for weeks. But life goes on. Or does it? Do educators simply give up and wait until students come back or do what they should do and switch to safer online…
UDL is essential in post-secondary pandemic learning
April 30, 2020Leveraging Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, will help ensure effectiveness and a level of normalcy in an unexpected new learning reality The shock has passed, the sadness comes and goes, and the stretchy waistband pants are becoming a mainstay.…
3 ways to stay connected when going remote
April 29, 2020These strategies and resources will contribute to a more inclusive learning experience--even when going virtual You’ve just made a heroic effort to rapidly transition your course to online delivery in response to a campus closure. It’s important now to take…
10 best practices for live virtual teaching
April 29, 2020Physical campuses are closed, and students have moved online—here are tips from online educators to help students adjust to online learning Switching from teaching in-person to teaching online presents both unique challenges and opportunities. At Relay Graduate School of Education, we…
Promoting Undergraduate Student Self-Regulation in Online Learning Environments
April 24, 2020Undergraduate student enrollment in online courses has steadily increased over the years and is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The need for instructors to utilize best practices in online instruction and course design is crucial. This article presents…
5 major online-learning challenges—and how to solve them, pt. 2
April 14, 2020How can you help students succeed in online courses? Online learning can be more difficult for instructors as well as students. Between not seeing students face to face to gauge how they’re responding to the material to having students overestimate…
5 major online-learning challenges—and how to solve them, pt. 1
April 14, 2020How can you help students succeed in online courses? Karen Watts has been teaching adult education classes since 1999. A faculty member at Bellingham Technical College in Washington state, she has taught in both face-to-face and online environments throughout her…
5 Tools to Create an Engaging Online Course
April 10, 2020An educator shares her go-to tools for engaging college students in an online course So many faculty have approached me lately and said that they have been asked to teach a hybrid or online course. I love teaching—online, hybrid,…
How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online
April 9, 2020In the vast shift to online teaching caused by the new coronavirus, one of the most common questions raised was: But what about lab classes? Is it even possible to move a lab course quickly online and still meet your…
8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching
April 9, 2020By this point in the Covid-19 transition to remote instruction, you’ve probably had a few sessions on Zoom. You’ve taught a few classes, met students for office hours. No doubt more than once, you’ve seen a lot of students staring…