eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2020

As we all navigate through these unprecedented times, we want educators and parents to know they’re not alone,” said Patrick Connolly, President and CEO of Follett Corporation. Follett offers a variety of eLearning products for both PreK-12 and Higher Ed that can be quickly and easily accessed. Free access to OER courseware.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

I remember scrambling to learn all I could about the features of Blackboard and reviewing all of my textbook’s eLearning-related ancillaries, assigning self-paced modules and online quizzes to my students. It required me to really rethink teaching, and how best to do it in a digital environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Some of the best ways to teach with video are including them in your lesson plans, assigning video creation as homework or an in-class activity, using video responses as a way to assess your students, flipping your classroom with video content, and elearning or virtual teaching. eLearning and Virtual Teaching. In Your Lesson Plan.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Engage Faculty in the Decision to Go Online “If faculty don’t participate, you won’t have a program,” says Lisa Springer, provost at LIM College, a small Manhattan fashion-management school. At a high-level NYU committee, called years ago to review virtual education requirements, most departments—except student services—were represented.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Build on open content Instructional designer Rayane Fayed shared a simple, strong recommendation: “Build content based on existing open educational resources.” This approach improves access and learning as well when students play a role in the design of content, said some of the chat participants. Here again technology is very helpful.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

More than anything else, people who participated said, “This was the most useful PD class I have ever taken.” Ken Halla, Ph.D. ( @kenhalla ) still takes and teaches professional development as the eLearning Coordinator for Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. After a while, I started teaching my own PD courses.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

Indeed, some enthusiasts view ESSA’s focus on state and district accountability as an opportunity to increase parents’ roles in everything from local education policy to school improvement. Participants sign on to either platform through a link in the district’s learning management system, D2L ’s Brightspace.

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