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Online learning and (k-12) schools: 2. Technology and cost issues

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This is the second in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector. The first was What needs to be...

What needs to be done about online learning in the school sector? 1. An...

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The challenge On balance, although there are many shortcomings and issues, the post-secondary/higher education level has managed relatively well in finding alternatives to in-class teaching...

2020: another failure at retirement

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Each year I like to do a sort of annual report, for my own benefit. (My review of 2020 is in another post). My...

A review of online learning in 2020

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2020: Goodbye - and don't come back What a terrible year. 1.63 million horrible, choking deaths from the coronavirus, and 73 million infected to date....

Why sex is more fun than swotting: further discussion on asynchronous vs synchronous learning

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Binary thinking There are two kinds of people: those who divide people into two groups; and those who don't. Both humans and computers seem more...

Post-Pandemic Lesson 2: Support for instructors is essential for quality online learning

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This is the second of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here. “The main lesson is we need to increase...

Post-Pandemic Lesson 10: We need more (and better) data

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This is the last of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here. “Research studies were of necessity quick and dirty,...

Post-Pandemic Lesson 1: Online and blended learning will increase substantially post-COVID-19

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This is the first of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here. “…in blended learning, student performance improves over both...

Post-Pandemic Lesson 9: Lessons learned for administrators

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This is the ninth of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here. “Administrators in most institutions deserve praise for their...

Post Pandemic Lesson 8. We need more flexible learning spaces

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This is the eighth of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here. “More space and fewer students per room is...