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02
Apr
2020

questions about online education

categories: digital storytelling, distance learning, e-learning, online learning

https://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/does-it-work

One of the most frequently and persistently asked questions about online education is “does it work” or “is it effective.”
The question is meaningless because there cannot be any definitive answer for a number of reasons.

First, online education (and its variants such a online instruction, online teaching, distance education and distance learning) is a big umbrella that covers a wide array of different practices, which vary a great deal in terms of quality. Comparing the effectiveness of online education with face-to-face education has been the most common research approach to examine the effectiveness of online education. And the answer has been, for a long time, that there is no significant difference between the two. This answer, however, does not mean online is effective or not, it simply means there are plenty of effective and ineffective programs in both online and face-to-face education. In other words, the within variation is larger than the between variation.

Second, another reason that there cannot be a definitive answer to this question is the diversity of stakeholders in online education.
And unfortunately what works for one stakeholder may not work for the others.

Third, even within the same program and with only students as the stakeholder, there cannot be a definitive answer because no program can possibly have the same effects on all students equally.

Fourth, yet another reason that the question cannot have a definitive answer is the multiplicity of outcomes. Education outcomes include more than what has been typically measured by grades or tests.

Fifth, the rapid changes in technology that can be used to deliver online education add to the elusiveness of a definitive answer to the question. While pedagogy, design, and human actors certainly paly a significant role in the experiences of online education, so does technology.

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more on online education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education

01
Apr
2020

Keep the Crashers Out of Your Zoom

categories: Digital literacy, distance learning, distributive learning, e-learning, educational technology, instructional technology

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https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/20/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event/

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/20/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event/

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How to Secure Your Zoom Meetings from Zoom-Bombing Attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/how-to-secure-your-zoom-meetings-from-zoom-bombing-attacks/

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Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all

he Intercept reported that Zoom video calls are not end-to-end encrypted, despite the company’s claims that they are.

Motherboard reports that Zoom is leaking the email addresses of “at least a few thousand” people because personal addresses are treated as if they belong to the same company

Apple was forced to step in to secure millions of Macs after a security researcher found Zoom failed to disclose that it installed a secret web server on users’ Macs, which Zoom failed to remove when the client was uninstalled

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‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing

security researchers have called Zoom “a privacy disaster” and “fundamentally corrupt” as allegations of the company mishandling user data snowball.

A report from Motherboard found Zoom sends data from users of its iOS app to Facebook for advertising purposes, even if the user does not have a Facebook account.
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Zoom’s security and privacy problems are snowballing from r/technology

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this Tweet threads informative:

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https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-03-27-holding-class-on-zoom-beware-of-these-hacks-hijinks-and-hazards

01
Apr
2020

app to phone scan pages to PDF

categories: distance learning, distributive learning, e-learning, instructional technology, student-centered learning

Borrowed from the Higher Ed Learning Collective FB group:

iOS (Apple):

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scan-it-all/id647239869

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scanner-for-me-scan-documents/id1017261655

Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thegrizzlylabs.geniusscan.free&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appxy.tinyscanner&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobitech3000.jotnotlite.android&hl=en_US

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&hl=en_US

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hp.printercontrol&hl=en_US

01
Apr
2020

student support online learning

categories: distance learning, distributive learning, e-learning, instructional technology, student-centered learning

10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning

By Kelly Field MARCH 30, 2020 

https://www.chronicle.com/article/10-Tips-to-Support-Students-in/248380

  1. Survey students about tools and platforms.
  2. Co-construct your class.
  3. Favor asynchronous approaches.
  4. Go low-tech and mobile-friendly.
  5. Share your story.
  6. Offer support and resources.
  7. Create opportunities for students to process the moment.
  8. Don’t forget about students with disabilities.
  9. Assign self-care, and model it.
01
Apr
2020

Dos and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings

categories: Digital literacy, distance learning, distributive learning, e-learning, educational technology, instructional technology

From setting a clear agenda to testing your tech setup, here’s how to make video calls more tolerable for you and your colleagues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/technology/personaltech/online-video-meetings-etiquette-virus.html

The Zoom app, for example, has a setting that lets hosts see if you have switched away from the Zoom app for more than 30 seconds — a dead giveaway that you aren’t paying attention.

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