Costume Education Summit Resources

Access and Accessibility in Online Learning: Issues in Higher Education and K-12 Contexts  — A free document that helps the instructional designer and teacher ensure that their online courses and delivery options improve the educational experiences of learners with disabilities.  It addresses national laws, emerging issues and support to generate accessible courses for learners across the life span.

 

8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching  — A short guide to being clear with your students about Zoom expectations and how to make your Zoom teaching more inclusive, often from unusual points of view that are easy to incorporate.

 

Culturally Responsive Teaching  — Culturally Responsive Teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning (Ladson-Billings, 1994).

 

Trauma Informed Schools and Teachers Change Lives: Classroom Resources & CurriculumCreated by Empowering Education, lessons range from mindfulness to coping skills, to bullying and diversity.  The majority of focus is on K-8 education. Membership is encouraged, but free trials are available.

 

7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course A quick read about the positive and negative aspects of HyFlex learning approaches (part of the 7 Things You Should Know…series of articles by Educase.edu)

 

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus An article created by Teaching Tolerance and experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network that shares recommendations for educators supporting students during the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID 19 Faculty Playbook  — A free playbook created by the On-line Learning Consortium, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Every Learner Everywhere, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, that provides a path for continuous improvement in on-line education.  It addresses online teaching and learning in both emergency and non-emergency contexts with special attention to course design, course construction, course management, course evaluation, and strategies for continuous improvement.

Educause COVID-19 Resource Page — A page created to help higher education institutions plan for possible campus disruption by COVID-19. It includes examples of campus advisory information, continuity planning from various institutions, as well as resources to work or teach from off campus.

 

Keep Teaching — An online community for higher education professionals needing academic continuity resources and support. The community site includes crowdsourced resources as well as pop up webinars and live events.

 

Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity — (De Paul University)

 

Emergency Remote Teaching Guidelines — A list of campus emergency guidelines at U.S. and international institutions, as well as a few resources on short-term course development and examples of others’ responses (POD Network).

 

Crowdsourced Google Doc of Shutdowns (Source: Inside Higher Ed) — A crowdsourced Google spreadsheet features a running tally of colleges and universities that are closing campuses or suspending in-person instruction and moving online or to distance delivery.

 

SUNY COVID-19 Response — A collection of emergency preparedness resources including webinars, tool suggestions and professional development offerings.

 

Education Companies Offering Free Resources Due to School Closings — An extensive list of educational resources with an emphasis on the K-12 sector.

 

Free Creative Cloud Tools from Adobe — Higher education and K-12 institutional customers globally who currently make Creative Cloud apps available to students in on-campus labs have the ability to request temporary “at-home” access for their students and educators. This will be granted through May 31, 2020 at no additional cost.

 

Remote Learning with Flipgrid — Flipgrid is a video-based discussion tool that can be leveraged as an alternative to text-based discussion forums.

 

The Spring 2020 Online Learning Collective  — This Facebook group was formed to support college and university educators transitioning from on-ground instruction to remote learning during the 2020 semester. 

 

HASTAC – Thoughts and Resources for Those about to Start Teaching Online — HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) provides a blog post with a number of resources related to getting started with remote instruction.

 

COVID-19 Online Learning Q & A, Part I — Associate Vice Chancellor for Online Learning at UIS  and UPCEA Senior Fellow, Ray Schroeder, shares observations of best practices in the emergency response.  Based on 25 years in the field and having played an instrumental role in the 2005 Sloan Semester emergency response to the Katrina hurricane, Ray shares practical advice to colleges and universities.

 

COVID-19 Online Learning Q & A, Part II — Ray Schroeder, Associate Vice Chancellor of Online at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and UPCEA Senior Fellow shares observations of best practices in the emergency response.  Based on 25 years in the field and having played an instrumental role in the 2005 Sloan Semester emergency response to the Katrina hurricane, Ray shares practical advice to colleges and universities.

 

International Council for Open and Distance Education — A web resource that includes links to ICDE webinars, online teaching tips, and other relevant news and resources.

 

Higher Ed Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support — This open doc was created by Laura Pasquini (@laurapasquini) to be a hub of the many resources, ideas, information, and suggestions for higher ed colleagues as they plan to move teaching, learning, and student support services online, as institutions shut down due to COVID-19. If you would like to add/edit information to any section of this document, please EMAIL: techknowtoolsllc@gmail.com 

 

How I’m Spending My Pandemic Summer Vacation Teaching Online Resources (The Chronicle of Higher Education) — A professor creates a syllabus to guide herself and other faculty members in preparing for more remote teaching this fall, amid Covid-19.

A Student’s Guide to Zoom

A FAQ created for UNC students that can be adapted for your campus that answers basic questions about zoom teaching expectations

 

Groups

Online Learning Consortium

OLC inspires innovation and quality through an extensive set of resources, including best-practice publications, quality benchmarking, leading-edge instruction, community-driven conferences, practitioner-based and empirical research, and expert guidance. 

