Emergency Remote Online Teaching Resources
Additional links to resources & information that may be helpful:
Free Self-Paced Intro. to Online Teaching Courses
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- Open SUNY Online Teaching:
- Open SUNY Online Teaching: Interested in Teaching Online? – Basic Intro to Online Teaching. Free self-paced online course.
- Designing n Online Course & Becoming an Online Educator – Free “How to” step-by-step manual/handbook.
- EdX: Pivoting to Online Teaching: Research and Practitioner Perspectives – Free self-paced online course. Starts March 18, 2020 – 6 weeks long.
- iDesign: Online Instructor Learning Pathway – Basic intro to online teaching. Free self-paced online course.
- Open SUNY Online Teaching:
Free Webinars
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) free recordings/webinars:
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- (Recording available) Making the Shift to Online Learning: Emergency Preparedness & Instructional Continuity – March 6, 2020
- (Recording available) Using Live, Online Sessions to Support Continuity of Instruction – March 9, 2020
- How to Survive Your (Hurried) Switch to Online Delivery Using UDL – March 26, 2020
SUNY COIL Virtual Exchange: COVID 19
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- Hear what the COIL Community has designed for virtual connection this spring. https://zoom.us/j/854664150 March, 17, 2020 10am EST. Link to the recording http://bit.ly/3dab1tc & Link to the google doc http://bit.ly/2QoKOO8.
Open SUNY Online Teaching Resources:
- Interested in Teaching Online? – Free self-paced online course.
- Ready? to teach online?
- Online Courses for Observation – SUNY Only
- SUNY Online Teaching WorkPlace Group – SUNY Only
- OSCQR – Open SUNY Online Course Quality Rubric – instructional design and accessibility
- OLC Course Quality Scorecard – .pdf self-assessment version of OSCQR
- video
- Designing an Online Course & Becoming an Online Educator – step-by-step manual
- Effective Online Teaching Practices – video Playlist
- Ideas for Teaching Online – video Playlist
- Ideas for New Online Instructors – video Playlist
- Faculty Questions About Teaching Online – video Playlist
- Assessment of Online Learning – video Playlist
- Ideas for Engagement – video Playlist
Resources:
- Amazing Educational Resources: Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings (Updated)
- Free and Discounted Ed Tech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Campus Technology
- UPDATED: Free and Discounted Ed Tech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Campus Technology
- OLC Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness
- UPCEA COVID – 19 resources for Higher Ed
- WCET recources
- COVID-19 – Educause Resource List
- ISTE: 10 strategies for online learning during a coronavirus outbreak
- ICDE
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
- OLC, QM, UPCEA, and WCET Joint response
- Online Course Quality Indicators – DETA project
- Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness – OLC Padlet
- 2020 CHLOE 4 Report: The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE): Navigating the Mainstream
- Keeping Accessibility in Mind During the COVID-19 Conversion of Courses
- Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Students:
- How To Be Successful in Online Classes During COVID-19 – DeVry University
- Tips for Online Students to Work Successfully in Virtual Groups
- Student Resources for Online Group Work
- 10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning – Chronicle of Higher Ed.
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Help for Students
- Advice from a Herkimer College Internet Academy Student
- When the Tide Goes Out: Identifying and Supporting Struggling Students in Online Courses
- What (Some) Students Are Saying about the Switch to Remote Teaching and Learning
- Pivot to Online: A Student Guide
Leadership:
- CDC Issues COVID-19 Guidance to Higher Ed
- Getting Campuses Ready for the Coronavirus
- GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING HIGH-QUALITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Ray Schroeder: University of Illinois Q&A on Online Learning COVID19
- How Colleges Can Better Help Faculty During the Pandemic
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: 2020 Commencement Plans
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Grading and Proctoring
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: The Technology Workforce
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: IT Budgets, 2020–2021
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Fall Planning for Education and Student Support
- EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Student Success Analytics
- Don’t Cancel Commencement
- Revised Outlook for Higher Ed’s Online Response to COVID-19
- Two out of five US college presidents already considering online options for Fall 2020 term
- Getting the next phase of remote learning right in higher education
- 5 Higher Ed COVID19 Leadership Lessons From ‘The Splendid and the Vile’ – Inside Higher Ed
- Does Anthony Fauci Think Colleges Should Reopen? We Asked Him.– Chronicle of Higher Ed
- 15 Ways Colleges Are Mobilizing to Support Their Communities
Best Practices:
- 7 Best Practices for COVID-19-Necessitated Online Meetings
- 15 best practices for remote phone meetings
- Web Conference Netiquette – infographic
- Quick Tips for Online Teaching: The Basics – infographic Columbia SSW original source
- Ideas for Online Administrators – video Playlist
- QM: Map Your Way to a Quality Course: Course Mapping
- Science
- Online Resources for Science Laboratories (POD) – Remote Teaching : All Resources
- Biology Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: How to Transfer to Online Learning – American Society for Microbiology
- Remote Lab Activities and Experiences – Dartmouth
- How to Quickly (and Safely) Move a Lab Course Online – Chronicle of Higher Ed.
