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Apr
2020

hours per week for students studies

categories: e-learning, educational technology, instructional technology

https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/565212104109492/

Discussion at faculty Facebook group regarding the syllabus directions for students’ work in online class:

how many hours of regular student work do you think is appropriate to expect from students for an online course of this nature? The class would normally have 3 hours of in-class instruction.

 

22
Apr
2020

higher ed pandemic scenarios

categories: educational technology

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=corona+virus

21
Apr
2020

Zoom Breakout Room Considerations

categories: distance learning, distributive learning, educational technology

Zoom Features Breakout Room Considerations

https://courseworks2.columbia.edu/courses/92710/pages/zoom-features-breakout-room-considerations

  1. Determine if a breakout room activity will be the most effective use of your live session time given the purposes of the course and the learning styles of the students in your section.
  2. Consider the amount and size of the breakout groups. For most breakout activities, we recommend that you have 2-5 students in each group to ensure everyone has the opportunity to contribute. Depending on the number of key concepts and size of your live session, it may make sense to have more than 1 group doing the same activity.
  3. Providing instructions to students is important for a successful breakout session. There are several different instruction delivery methods.

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20
Apr
2020

Rethinking the Academic Calendar

categories: distance learning, distributive learning

Rethinking the Academic Calendar

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/beloit-redesigns-its-academic-calendar-give-itself-more-flexibility-if-covid-19

Elizabeth Redden April 20, 2020
Beloit has announced that it is breaking the semester into two modules in which students take two courses each.
“The aspiration is to have a residential learning experience next year, but if COVID rages, this flexibility allows us to have it only affect half a semester, possibly,” Boynton said. “Let’s say it creeps into September, then that first module is online, but if continues to dissipate, then we’re able to bring students at this hinge point. It’s a break in the semester; it’s an obvious time to bring students into residence.”
“It also lessens the disruption in the sense of conducting four online courses at one time is a lot of pressure for faculty, and what we’re finding — and I think this is not just at Beloit but across the nation — is that juggling four online courses is a lot for students,” he said. “Limiting the online experience to two courses at a time is better for faculty and staff and student learning.”
19
Apr
2020

python to clean data

categories: Digital literacy, educational technology, technology literacy

7 Simple Python Functions to Clean Your Data

Fábio Neves  Jan 9

python

  • Merging all files from a specific folder
  • Edit every file in the same folder and re-save them again
  • Cleaning the header of your datasets
  • Split dataframe columns into two or more columns
  • Filter specific dataframe columns based on their column names
  • Calculate the number of days between two dates
  • Calculate number of weeks/months/years between two dates

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