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Topic: A handy website - Educators don't always have time to help their students learn some of the tools needed to learn online. Here's a website that an educator friend recommends as his go-to resource for students needing to learn the basics around things like Microsoft Office, Zoom, and even image editing, resume writing etc. (2:27)
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Quick-tips: You the educator
What digital skills training should we be providing educators (2:29) (4 Apr 22)
Wow - what a great example of how to support your online educators (2:03) (31 Jan 22)
Here's a prompt to help you get the most out of your PD investment (2:28) (24 Jan 22)
Judith asked: What can we librarians be doing? (3:12) (28 July 21)
Are you remembering to C.O.T.E.? (3:06) (12 May 21)
What is your teaching super power? (2:36) (31 Mar 21)
As educators, what affects our practice? (12:20) (18 Mar 21)
As online educators, our teaching practice is not always aligned with our ideal of a 'good' educator. This video presents the results of recently published research that identified what factors affect our practice and cause this misalignment from our ideal. Use this model to reflect on your own ideals and practice, and address tensions that may be affecting you and your students.
Quick-tips: Your practice
Why don't students turn on their camera? (5:36) (25 Apr 22)
Does your teaching include proactive strategies for 'pedagogical care'? (2:59) (11 Apr 22)
Emily asks: What's the ideal online class size? (3:26) (21 Mar 22)
One of the things students reported loathing about live online sessions (2:09) (14 Feb 22)
Have you been hearing a lot lately about 'nudging'? (2:52) (7 Feb 22)
A spectrum of online education (6:41) (28 July 21)
I'm often asked what is the 'best practice' mode of online education. My answer is always 'it depends'. See this short video to understand the spectrum of online education modes, and to see why the 'right' mode is very contextual.
Angela worries about 'dead air' when she's presenting live online (2:41) (5 Oct 21)
Karen asked: When should I incorporate reflection activities? (2:47) (1 Sep 21)
William asked: Which is 'right' ... teacher-centred or student-centred? (4:06) (11 Aug 21)
Take note! Do your students know how to take effective notes? (3:22) (14 Jul 21)
What would you go back and tell your online newbie self? (4:00) (30 Jun 21)
How and why are you measuring student engagement? (11:33) (1 Jun 21)
In this video about student engagement tasks and measurements, Dr Cathy Stone draws on research when challenging us to think more deeply about what we're measuring and why we're measuring it. She reminds us that students get frustrated when we assign 'busy work', and that engagement isn't always visible or measurable.
Achieving exemplary student-led, inquiry-based learning (18:16) (14 Apr 21)
We know that student-led, inquiry-based education represents an exemplary approach to teaching ... but what strategies can you enact to foster that questioning mindset among your students? Find out in this video featuring first-hand tips from one of the greats, Mr John Cowan.
Quick-tips: Your content
Are your students not clicking 'play' on your great video content? (2:12) (18 Apr 22)
Thomas asked: Am I the only one who dislikes digital textbooks? (2:28) (16 Sep 21)
To smile(y) or not to smile(y) - the research is in! (2:24) (19 May 21)
Great educators know who they're talking to (3:10) (22 Feb 21)
Is your great online content going unclicked? (2:11) (20 Jan 21)
Quick-tips: Technology and tools
To caption, or not to caption - Part 2 of a research update (4:17) (2 May 22)
To caption, or not to caption - Part 1 of a research update (5:14) (14 Mar 22)
The video format that performed worst (look-away + non-attention) (1:51) (21 Feb 22)
Using digital whiteboards in your online presentation (4:24) (28 July 21)
My favourite software!! (3:26) (9 May 22)
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