
online learning in a hurry guest episode 13 – carla arena
Carla came to talk to us about her amazing project in Brazil to create engaging activities for k-9 students in Brazil.
Carla came to talk to us about her amazing project in Brazil to create engaging activities for k-9 students in Brazil.
Angela came today to talk to us about how to think about our learners journey through our classes. We can think of them all taking the same journey to the same material to the same outcome. Not very compelling. What if we thought of their journey as something they could impact and enjoy? We also …
Aras Bozkurt came to visit today to talk about the need for emotional presence in online learning. Sometimes a smile or a kind word can make all the difference in getting learners ready to learn. We do it naturally in a face to face environment, we need to plan for it online.
Alec Couros came to chat today to talk about how we need to think about the reality of student’s living in their houses while we’re teaching them. This both presents the possibility for sharing, but also brings all the challenges of people’s home lives to the classroom. Students are people. Plan ahead.
Rolin Moe came to visit us today to talk about how there isn’t one single answer to how to teach and learn online, but the answer is NOT a technology. Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92334668@N07/11123530043
This post is an addendum to my guest appearance with dave on 4/6/2020; the Online Learning in a Hurry episode about equitable video calls. Much of my thinking on this has been influenced by my work with Virtually Connecting and our approach to Intentionally Equitable Hospitality. In the rush to put all of our courses …
Online Learning in a hurry Guest Episode 4 – with Autumm caines – MORE EQUITABLE VIDEO CALLS
You should just trust your STEM students. Sure, a small number might cheat, but why punish the good students because of the actions of a few. Clarissa also talked about how to make your science classes a caring and rich learning environment. Also some very interesting discussions about Stacey Lowery Bretz’ article challenging the value …
online learning in a hurry guest episode 3 – Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh – Trust your stem students
Lee Skallerup Bessette was kind enough to come in and talk about how much more affective labour we’re all going to need in this online learning transition. See more in her article in Educause.
Find a place to put your stuff. It could be a bookmarking tool like Diigo, a word doc on your screen or a google doc that you share with friends. But organise it. The same can be said for your students, encourage them to organise their work over a term and submit a reference sheet …
online learning in a hurry episode 15 – keeping ORGANISED while teaching online
Prepare as well as you can, but you can’t prepare for everything. Stay calm, make sure your people are safe. Here’s the official word from zoom on how to deal with zoombombing. Though the easiest solution for an open zoom call seems to be using the waiting room feature. Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_glass.jpg