 

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. They provide their readers with indispensable real-time news and deep insights, plus the essential tools, career opportunities, and knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

 

Educause

Educause is a nonprofit association that helps higher education elevate the impact of IT.  Schools can become a member, but additional free information is available in their online library.

 

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators (primarily K-12) to supplement their curriculum, inform their practices and create civil and inclusive communities.  They have classroom resources and professional development available on the website.

 

Recommended Books (Provided by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh, Chronicle of Higher Education)

Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, by Flower Darby, assistant dean of online and innovative pedagogies at Northern Arizona University. The book, written with James M. Lang, adapts the lessons of his 2016 book, Small Teaching, and prioritizes brief, easy ways to improve your online teaching.

 

99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos: A Guide for Online Teachers and Flipped Classes, by the writer and educator Karen Costa. Undoubtedly she hoped her book would help a lot of people, but probably had no idea just how timely her April 2020 release would be. Filled with bite-size tips, it practices what it preaches and is peppered with useful links to video explainers and examples of the tips in action. (The QR codes within the book make linking to the videos extremely easy and painless.)

 

Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching, by Derek Bruff, director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. His book has been on my to-read list but lingered there a bit because I tend to be a relatively low-tech instructor. No longer!

 

Minds Online: Teaching Effectively With Technology, by Michelle D. Miller, a professor of psychological sciences at Northern Arizona University. Her book examines how to enhance student retention and understanding by blending technology with research on the neural and cognitive underpinnings of learning.

 

The Blended Course Design Workbook, by Kathryn E. Linder, executive director for program development at Kansas State University Global Campus. This fall, like it or not, many of us will be teaching some mix of online and face to face. Her workbook is a practical guide for designing such hybrid courses.

 

Other Book Recommendations

The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips, by JudithV. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad.  This book is a very easy to read with clear lists of best practices and ways of evaluating pedagogy and learning outcomes, streamlining the course creation process, assessing the effectiveness of the course design and even creating accelerated learning classes.

 

Zoom for Teachers 2020: A Complete Guide to Learn Zoom Cloud Meetings for Video Webinars, Live Stream, Conference and Classroom Management, by Catherine Korman (free on kindleunlimited). This book highlights the essential points ranging from updates brought about to the Classroom over the past few years to the ways in which teachers and instructors could set up their own Zoom Classroom and gives insight into the pro techniques with which you will get the most productive results from Zoom.

 

Teaching with Zoom: A Guide for Complete Beginners, by Keith Folse.  The practical information in this book is presented through 46 common teacher questions ("How do I show a PowerPoint?" "How do students ask a question?" "Can I use Zoom for office hours?") with detailed answers that walk you through each step, supported with over 50 screenshots. For each activity, the author explains not only how to accomplish it with Zoom but why you might want to do that task a certain way.

 

Introduction to Teaching with Zoom: A Practical Guide for Implementing Digital Education Strategies, Creating Engaging Classroom Activities, and Building an Effective Learning Environment, by Madison Salters (due out August 4, 2020.)  For all grade levels, the book provides step-by-step instructions paired with screenshots to help all levels of Zoom experience.  Contains tips, tricks, troubleshooting and lesson plans.

 

Google Classroom for Teachers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Set Up your Online Course, Enrich your Teaching Activities and Boost Student’s Engagement by Emma Bradley.  The book provides an comprehensive overview of Google Classroom including add-ons, learn about task management, and explore strategies to keep attention, support students in distress, and maximize effective communication.

 

Canvas Instructor Edition Quick Source Reference Guide, by Quick Source (pamphlet)

Canvas for Student Quick Source Reference Guide, by Quick Source (pamphlet)

 

Canvas LMS Essentials: The Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Simple Yet Effective Online Course, by Matt Stollenwerk.  This book demystifies Canvas and shows you step-by-step processes for identifying course goals, adding content files to the course, creating assignments, discussions and quizzes, adjusting settings, importing content between courses, communicating with students, assessing student work and providing feedback.  Summaries and links to tutorials are also provided.

 

Teaching Online Without Losing Your Mind: a Comprehensive Overview, by Angela Velez-Solic.  This book provides a no-nonsense, practical and sometimes humorous guide for designing courses and teaching them in an effective way.

 

Blackboard Essentials for Teachers, by William Rice.  This book develops a sample site for the development of a demonstration course with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.

 

Using Moodle, by Jason Cole and Helen Foster.  This book is both a guide and a reference manual for this popular course management system.  Authored by the Moodle community, this book also exposes little known but powerful hacks, includes coverage of blogs, RSS, databases and more.

 

Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques, by Susan Smith Nash. From writing learning outcomes, to incorporating multi-media, to advanced topics like creating interactive templates, this book uses step-by-step instructions to build highly interactive and engaging courses that run on a wide range of platforms.

 

Learning Online: What Research Tells Us about Whether, When and How, by Barbara Means, Marianne Bakia and Robert Murphy. Covering online learning from K-12 and higher education settings, this book explores online learning technologies, massive open online courses, multi-player games, learning analytics and adaptive online practice environments.  It also discusses available research about how to best implement online learning for specific kinds of students, subject areas, and contexts.

 

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