With lockdown, many of us have had to go online to learn
How coronavirus crisis reinvented online learning as a necessity
There are lots of offers out there:
Why is online learning so important during coronavirus? | English Live Blog
Of course, it's been around a lot longer:
The Era of Online Learning | Niema Moshiri | TEDxUCSD - YouTube
Not everyone is a fan:
Parents seeking alternative to e-learning - Evanston Now
The problem is that a lot of e-learning is simply a teacher giving a lecture in front of a board, or click-and-quiz learning: stories and scenarios are better:
Why e-learning is killing education | Aaron Barth | TEDxKitchenerED - YouTube
Why Technology Can't Fix Education | Mary Jo Madda | TEDxChicago - YouTube
Content, not technology, will save education | Sofia Fenichell | TEDxLSE - YouTube
It doesn't have to be an an LMS:
Jay Doubleyou: how to set up a learning management system
Instead, you can use very simple platforms like Zoom to create interactive sessions:
Enabling breakout rooms – Zoom Help Center
Video Breakout Rooms - YouTube
Set up #ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS (ideal for small groups) - YouTube
And English language schools are trying this out:
Trinity CertTESOL during Covid-19. - YouTube
Trinity College London Online CertTESOL course review by Greety Gijo, Angamaly, Kerala - YouTube
CertTESOL | Trinity College London
But you can 'blend' learning - and 'flip' the classroom:
Jay Doubleyou: blended learning and the flipped classroom
And tech can make students more independent:
Jay Doubleyou: can children teach themselves - using technology?
The Future of Learning | Sugata Mitra | TEDxNewcastle - YouTube
New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra - YouTube
Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves? - YouTube
Finally, this is the future - but we can chose which technologies we want to work with:
Jay Doubleyou: digital learning solutions
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