Learning with Technology

Looking for ways to support self-directed learning in the remote workplace? Read on to learn 7 different strategies that you can use!

The future of higher education means breaking down classroom walls, embracing digital tools and engaging students with creativity and innovation.

"As the acceptance of new types of credentials grows, a number of employers have become learning providers in their own right, in a way that could shake up the broader higher education landscape."

How has online learning changed/improved over the last 7 years? Read on to learn 5 drivers that have led to an improvement in eLearning.

"COVID-19 has transformed the education technology landscape in ways few could have anticipated. As schools and universities shuttered, working adults (those who remained employed) were asked, seemingly overnight, to adapt to a fully remote workplace and a permanently altered way of doing business. Employers enacted broad layoffs and unemployment claims in the U.S. have reached nearly 46 million. Online learning—often touted as an up-and-coming way of delivering education—took its place on the world stage as the de facto model, regardless of how prepared students, employees and educators were for the experience."

AI writing is closer than most people think. It’s only a matter of time before students will have access to AI writing bots and educators must prepare now.​

"In our increasingly connected world, engaging people in training is a challenge, particularly in a virtual setting. Thankfully, technology is also constantly evolving. Learn to make your content stick with a variety of advanced methodologies that can be mixed, matched and customized to fit your needs."

"Providing round-the-clock support to students is certainly valuable and admirable, said Christina Cipriano, another panelist during the webinar. But the director of research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence also wants to make sure that teachers like Romano Arrabito, who are going to great lengths to support their students during these closures, are also making time to care for themselves."

"A problem with online teaching is that students have to sit through a long lecture-sort of presentation–if you’re trying to replicate your classroom teaching. Some good advice I see over and over regarding teaching online is DON’T try to replicate your physical classroom. Instead, teach using online’s strengths. A good way to do that is with a flipped classroom."

"If we agree that the primary purpose of a grade is to accurately describe a student’s level of academic performance, and if we want to remain dedicated to ensuring that our schools are equitable, there are two critically important questions that should inform our decisions about whether, and how, we grade while schools are closed this spring during the novel coronavirus outbreak:

1. How likely is it that our school is able to provide the quality of instruction and supports appropriate for our students to sufficiently learn the content?
2. How likely is it that a student’s performance, and our evaluation of that performance, will be an accurate reflection of what they have learned?

Before schools were closed, we had a reasonable degree of confidence that we could satisfy each of these questions. Now, not so much."

"Learning what is and isn't working for students in the move to remote learning is invaluable, but it is especially important right now as online courses are being developed rapidly, iteratively, and under pressure."

"As 2020 kicked off, the U.S. job market was the strongest in 50 years, and the economy had seen a record 113-month streak of job creation. Across industries, demand for talent was booming. Then, nearly overnight, our world—and the job market with it—suddenly and wrenchingly changed."

Commentary: edWeb.net’s Stacey Pusey shares how digital badges can validate training for students searching for a place in the workforce.

"Mission minded teachers have defined goals and aspirations that they wish to accomplish in the classroom. This style of learning can lead to very high success rates amongst students if handled and implemented correctly.  In this article, we will be discussing how teachers can meaningfully integrate technology into their mission-minded classrooms."

While it’s simple to say that COVID will change schools, the fact is, people will change schools—and for more reasons than one.

Now straddling two audiences, university classrooms are getting upgrades that include document cameras and touchscreen podiums that simultaneously broadcast notes to in-person and remote students.

Music education is changing, and with the help of online courses, learning apps, and in-person lessons students can learn anytime, anywhere.

"To serve students during the pandemic and beyond, I believe institutions not only must innovate their approaches to learning, but also their approaches to teaching. No longer should we accept that simply delivering curricular materials online constitutes real innovation, nor that the incorporation of instructional videos is a sure-shot method of engaging students. Unfortunately, the “sage on the stage” from before the coronavirus has now become the “sage on the computer screen.”"

"Providing round-the-clock support to students is certainly valuable and admirable, said Christina Cipriano, another panelist during the webinar. But the director of research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence also wants to make sure that teachers like Romano Arrabito, who are going to great lengths to support their students during these closures, are also making time to care for themselves."

For faculty being asked to teach online, here is some guidance on the process of reconceptualizing their face-to-face lecture to a video-based format.

"This article describes the importance of content and social interactions using asynchronous (self-paced) and synchronous (live learning) tools. It offers an evidence-informed analysis of the main benefits and limitations of asynchronous and synchronous eLearning for better blending."

The waivers would carry over the previous fiscal year's funding in certain areas and remove restrictions on tech spending as ed leaders request more flexibilities and resources. 

When in-person education resumes, online learning tools and methods will be entrenched in the system.

"While you may already know what you want to teach students, you also need to take the time to learn what they want to learn and how they want to learn."