Online learning can actually be as effective as when classes are delivered face-to-face. But teachers need training to do this effectively.
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Empathy will help teachers, and others leading online transitions, prioritize relationships as society navigates this crisis.
Steps higher education institutions can take to ensure that teaching and learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pre-recording videos, giving specific instructions and sharing your emotions with your students will lead to success in the online classroom.
Encouraging kids to complete their work can be tough for families managing full-time work and family obligations on a tight budget. And that’s true even when schools are operating normally.
Online learning can help universities quickly adapt to COVID-19, but policy makers must pay careful attention to student experiences and take a critical view of technology companies’ claims.
For higher ed, this is a crisis of unknown proportions.
Forcing parents or students to opt out of mandatory e-learning will only serve to normalize Ontario’s push to cut costs at the expense of what’s best for young people.
Learning over the internet is not a simple replacement for face-to-face teaching.
Educators in China and Australia are strengthening online learning systems to cope with travel restrictions. The effects could change the face of education.
Ontario high school labour negotiations broke down over student quality of learning — including mandatory e-learning. Ontario has yet to explain how this will work for students with special needs.
For high school students, e-learning is best introduced in face-to-face classes where teachers can meet a greater range of learning needs – not as a completely online experience.
University “Indigenization” efforts using Massive Open Online Courses promise to reach wide audiences. They also raise critical questions about how to embody Indigenous ways of knowing and relating.
E-learning is both a technological and a social innovation. At its best, it can address problems within a particular social context.
It’s common knowledge that children are voracious learners but the famous cliche suggests that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. This simply isn’t true.
We should accept a modest level of attrition so we can keep providing opportunities for part-time and online students, who might not otherwise be able to study.
The future of education is in the clouds.
The discourse and structure of online learning can exclude English language minority students. Techniques such as video chats, “safe houses” and content-focused grading can support their success.
Universities need to better accommodate student employment to improve the retention of online students.
Even though online learning has finally come into its own in higher education internationally, East Africa appears reluctant to embrace it fully.
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