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 ...

With schools shut down across America, K-12 teachers faced with a question many likely thought they’d never have to ask: When and how often during the school day do my students need to see me?

The bell rings at 10:00 a.m. A teacher begins explaining quadratic equations. Some students lean forward, pencils ready. Others stare at the clock. A few are still turning yesterday’s lesson over in ...

There were lots of reasons for professors to avoid synchronous instruction at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Students are scattered across different times zones, their access to computers ...

In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming ...

It’s been shown that synchronous and asynchronous online learning can be as effective as the classroom. But, as in the classroom, it’s important to be aware of students’ total learning experience and ...

These sessions, recorded over the summer of 2020, focused on content, sharing ideas and actualizing teaching philosophies — helping instructors begin to visualize how they can best utilize their ...

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 ...

While intentional design is essential for any type of course, it is particularly important for online courses. Online instructors may not be able to answer questions in real time or readily notice ...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have thrust online education and distance learning into the spotlight in 2020, but it's not new. In fact, 1 in 5 public schools already offered courses entirely online during ...

Students were in their homes and at St. Clair High School when they simultaneously raised their hands to answer affirmatively to questions posed by teacher David Makela. The majority of hands shot up ...