- Culture Shock: Teaching Online in a Pinch – Educause
- I suddenly have to move my lab course online! What should I do?
- 5 easy ways to infuse learning science into remote teaching
- Blog post: The Power of Lighting in a Virtual Classroom: Tips on Improving Webcam Lighting for Online Educators
- How to Help Struggling Students Succeed Online
- Video Length in Online Courses: What the Research Says
- Best Practices for Using Video in Online Learning – UCF TopKit
- Our Bodies Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education
- Examining the Effect of Proctoring on Online Test Scores
- Alternatives to Traditional Testing
- CHLOE Report Advice for Online Learning: Focus on Completing Course Reqs – Campus Technology
- Student-Centered Remote Teaching: Lessons Learned from Online Education– Educause
- Asynchronous Presentation Tools
Examples:
- Indiana University: Simulation – Keep Teaching During prolonged campus or building closures
- Stanford University: Teach Anywhere – best resource design I’ve found.
- UCF Keep Teaching
- Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity – massive list of links of examples from 300+ institutions.
- ACUE Online Teaching Toolkit
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption, for SIS and PWR– Stanford Outline – really good.
- RTOL – Rapid Transition to Online Learning – free emergency roadmap for making a rapid transition to remote learning
- Stanford’s Tool Kit for Online Instructors – a little dated, but not bad.
- Putting some of your course content online in a hurry? – Vanderbuilt University. Really good suggestions for discussion type courses: For Seminars / Discussion-Based Courses → Read. Journal. Live Discussion, Larger Lecture Courses → Lecture Video. Homework Quiz. Live Q&A Sessions, For Other Kinds of Courses & Tips for Transitioning Online and Keeping your Sanity
- Teaching Remotely – Harvard
- Teaching online in a pinch
- Camp Design Online
Tools:
Auto Closed Captioning with Google Slides
Collaborate
Zoom
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- Student zoom guidelines
- Zoom video tutorials
- Getting started with zoom breakout rooms
- zoom twitter thread: some best practices
- One-pager: Preparing to teach your first class online in Zoom (focus on technology)
- Quick Reference Tables for Synchronous Components of Online Classes (.pdf download)
- ‘Zoomed Out’: Why ‘Live’ Teaching Isn’t Always the Best
- Zoom Bombing:
- How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event
- SUNY Zoom best practices to prevent/avoid/deal with zoom-bombing: https://bit.ly/SUNYzoomBP
- Tips to Deter Zoom-bombers
Google Suite/G Suite for Education – G Suite
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- Free access (Free until July 1, 2020) to advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including:
- Larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call
- Live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain
- The ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive
- Free access (Free until July 1, 2020) to advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including:
Opinions/Suggestions:
- Please do a bad job of putting your courses online – Rebecca Barrett-Fox
- Thoughts & Resources for Those About to Start Teaching Online Due to COVID-19 – Jacqueline Wernimont, Co-Director, HASTAC, Distinguished Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement
- How to Convert a Face-to-Face Class to Online/Remote Learning – Dr. Luke Hobson
- Online Learning: Some Notes for Going Online Midsemester – EducauseReview
- Faculty Readiness to Begin Fully Online Teaching– EducauseReview
- So you want to temporarily teach online – Inside Higher Ed
- Advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus – Tony Bates
- Your Suddenly Online Class Could Actually Be a Relief – Inside Higher Ed
- The Human Element of Online Learning – Inside Higher Ed
- Will Shift to Remote Teaching Be Boon or Bane for Online Learning? – Inside Higher Ed
- Preparing for Emergency Online Teaching – Chronicle of Higher Ed
- How to Make Your Online Pivot Less Brutal
- How to Be a Better Online Teacher
- 4 Lessons From Moving a Face-to-Face Course Online
- Teaching Online Will Make You a Better Teacher in Any Setting
- Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start
- Transforming Your Online Teaching From Crisis to Community
- 9 Thoughts for Dealing with Online Learning in a Crisis
- One-pager: Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning Online: Principles & Practices During a Global Health Crisis
- One-pager: Strategies for successfully engaging all students in live synchronous online classes
- Op Ed: Need to move your class online in a hurry? Here’s how
- The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning
- Should You Worry About Cheating on Online Tests During COVID-19?
- ‘On a Desert Island With Your Students’: Professors Discuss the Weirdness of Teaching Remotely in a Pandemic – Chronicle of Higher Ed
Lists:
- Colleges and universities closed/migrating online for COVID-19 – Bryan Alexander
COVID-19 Dashboards:
- https://ncov2019.live/data
- https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html
- https://www.healthmap.org/covid-19/
Updated June 2, 2020
Please note that this is not an endorsement for any of these resources, it is just a gathering of resources. Please vet and discuss with others at your institution as to the viability/safety of what you intend to use.
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