Originally posted on April 12, 2020 by Katie Martin Collaboration and connection are vital to our academic success as well as our social-emotional well being. They can occur more naturally in our face to face environments which is why we have to be more intentional about creating the conditions…
From:聽 Faculty Focus聽 April 17, 2020 When I was asked to create an online course 20 years ago, I simply transcribed my face-to-face lectures into 10鈥�15 page Word documents that I posted in our LMS. Don鈥檛 ask me how my students managed to get through them. I was making the…
Free Webinar from Eric Mazur, Harvard Professor and聽Co-founder, Perusall:聽聽 Like many of us, I have had to transition fast to teaching online because of the coronavirus pandemic. This sudden move to online teaching has been a good opportunity for me to rethink my approach to teaching. As you may know,…
Performa Summer 2020 courses will take place entirely online. To register please visit the Dawson registration site. For more information about the Performa Program, please contact Azra Khan聽or visit the聽Performa website.
Enrol now… space is limited! Next course starts September 14, 2020 To meet current needs as efficiently as possible, college education institutions wish to offer student multiple possibilities and formats for taking their courses, be they face-to-face, blended or online. In this context, thanks to its greater flexibility, blended learning is an outstanding option, enabling…
From the TechSmith Blog: Despite the popularity of online programs, online-only students tend to struggle more than those in face-to-face courses. But it doesn鈥檛 have to be that way. Here are three practical, proven ways to engage students in online learning programs. 1. Engage students in online learning 鈥� know them…
By Michelle D. Miller聽 The coronavirus has colleges and universities聽swinging into action聽to move courses online. In the coming weeks, we鈥檒l find out just how prepared (or not) academe is to do this on a large scale. Those of us in online teaching and educational technology have moved quickly to help, too, and it鈥檚 astonishing how…
By聽Robert Talbert聽Mar 15th 2020聽Tags:聽Academia,聽Higher Education,聽Leadership Here is an excerpt from this article: For faculty When you’re in a situation with no precedent and you have to work anyway,聽what you need are guiding principles for making decisions, not a lot of details about how those decisions might be enacted. Here is what we decided in my…
BY聽GREATER GOOD聽| MARCH 18, 2020Published by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley At聽Greater Good, our mission is to share scientific research that can help promote a happier, more compassionate society. With the recent COVID-19 outbreak, we鈥檙e committed to bringing you stories, tips, and tools for these uncertain times in our global community. We鈥檒l…
Based on an actual Dawson blended course, this 15 minute multi-media tutorial will introduce you to: online course development technology choices advantages and challenges Thank you Laurent and Chantale!! Continue to the tutorial…
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