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Excellent news, live transcriptions are now available when using Zoom! This provides a real-time on screen visual text representation of what is being said live in the Zoom session for participants to view as they listen. The quality and accuracy… Continue Reading →
Recording what you are doing on your computer screen has become fairly standard for many educators, this is called a screencast. For flipped classroom activities or to have a video recording of a lesson that students struggle with, giving them… Continue Reading →
The lessons learned from last year’s move to remote teaching can help instructors create better engagement with students in 2021. Click here to the view the transcript from the podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Google Podcasts |… Continue Reading →
Learning to Teach Online is an open educational resource (OER) created specifically for pre-service teachers. The resource was created by Dr. Michelle Schira Hagerman and Dr. Hugh Kellam from the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. While directed… Continue Reading →
Just a quick share today of a website for exploring active learning strategies with learners. This resource comes from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. The tool allows you to search for teaching strategies to promote student-centred activities that you can… Continue Reading →
Video is a powerful medium for sharing ideas. Consider how you might use an instructional video to record the response to a question you get each and every term from your learners? Or think about how you might use video… Continue Reading →
Digital storytelling is a form of digital media production that allows individuals to tell a story with video. These may be in the form of personal monologues; stories of a place, person, event, or thing; reflections; documentaries; science fiction; poetry;… Continue Reading →
Accessibility to online resources is a fundamental element of creating and curation of online content. Since many individuals may have one or many barriers which act to impede their abilities, ensuring options for accessibility for all content is critical. Web… Continue Reading →
To assist you in finding good images that are not copyrighted, please review the following resources: Creative Commons is an initiative that provides licensing options that span between copyrighted and public domain. You can learn more about Creative Commons on… Continue Reading →
In our class we make frequent use of Google Documents to collaborate with one another, collect information, or engage in brainstorms. Since not all students have Google accounts or are interested in creating them, we make use of anonymous editing… Continue Reading →