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As part of the University of Toronto Covid-19 Student Engagement Grant, I was awarded, with two colleagues, a grant to facilitate an online panel discussion.

Most are familiar with Lecture Capture when it comes to online learning, but what about People Capture? Videos are a great way to mimic classroom activities.

I recently read a LinkedIn post by Dr. Steve Joordens. Steve is a Professor at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.

A few months ago, I started having problems falling asleep. I thought it was because work was stressful, and there was drama in my personal life. Possibly, I wasn’t exercising enough… I mean, does recreating Tik Tok dances count as exercise?

For me the ultimate form of relaxation is reading, especially before bed. In the last few years (around the time I got my first iPhone), I noticed I am unable to concentrate as well as I used to.

Universal Instructional Design (UID) is a philosophy of practice that aims to ensure teaching and learning is accessible to the widest group of people.

Building and maintaining social connectedness in online courses can help build more positive instructor-student relationships (Woods & Ebersole, 2003).

As your institution may have gone full speed with implementing online teaching for the summer terms, there is a high probability that you will be expected to teach online in the fall and winter terms.

The past few months were overwhelming for both students and instructors as they transitioned to fully online teaching and learning environments.