When Covid-19 got its foothold in the United States, and schools left for spring break never to return, we had to scramble to switch to fully remote learning. Now that we're resurfacing from the pandemic, many stakeholders are pushing for remote learning to continue. There are advantages to remote learning, and it does need to be utilized. Still, there are situations where being physically together in the same room can offer exceptional learning opportunities.

Screencasting is a video of your computer screen with your voice as the audio. Screencasts serve as a communication tool for asynchronous online courses. They are easy to make and can increase instructor presence. Here are a few tips and tricks to improve your screencasting videos.

Teaching math online opens the door to teaching math as a concept rather than a set of skills. Use breakout groups included in web conferencing software to promote student interaction and critical thinking. One idea for a good discussion prompt is described with more to follow in the next blog post.

Online learning is not the same as in-person learning, ensuring social and emotional connections to support both student and staff are critical. Here are a few ways to integrate SEL supports into your online spaces.

Part 2 in our “First Day of Teaching Online” Series: Recommendations for orienting students to the class through a syllabus quiz and assessing students’ prior and required knowledge through a pre-assessment.

This first blog in the series designed to help you prepare for the first day of teaching an online class, focuses on getting to know your students and building relationships when you are not able to see them every day.

The power of PhET simulations is that they are fully interactive and designed to engage students from elementary to college in learning how various phenomena work. Since its founding in 2002, the types of simulations have grown to encompass all branches of science as well as math.

In April, more than one news outlet addressed the growing achievement gap likely to be caused the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent school closures. We will likely encounter a much larger gap in knowledge among our various students this upcoming fall than we have in past years. What can we as educators do to help bridge this increasing achievement gap being caused by the Covid-19 crisis?

5 practical elearning tips and tricks from Dr. Maria Andersen. They are practical and come from someone who has taught remotely and online for more than a decade. They are tips you can only get from other teachers.

One of the number one concerns of math teachers as they are testing online is the issue of cheating. It’s a valid concern and one that should be addressed. Here are few “tested” strategies that you can incorporate during your assessments.