Academics reported feeling lonely, overworked, grief-stricken, and anxious about the future. They were also calm, grateful, and prone to epiphanies about life. https://t.co/rjL9bc6mm8
Asking students — and their instructors — to slog through another pandemic semester with no break at all could be detrimental to mental health, not to mention learning. https://t.co/GKDO0ed7w5
Community-college enrollment is typically countercyclical to the economy — in the wake of the 2008-9 recession, a million more students enrolled. But the economic shutdown due to Covid-19 was not the usual recession. https://t.co/zzUQomziKi
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This article looked at online discussion forums using social network analysis. It conducted its research at a college in brazil and saw students interacting much more in the beginning of the semester compared to the end.
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This literature dives into nurses in a nurse anesthesia program and how there is a lack of theoretical models that makes researching distance learning much more difficult. The article then introduces its own theoretical model!
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This article look at the nurses perspective on distance post-graduate education. Pursing nursing science was a motivator for 65.4% of the nurses interviewed but 62.6% of the nurses interviewed did not want to do distance education.
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This reflective article talks about tutoring nurses through distance education. Some o f the main points are how the tutors should be well versed in distance education and how to apply it to students.
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This article talks about how virtual reality is popular for gaming and learning. When you combine gaming and learning into one synchronous platform, the benefits are endless!
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This article talked about challenges that arose from programmers trying to make modules for classes that were 6 months to a year in length. I think 8 weeks is perfect for a class! or maybe if a class is going to be 6-12 months long, split it!
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@cindy4class I found this chart to be very appealing, easy to follow, and had great points to take for distance education. Posts and charts like these seem to be very effective in because they get right to the point and are eye grabbing! #DistEd534
@cindy4class I love that said just because our classrooms look different doesn't mean our purpose is. The purpose will always be to better our students no matter what life throws at us! #DistEd534
@cindy4class Simulation keeps evolving and with the current pandemic, I will not be surprised if the technology keeps advancing for it to make it even more realistic, resulting in better learning outcomes! #DistEd534
@cindy4class I couldn't agree more! showing you care and building rapport helps deepen the connection which can deepen communication and result in better learning! #DistEd534
@cindy4class The part where they talked about using 3D glasses is an interesting concept for online tools. We use them in the theater, why not during video calls to grab more attention??#DistEd534