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Curated Links of Teaching Resources
Online Pedagogies
"Moving Classes Online on Short Notice: Some Strategies," a Google Document by Dr. Karl Stolley, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Management, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Created March 12, 2020
Post date: March 22, 2020 4:12pm
"Videoconferencing Alternatives: How Low-Bandwidth Teaching Will Save Us All" from iddblog.org by Daniel Stanford.
March 16, 2020
From the blog:
IDDblog is a service of the Center for Teaching and Learning at DePaul University. We’ve been named one of the 50 must-read IT blogs in higher education by EdTech Magazine, and our contributors include award-winning instructional designers and educational technology experts.
Post date: March 22, 2020 4:06pm
"Transitioning to Online Teaching During COVID-19: Resources and Tools" from Social Media Syllabus by Matthew Kushin.
March 16, 2020
Post date: March 22, 2020 4:01pm
The Washington Library at Mount Vernon has created a new webpage featuring curated resources from the estate's digital collections and several from our partners for use in online learning, teaching, and research. The page is designed to serve the needs of primary and secondary schools as well as students and faculty at the collegiate level. It is divided into four sections:
- Interactive Learning and Media
- Featuring Mount Vernon's Live Action Role Playing Game (LARP) Be Washington, the Mount Vernon Virtual Tour, Ask Mount Vernon video series, and the podcast Conversations at the Washington Library.
- Digital Primary Sources
- Featuring the Washington Library's digital manuscript collections, Mount Vernon's museum and archeological collections, Founders Online, the George Washington Financial Papers Project, the database of Mount Vernon's enslaved community, the Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, and Colonial Virginia Portraits (by Dr. Janine Yorimoto Boldt and the Omohundro Institute).
- Digital Secondary Sources
- Featuring The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington, Lesson Plans for Teachers, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon, Native Americans and Washington, and the Mount Vernon Everywhere! crowdsource project
- Online Student Learning Opportunities
- Featuring resources for younger learners such as coloring pages, games and quizzes, modules for elementary school students, and curated primary sources.
You can learn more about the Washington Library and Mount Vernon's efforts by listening to our most recent episode of Conversations at the Washington Library, "Teaching Online in a Time of Covid-19 with Sadie Troy."
Questions may be directed to Jim Ambuske, Ph.D., Center for Digital History at the Washington Library.
Post date: March 20, 2020 2:36pm
Dear Colleagues,
I created this handout to help my colleagues switch to remote learning without having to retrain or re-invent the wheel.
Given that online learning is its own field and requires a particular skillset that many just don't have time to acquire on such short notice, the suggestions I include ask that you lean on technologies you already know how to use and feel comfortable using.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Manuela Borzone, Ph.D.
Post date: March 20, 2020 2:30pm
Shared via Twitter by Jaqueline Wernimont: "So many of us in #higherEd #academicTwitter are looking at teaching online. We've collected some resources to help support you and your students." From the Google Doc:
Welcome, this is a co-authored and rapidly evolving resource. Thank you to those who are helping! Send me a note if you have resources to share too and/or if you’ve found this resource helpful.You may find it faster to send me items to add (link above) - people are having trouble editing due to traffic volume.
Contributors include: Jacqueline Wernimont (Dartmouth, USA), Cathy N. Davidson (CUNY Grad Center, USA)
Post date: March 18, 2020 3:57pm
Online teaching resource from Wayne State University. From the website:
- Download the WSU Teach Anywhere Planning Guide in PDF (pdf) or Word (v1.2 -- please make sure you have the current version! We hope to have the v1.3 with additional checklists out on Wed 3/18)
- Sign up for workshops and webinars and/or consultations which will begin Monday 3/16
- Use our Student Technology Access Survey Guide (pdf) and screencast to learn about your students' technology at home (v1.2 -- please make sure you have the current version!)
- Important strategies that will help your students succeed during this transition
- Follow us on Twitter for updates, resources, and tips
Post date: March 18, 2020 3:52pm
Free online textbooks from Cambridge University Press. From the website:
Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak. Over 700 textbooks, published and currently available, on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased. We recommend a Laptop/Desktop computer with Google Chrome for the best viewing experience. Textbook content is read only and cannot be downloaded. Free access is available until the end of May 2020.
Post date: March 18, 2020 3:49pm
Online teaching resources from the Chronicle of Higher Education. From the website:
As the coronavirus spreads, colleges are scrambling to respond to potential health-care crises, campus closures, and other issues that are arising and evolving on a daily basis. A major challenge: How can institutions continue to offer instruction if they decide to close or cancel in-person classes? A growing number are moving classes online as a short-term solution.
Post date: March 18, 2020 3:45pm
From the Chronicle for Higher Education:
Moving Online Now: How to keep teaching during the coronavirus
From Cambridge University Press:
Higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak
From Wayne State University
WSU Teach Anywhere Planning Guide
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Post date: March 18, 2020 12:00pm
Online Textbook/Reading Resources
Free online textbooks from Cambridge University Press. From the website:
Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak. Over 700 textbooks, published and currently available, on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased. We recommend a Laptop/Desktop computer with Google Chrome for the best viewing experience. Textbook content is read only and cannot be downloaded. Free access is available until the end of May 2020.
Post date: March 18, 2020 3:49pm