eLearningWatchJuly2020

New Zealand is lucky. Managed to move to level 1 during the Covid 19 crisis, which means we can do most of the  things we normally do; caution is still strongly advised as we have  a small number (18 as of today) of confirmed cases, all related to people arriving from overseas.

Auckland has another crisis, not enough water because of a 1 in 200 year drought. Hopefully our usual torrential rain for the winter will arrive. Perhaps Watercare could spend some of the $800,000 annual salary the CEO gets and build a new reservoir!?

On the education front, learning to be a facilitator of online learning will provide different challenges for different people. In the end, the mantra of ‘keep it simple’, reigns. Tutors and students should be very clear as to the expectations of each other; spell them out. Time management is a critical skill. Matching the learning material with the medium makes a huge difference as does effective and efficient communication systems, accomplished through exploiting the potential of the numerous ways in which learners communicate these days: Pod,Phone, Text, e-mail,video,F2F, Chat and perhaps Facebook.

Identifying, implementing  and managing the communication  preferences  of your students for blended learning  makes life a whole lot easier.

In the posting this month there are links to: Animated tutorials, elearning tool evaluation,The Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education,Augmented, virtual and mixed reality, Effective feedback with education technology,Learner Assessment in Online Courses,How to be a better online teacher,The Online Teaching Survival Guide,The 5E Instructional Model,Learning online when school is closed, In class to online in 16hours,   Publications, Conferences and the odd one out

‘Education should have no boundaries only pathways to success'[Elliott 1990].

Keep creating the pathways:-)

1.EOL Learning + Education: The Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education website (EOL L+E) is part of the larger EOL collaborative. EOL L+E works with educators, citizen scientists and partners to make this information accessible through free tools, services and resources.

3. Create Effective Feedback With Education Technology: Comprehensive overview of the nature, application and outcomes of effective feedback. Worth perusing.

https://www.viewsonic.com/library/education/create-effective-feedback-with-education-technology/

4. Rubric for eLearning Tool Evaluation from Western University, Canada: One way of assessing the suitability of e-learning tools for helping students to learn.

https://teaching.uwo.ca/pdf/elearning/Rubric-for-eLearning-Tool-Evaluation.pdf

5.Learner Assessment in Online Courses: Best Practices & More:Comprehensive overview and guide to assessment of online learning using various approaches and techniques, (written by learnWorlds Course Designer & Content Creator).

https://www.learnworlds.com/learner-assessment-best-practices-course-design/

6.Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed: How the realities are impacting our L&D reality. A useful document on the nature, use and benefits  of AR,VR and mixed reality in education
https://elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=3331556

7. Tips for Designing an Online Learning Experience Using the 5 Es Instructional Model:
[The 5E Instructional Model is a constructivist science learning method involving 5 key phases: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration and Evaluation;It is not a linear model]. A useful set of short video’s plus some advice for those contemplating the use of the 5 e’s instructional model. (I would prefer it if it was called ‘learning model’. Instructional always smacks of training and show and tell. Semantics of course, but different words for the same subject do initiate very different trains of thought.)

https://catlintucker.com/2020/03/designing-an-online-lesson/

8. 10 strategies for learning online when school is closed. Comprehensive outline, guide and advice to those who manage the educational institutions. Equally useful to anyone who is involved in the online learning and teaching environment.

https://globalonlineacademy.org/insights/articles/10-strategies-for-leading-online-when-school-is-closed

9. How to be a better online teacher : Advice Guide. There has been a proliferation of ‘guides’ on how to teach online since the advent of Covid19.. Each has its own attributes and this one could add to your skillset and perhaps provide some useful information or help for your own endeavours.

https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching

Perhaps to read in conjunction with:

The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips: Published 10 years ago. Are all the tips still relevant today? Most, I think should still  be useful in current learning and teaching environments.

https://www.mobt3ath.com/uplode/book/book-59307.pdf

10. How to adapt 16 hours of in-class teaching material to an online format in 5 days