Tag: online learning

Only one fifth of school students with disability had enough support during the remote learning period

Only one fifth of school students with disability had enough support during the remote learning period

By Helen Dickinson, Catherine Smith and Sophie Yates (theconversation.com) Only 22% of family members and carers of students with a disability agreed they had received adequate educational support during the pandemic. Many respondents in our new research, and survey, on behalf of Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) reported being forgotten in the shift to remote learning, or…

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How to create engaging online learning amid COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Singapore

How to create engaging online learning amid COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Singapore

By, Fun Man Fung, Ng Tao Tao Magdeline, Robert K Kamei (Excerpt from theconversation.com) Research has shown students learn better when they are actively engaged in the learning process, rather than just passively listening to a lecture. However, the coronavirus pandemic has forced what many thought would never happen: online courses extensively replacing traditional programs. Over the past three years, our faculty team and teaching assistants at…

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Turning the Tide on Online Learning

Turning the Tide on Online Learning

The rush of colleges and universities to complete the current academic year online in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and possibly prepare hastily for the same delivery mode this coming fall, could well result in unprecedented turbulence for faculty, students and families. The unavoidable haste of implementation presents a highly uneven and potentially unsatisfying educational experience — threatening to further…

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