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Online Learning in the Age of COVID-19 (J-WEL Connections)

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Justin Reich

Executive Director, Teaching Systems Lab; Mitsui Career Development Professor, Comparative Media Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Justin Reich is an educational researcher interested in the future of learning in a networked world. He is an Assistant Professor in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a faculty associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, and the director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. In this session from the J-WEL Connections online event, he discusses strategies for educators in managing the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Topics: Digital Pedagogies COVID-19 Response & Resources

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J-WEL Connections 2020

World of Edcraft: Challenges and Opportunities in Synchronous Online Teaching

Content Author:

Andrew Lo, Brian Stevens, Sean Willems

Date: 14 April 2021

Abstract: Online teaching at higher educational institutions has become a much higher priority in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but most faculty and staff at these institutions are ill-prepared to adapt their teaching methods and content to this new medium.

J-WEL Connections General Session 2: Reconstruction of Daily Life After COVID

Content Author:

Mark Silis, Krystyn Van Vliet, Michael Wilens, Sanjay Sarma, Vijay Kumar Ed. D

Date: 7 April 2021

In this session, we will examine the consequences of this understanding for all aspects of our societies and daily life, from commerce and transportation, to how we work and spend our leisure time.

Equity and Community in a Large, Virtual Classroom: Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall

Content Author:

Tristan Collins

Date: 10 March 2021

Math 18.03 at MIT is a large (400+ student) class. Due to Covid-19, it was conducted remotely during the Fall 2020 semester. Guest speaker Prof.

Moving Abruptly Online: What it was like for Faculty and for Students

Content Author:

Shigeru Miyagawa

Date: 3 March 2021

Like so many institutions around the world, MIT made the abrupt transition to online teaching in the midst of the pandemic, thrusting all 1,251 of its spring 2020 courses online in late March of 2020.

Update on Redesigning MIT's Calculus Course

Content Author:

Sanjoy Mahajan

Date: 18 February 2021

Many students, even at MIT, cannot apply calculus in downstream science and engineering courses. For example, many students can evaluate integrals but cannot translate a physical situation into an integral.

What the History of Education Technology Teaches us about Pandemic Teaching

Content Author:

Justin Reich

Date: 29 September 2020

Widespread school closures are unprecedented, but the use of education technology and online learning to reach across distances, teach refugee and disaster-impacted communities, and expand the possibilities of schooling is quite common.

Effective, Secure, and Efficient Summative Assessment using a Computer-Based Testing Facility

Content Author:

Craig Zilles

Date: 17 July 2020

In this talk, Craig Zilles, Associate Professor and Education Innovation Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discusses an effective, secure, and efficient alternative to traditional pencil-and-paper exams that scales to even the largest courses.

Imagining September: Principles and Design Elements for Ambitious Schools During COVID-19

Content Author:

Justin Reich, Jal Mehta

Date: 2 July 2020

In May 2020, the authors of this report facilitated four online design charrettes with a variety of school stakeholders—students, teachers, principals, district leaders, parents, consultants, state officials, and others—to develop a design process for fall 2020 school planning.

Safe, Familiar, Student-Centric — An Emergency Guide to Remote Teaching for Novices

Content Author:

David Joyner

Date: 30 June 2020

In this webinar, David Joyner, Executive Director of Online Education at Georgia Tech, takes novice remote instructors on a crash course to get ready to teach online for the first time.

Making Remote Learning Work for Adult Learners

Content Author:

Eric Bergemann, Àngels Fitó Bertran

Date: 18 June 2020

Teaching working adults is different from teaching typical students. As companies and schools around the world have moved to remote instruction, many are grappling with questions of how to do it in the most effective way.

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