Online Learning

CASIE | online learning resources

Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education. A list of free resources for use during home teaching and learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Digital Promise | online learning resources

A library of online learning resources is intended for educators and can be filtered by type, grade, and subject. All of the included resources are free and meet student privacy criteria.
 

Should we record virtual counselling sessions? And other questions … answered

Schools and universities are making extraordinary efforts to support their communities right now. This is the first in a series of articles to address challenges and the many questions we’ve received, explaining how to keep students safe and protect their well-being in new learning environments. Read more
 

“Piloting Education 4.0 prompted by Coronavirus Crisis”

An article in The International Educator (TIE) by Shwetangna Chakrabarty, University Counselor at Guangzhou Nanfang International School. Read article
 

Podcast: Assessment and feedback in an online context

Dr Kevin House at Dulwich College International, shared this podcast “A massive thanks for the team at Evidence Based Education for putting together this great podcast to support Dulwich College International and Dulwich High School teachers currently working so hard to support our students in China and Korea at this time. I urge colleagues to have a listen to these best practices and hope that it provides useful insights and reinforcement. View podcast: Assessment and feedback in an online context evidencebased.education
 

Safeguarding implications for online learning

Schools launching virtual learning platforms and online classrooms should review their existing child protection and safeguarding policies and consider implementing specific guidelines. These might address, for example:

• where students and teachers should be located when they join virtual classrooms. E.g. for virtual classrooms, students should where possible be located in an open area in their house within earshot of parents; 
• how teachers and students interact with each other online, what are the do’s and don’ts around language, sharing of any personal contact details and sharing of material during virtual classrooms; 
• what teachers and students should do if they are worried about someone or something they witness in an online platform? For example: 
• are students able to report easily to a nominated person in school? 
• are teachers able to contact parents if they are worried about a student on a call, or block a user if that user starts sharing inappropriate material in a virtual break-out session? 
• do you know how to report any illegal content that might be shared online?
• are managers/child protection staff able to enter virtual classrooms to observe lessons on an ad hoc basis? 
• is the school storing messages so that it can review material afterwards if necessary, and is this being done in accordance with relevant privacy laws?
• if it is necessary to have one-to-one counselling sessions virtually, how is the school protecting the student and the counsellor? For example, could you have a parent be present at the start and the end of the session?

Read the guidance from Tim Gerrish, a CIS Affiliated Consultant, and his colleagues at The Child Protection Advisors. 
 

Observations on eLearning practices that seem to be working well

Eric Jabal, CIS School Support & Evaluation Officer in Hong Kong, shares his observations, as a parent and educator and asked for your own resources and observations. Read article
 

Zoom and Managebac

Shailendrasinh Rathod, Head of Science at International School Dhaka said: “Though we don't have a Coronavirus situation here in Bangladesh [at time of writing] we did have prolonged political closedown. During those days we found Managebac to be very handy in engaging students. I think it has more potential with updated features. I also see "Zoom" has a great potential to be an effective substitute of face-to-face curriculum transaction.