Distance Learning

Writing in Big Think, Joanne Willard identifies five steps to an effective e-learning strategy for L&D organizations. She recommends that organizations: 1) keep content short and simple, 2) increase opportunities for learners to interact, 3) […]

Wondering why it feels strange to look at yourself in an online video session? It turns out that there are some mental health consequences from this experience connected with heightened self-objectification. Moreover, as Roxanne Felig […]

Writing in Educause Review, Perry Samson tells an interesting, and perhaps common, story of how students negotiate the question of face-to-face vs online class formats. Although many express a preference for face-to-face classes, in practice […]

Stanford University has announced a new program in partnership with the National Education Equity Lab to offer Stanford online courses to underserved students in high schools across the U.S. The pilot effort involves a computer […]

With colleges moving back to campus based learning as the danger of the global pandemic decreases, some instructors who have invested time and thought into reimagining their teaching for online learning are seeking to capture […]

Writing in Medium, Ryan Fan makes the case against hybrid teaching, or at least that variety of hybrid that combines students who are physically present in the classroom with students who are remote. He explains […]

Writing in the LA Times, Colleen Shalby describes how students in the California State University system have found advantages in the online courses that were offered to them as a result of the pandemic. The […]

Sometimes hybrids are awkward, ineffective, and out of place. At other times they combine the best of quite different breeds into something with unique capacity and impact. As educational institutions attempt to bridge the physical […]