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Zoom has become synonymous with synchronous online meetings. It is no surprise that it is one of the tools supported by OISE as we move our learning online.

Zoom offers the ability for participants to change backgrounds. While these can be distracting at times, allowing the use of virtual backgrounds not only enlivens the class....

For teachers and students in this upside-down world, we have to think about how to anticipate the unexpected.

Despite privacy issues and bombing live sessions, Zoom has been integral in implementing some of the pedagogical strategies we like to use in the classroom related to working in groups. In this video, I demonstrate some of those strategies.

When instructors adhere to the basic principle that students don’t simply acquire understanding, they actively construct it, supporting interactivity in the classroom starts to make a lot of sense.

I have learned online, worked remotely, and supported online educational technologies for many years.

When school closures were announced in mid-March of this year, it was nearing the end of the semester across the university. For many instructors, the issue of final assessments was a major topic of conversation.

Instructors may wonder whether group work is feasible in a fully online course, since students are not generally able to meet in person, or even at the same time.

Online discussions can be a great way to support active learning in your online course.