Institutions mustn’t waste the lessons learned during the height of the pandemic about the powerful role that multimedia can play in learning and teaching.
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Training for academics needs to be timely, specific, relevant and appropriate for the technology being implemented.
Lecturers need to be adept at both the theories of online learning and the technology used to do it.
Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
African governments, policy makers and education sectors could learn a great deal from other developing countries.
Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
Watching my teens play video games for hours on end tells me that video game designers understand something that my fellow teachers and I had not!
Ultimately, these studies will help us to make sense of how the pandemic is reshaping higher education.
Real-life experience suggests that game-based learning (GBL) techniques can be useful in reducing student anxiety toward technical and/or abstract concepts and in increasing class involvement.
Distance learning requires not only the right technologies, but also policies that respect intellectual property and personal data. Open educational resources are an approach that is gathering support.
Student respondents to a survey discussed memories of historical trauma of infectious disease and displacement, financial hardship related to Alberta tuition hikes and mental health concerns.
How to invite students to participate in classes and experiment when the computer becomes the main classroom?
What if one of the answers to the challenges of distance learning was to go back to basics and set up less “tech” and more human contexts?
This isn’t the first time America’s schoolchildren have studied remotely – and Chicago’s 1937 ‘radio school’ experiment shows how technology can fill the gap during a crisis.
From setting passwords to cultivating patience, a mindful approach to virtual working, studying and socializing can make life online manageable.
As the Indonesian government reopens schools located in the green and yellow zones, a blended learning approach is being discussed as a solution.
While providing access to digital technology is important, it won’t even the digital playing field. If teachers can embrace all students’ digital interests as opportunities for learning, it would help.
It’s worth going out of your way to ensure that kids practice interacting with others and maintain their friendships.
The stress of having children do distance learning at home during the pandemic is linked to an increase in alcohol consumption among parents, a new survey finds.
A new immigration rule may force some international students to leave the country.
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Associate Professor (Curriculum Studies), University of South Africa
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Chair- Curriculum Studies, Stellenbosch University
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Director in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), Durban University of Technology
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CEO of Smart Sparrow and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the School of Computing, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor of Finance, EHL Hospitality Business School, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
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Professor, University of Fort Hare
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Professeur associé, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
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Faculty Development Coordinator, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
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Researcher, The Open University
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Deputy Vice Chancellor and Director of Programmes, Virtual University of Uganda
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Lecturer in Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana
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Assistant Professor, School of Creative Industries, Faculty of Communication and Design, Toronto Metropolitan University
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PhD Student K-12 Education Policy, University of Southern California
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Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of South Africa
