Online learning and teaching is the new normal in most educational institutions. Maybe your institution is taking a blended approach with a mix of online and face-to-face delivery or went all the way online teaching. Either way,…
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Digest #147: Making Your Material Digitally Accessible
To boost digital accessibility, the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 came into effect in the UK in 2018. This law requires that all websites for organisations that benefit from public money must be digitally accessible to all users. This law also applies to teaching materials hosted in virtual learning systems in universities such as Moodle and Blackboard…
Digest #146: The Psychology of “Zoom Fatigue”
In the world of COVID-19, video conferencing has become commonplace. Many of us spend our days on back to back video calls and find ourselves exhausted by the end. This phenomenon has been dubbed “zoom fatigue” but applies to any type of video conferencing.
Digest #145: Elaborative Interrogation
Elaborative interrogation is a specific type of elaboration. Elaborative interrogation is when you ask questions about a concept in order to elaborate and further your understanding/build connections about that concept. In this digest we have gathered some resources to help you get the most out of elaborative interrogation.
Digest # 144: Talking to Kids about Race
We know that kids notice race, and pretending to be color blind just does not work. We all have implicit biases, even if we don’t want them and are not explicitly biased. However, it is difficult for adults to talk about race issues, and teaching our kids about them can seem even more daunting. So …
Digest #143: Using Podcasts
During the COVID-19 quarantine one of the challenges facing teachers is how to adapt their courses to teaching online. In our last digest we offered a number of resources to support teaching and learning online. In this digest we will focus on one way to teach online: using a podcast…If you’ve been thinking about exploring this option for teaching then the following resources will help you get started.