Using cloud-based video conferencing platforms such as Zoom has become, for many people, a part of everyday life. This is particularly true for learners of all ages who are now spending more time ...
With Covid cases dropping and vaccination rates climbing, many facets of life are returning to pre-pandemic levels. Presumably, this means that many faculty members will teach courses in person on ...
My organization, the Institute for Humane Studies, is in the business of supporting university professors. So, when Covid-19 hit, we reached out to ask faculty partners what they needed, what was ...
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Part 1: Distance Learning -- Digital Distance Learning and the Future of Teaching -- Distance Learning for All Grade Levels and Subjects -- Information for ...
WASHINGTON — It’s not every day one meets a multi-millionaire ex-nun, who knew her way around Zoom years before you did. Yet here we are, a new peripatetic protagonist for the upside-down world of ...
When the pandemic hit in 2020, production work in the taconite mines in northeastern Minnesota slowed way down. Yet mining companies still needed to provide health and safety training to their ...
Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of ...
As the semester edges toward the end of the academic year, the provost at the university where I teach has tentatively announced plans to reopen in the fall. I can’t wait to cancel my Zoom account. A ...
If you use Zoom to conduct a meeting or attend online classes, you might want to use Zoom apps. These integrated apps can help you increase your productivity when you are on a Zoom call. We have ...
SINGAPORE — Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and showed obscene images to students. In what is known as “Zoom-bombing,” two hackers ...
Remote learning can feel like trying to play soccer on the moon, but the kids are still kids, and teaching is still teaching. We can’t throw out everything we know about the world of the classroom: ...
Neil Reisner is a professor of journalism at Florida International University and a newspaper reporter. I miss teaching on Zoom. I missed it as soon as I set foot back in the classroom, and now that I ...