Katie McAllister, a professor and head of Minerva University’s College of Social Sciences, teaches a course online. (Photo from Minerva) As universities adopt new digital learning tools and learning ...
A fully remote semester has forced many students at the University of Massachusetts to balance the structure of synchronous classes with the freedom of asynchronous classes. Some students agree that ...
It has not been a simple transition from face-to-face to virtual education! Although this type of teaching existed long before the pandemic, it had never been envisioned that the majority of the ...
Back in March, the University made it clear that classes would be in-person for the 2021-2022 school year. After over a year of online learning, most students made the decision to return to ...
At their best, synchronous online courses are shared experiences, and students are fully present to boost each other's learning. But in the virtual world it takes more than webcams to get us there.
Managing large classes always requires careful consideration and organization in order to keep students engaged. The challenge of maintaining active engagement in large classes only grows in online ...
If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make ...