Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2020

As teachers embrace their new roles as designers, instructors, and facilitators of online learning, many are grappling the details associated with teaching remotely. Below are five lessons I learned as an online professor that helped me to adapt to and navigate the challenge of teaching online. #1

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

Is the prevailing takeaway from this brutal, oppressive year a shared aversion toward online learning? The need to manage a single digitized space for teaching and learning often evolved into a shell game as they tried to bet on which moving part would contribute to an optimal learning experience, with limited support.

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MAY 13, 2020

Looking for an easy way to become a better online instructor? At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. There's not a lot of research on very young children and online learning,” Rice says. “So,

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Much has changed since then, as the world of online learning built for working adults has grown. As an advisor at an online college, I know that adults are attracted to the flexibility of an asynchronous online learning environment and the pace of accelerated semesters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Dear Bonni: How can we make student-to-student interaction more personable and engaging in online learning? Andrea Fuentes, Director of Online Learning, Doral College Cultivating an engaging environment can be a challenge when teaching online. three specific ways they could apply the learning in their lives.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. million students. “The

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. See if any of these traits sound familiar: Model a Good Instructor. Good online instructors are what we always wished teaching would be. ” Ignore Innocent Mistakes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2015

With that in mind, certain strategies, tips, and guidelines have been proven to help instructors begin what can seem like an overwhelming task—teaching a course without ever even needing to physically see her students. Prepare syllabus and assignment due dates carefully and well in advance so that students know what to expect and when.

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APRIL 18, 2019

On the production side, other pedagogies cropped up, as teachers can now assign video assignments that turn students into the creators, letting them find their voices and learn technical skills that could apply to jobs. Video also has greater “bandwidth” for communication, than text discussion forums, adding images to audio.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. Rochester Institute of Technology : Sandra Connelly, Instructor.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Advocates of online learning cite flexibility and access, while proponents of in-person instruction emphasize social interaction and hands-on learning. In online learning vs. classroom learning research debates, both sides grapple with balancing effectiveness and equity.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. It helps instructors deliver cohesive learning experiences through structured content and interactivity. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Experts in online teaching have been debating and researching the question of synchronous versus asynchronous for decades. Synchronous Works Better For Some Students Than For Others Holding an online class via a live video platform like Zoom or Google Meet can closely resemble an in-person classroom dynamic.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

Chat it up It is imperative to meet your online students where they are at, reaching out to them through communication channels that are currently used rather than requiring them to well, check their email (specifically their university-assigned student email!) Andriotis, 2015) 5. link] Galanek, J. Gierdowski,D. Brooks, D.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But since the COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors around the world to try online education, something unexpected has happened: Professors have found that there are some online teaching methods that work better than what can be done in the limits of a physical classroom.

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APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? As many #DLNchat -ters pointed out, they are efficient and thus attractive assessment tools for instructors of large courses. But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams?

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Boston-based private equity firm Devonshire Investors has acquired NovoEd , a San Francisco-based provider of an online learning platform. NovoEd traces its roots to Stanford University, where engineering professor Amin Saberi and Farnaz Ronaghi, then a PhD student, launched their first online course in 2012.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

While Zoom was the “it” word during the pivot to online learning throughout COVID-19, it is high time to consider alternatives to synchronous online classes that benefit student learning. Students can interact with one another through asynchronous video assignments. Asynchronous videos get an A.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

Chat it up It is imperative to meet your online students where they are at, reaching out to them through communication channels that are currently used rather than requiring them to well, check their email (specifically their university-assigned student email!) Andriotis, 2015) 5. link] Galanek, J. Gierdowski,D. Brooks, D.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Back then, the target market was people who couldn’t get to a traditional campus, and places like Stanford had little interest in teaching their own students via the online format. But the pandemic has forced those selective colleges to embrace online learning like never before, and now all types of colleges are teaching online.

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APRIL 27, 2018

But because she is legally blind, she had an added challenge of not being able to see the diagrams and notes projected in the lecture hall or assigned for homework. Among that 11 percent, an even smaller portion tell their instructor. And some instructors even view the requisitions as as an infringement to academic freedom.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Through the two-and-a-half yearlong effort, nearly 2,000 instructors developed and taught 6,600 OER course sections that served 160,000 students. In surveys of 1,200 instructors, about two-thirds reported that using OER materials at least somewhat changed their teaching methods and influenced their pedagogical beliefs.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

It’s solution: Create a new marketplace where instructors can find them. Namely, it wants to help build an open-source system that lets professors piece together online course materials from a variety of sources, and also offer their own materials for sale to colleagues around the world. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

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JUNE 16, 2023

The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. We’ve noticed that the earlier we introduce these assignments into a course, the retention rates improve,” Maggioncalda says. Stueve’s been an online learner throughout. It creates a cadence.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Newark Public Schools wants to see a districtwide expansion of an artificial intelligence tutoring tool after it was piloted at First Avenue School last year, as the district searches for ways to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. 1 As universities continue to transition towards online education, educators commonly use asynchronous videos and synchronous video conferences as the primary modes of instruction.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Static visuals, long blocks of text and discussion boards were the staples of much of the first generation of online classes. Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. The empathy shown by [our instructor] drove me to wanting to get it done.

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MARCH 29, 2017

As online learning companies compete for the attention and wallets of learners, players like MasterClass , Linked Learning , Cognotion and Harvard are investing in producing videos that are so beautiful they could be National Geographic documentaries or sitcom pilots. They seek to establish instructor presence.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. So Boyle, who is a secondary school principal at Dalian American International School, located on China’s northeastern coast, let teachers email assignments during the first few weeks out and skip most instruction.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

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APRIL 25, 2018

When we start masquerading machines as humans, we undermine trust, which is the foundation of student-instructor relationships. AI will have its place in teaching and learning, but transparency will be one of the key attributes of its effective application.

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