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Leveraging collaborative e-learning to support UDL

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There have been various studies looking into the benefits of an e-learning method like social annotation, and a meta-analysis from the journal of The Internet and Higher Education found that social annotation contributes to “improved critical thinking, meta-cognitive skills, and reading comprehension.”

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

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Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S.

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How Can Online Instructors Get Students to Talk to Each Other?

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When reading on the internet, you can select text and annotate it. The Marginal Syllabus project is just one example of the power of this type of collaboration. On the left is an article that the group participating in the 2018-2019 Marginal Syllabus have read. Hypothes.is These notes may be shared publicly or saved privately.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Do they have internet connections? This helps students who have, you know, a low internet connection or stream quality is really poor on a video. Start with your syllabus, make your syllabus accessible and then do one document per week. Physical accessibility. Do the students have computers? Can we get it to them?

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The Next Frontier of Learning Engineering: AI That Teaches Other AI

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Called Agent Smith , it’s an artificially intelligent system that absorbs information from a course syllabus and uses it to build a Jill Watson customized to that class. Pulling information from the internet hasn’t resulted in a lot of inaccuracies so far, he adds, but it does sometimes pull in irrelevant facts.

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School Has Lost Its Connection. Both Students and Teachers Are Feeling It.

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My syllabus had a no-technology policy and it wasn’t perfect, but it helped. Some had tested positive for COVID-19, or had a parent in the hospital, or were paying out of pocket for school because there was some glitch with their FAFSA, or their internet was slow. I performed then too.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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This includes the provision of electronic access to the course syllabus, reading and viewing materials, assessments, the course calendar, grades, course evaluations, discussion boards, and other important course materials. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.