With COVID-19 shifting us all online, and as someone who has taught online (fully and partially), I have had a number of colleagues approach me with questions and ask advice. Though I don’t consider myself an “expert”, on online teaching, I can (and want to) share what I do know, and my own experiences, and I’m going to try to do that here.
Continue reading “Biology online/open-book exams, Part 1: general tips/considerations & examples”
Month: April 2020
UPDATED: 1st Pandemic book club meeting: Costa’s “99 Tips for Creating & Sustaining Educational Videos”
Results from the Doodle poll for a book club day/time to start discussing the newly published (and incredibly timely) book: “99 Tips for Creating & Sustaining Educational Videos”: the most popular time was Mon. May 4, 2-3 PM (Eastern Time).
I’ve set up a Microsoft Teams meeting (and hope it will work for this). Teams is available for download on computer, phone, iPad: https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads . You can also access it through a browser: https://teams.microsoft.com/
Need the book?
It can be purchased:
– directly from Stylus, the publisher. The paperback and ePub versions are both on sale right now (along with other online ed books). Note that prices are in USD: https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/landing/onlinelearning2020 (Outside the US, it will likely take some additional time to get the paperback.)
It’s a really new book, and Chapters/Indigo and Amazon don’t have the hard copy yet, but eBooks are available:
Kobo has the ePub format: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/99-tips-for-creating-simple-and-sustainable-educational-videos (If buying in Canada, this is a few $ cheaper than the Stylus ePub, given the current exchange rate).
The Kindle version is available:
In Canada – CDN$: https://www.amazon.ca/Creating-Simple-Sustainable-Educational-Videos-ebook/dp/B086VW87QH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=karen+costa&qid=1587391775&sr=8-1
US: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Simple-Sustainable-Educational-Videos-ebook-dp-B086VW87QH/dp/B086VW87QH/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=
I’m looking forward to seeing/meeting other folks interested in this book (and making educational videos)!
Pandemic time higher ed book club
Having bought a few higher education related books just before or after The Great Shift to Remote, I found myself seeking some motivation to actually dig into them. I thought a little social interaction (and accountability) might be helpful, and I floated out a tweet asking if others might be interested in discussing a couple of these: Karen Costa‘s “99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos” (at the time of writing on sale with some other online learning books) and Kevin Gannon‘s “Radical Hope: a Teaching Manifesto”. I was thrilled to see how many people responded!
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