How a small university successfully pivoted online
The challenge
Algoma University is a small university (about 2,000 students) based in Sault Ste. Marie in northern Ontario, but with satellite campuses in Brampton...
Students’ responses to remote learning in the fall: Top Hat survey
Top Hat (2020) Higher Ed Students Grade the Fall 2020 Semester, Top Hat (accessed November 19, no published date)
Top Hat is an online publisher...
Free online modules for k-12 teachers on how to teach online
Following on from my post yesterday about the lack of training for k-12 teachers in how to teach online during the pandemic, I am...
Post-Pandemic Lesson 2: Support for instructors is essential for quality online learning
This is the second of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here.
“The main lesson is we need to increase...
10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian universities and colleges
2020: Resilience and adaptability
“Canada responded amazingly well to the challenge of adapting to an existential threat to its post-secondary education system. The system...
Why school boards need to listen to online learning professionals
Guzman, Y. (2020) Students miss out and teachers feel overwhelmed as school boards blend in-person and virtual classes The Globe and Mail, November 1
As...
Another survey of student responses to emergency remote learning
Wise, A. F. & Bergner, Y. (2020) College in the Time of Corona: Spring 2020 Student Survey New York, NY: NYU-LEARN.
This is another 'quick-and-dirty' survey...
The role of Centres for Teaching and Learning during Covid-19 – and beyond
Naffi, N. (2020) Disruption in and by Centres for Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Leading the Future of Higher Ed Québec City:...
How can the Canadian federal government help the post-secondary system post-Covid19?
The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Ronald Reagan
The Feds and post-secondary education in...
Research reports on Covid-19 and emergency remote learning/online learning
Post last up-dated: 9 June, 2021
Since March 2020, there has been a flurry of research on emergency remote learning. Most published research up to...