Tag Archives: online education

5 Ways to Keep a Personal Connection to Students Online

Posted on 30 July 2020 by Ilka Kostka
Ilka Kostka
Ilka Kostka

As many schools and institutions gear up to return to instruction for the new academic year, teachers all over the world are preparing to continue with the online teaching formats they transitioned to in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading →

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Distance Learning Tips and Strategies

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz
Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz
Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz

This blog post is sponsored by VIPKid. Many teachers are transitioning from brick-and-mortar classrooms to virtual instructional settings as schools temporarily close across the United States to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus). Offline and online educators alike know … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing Online

Posted on 3 April 2020 by Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland

Events of the past month have led to a dramatic change in how we teach our classes. Most college and university programs in North America and elsewhere in the world have suddenly shifted instruction to online formats, with teachers asked … Continue reading →

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TLO 16: How to Teach Online: Review and Wrap-Up: Part 2

Posted on 19 March 2014 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

Welcome to the last of this 16-part series of TLO Blogs, which have had, in total, well over 2,000 hits (so far). So, I wanted to thank those readers, especially those of you who posted questions and comments. Thanks also … Continue reading →

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Turn to TESOL for Online Professional Development

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Tara Arntsen
Tara Arntsen
Tara Arntsen

In honor of the TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo that is happening in Portland, Oregon next week, today’s online resource is straight from TESOL. Most of my posts have been about resources you can use with students, but … Continue reading →

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TLO 15: How to Teach Online: Review and Wrap-Up: Part 1

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

As this is the penultimate TLO blog in this 16-part series, I asked some of the readers and responders what they thought would be the most useful way to wrap things up. Many of the readers said that, as we’ve … Continue reading →

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TLO 11: How to Teach Online: Establishing Ground Rules II

Posted on 8 January 2014 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

In the previous blog (posted December 18), we looked at establishing a set of standards for behavior and interaction in a teaching and learning environment online, which are different in some important ways from the ground rules in regular, face-to-face … Continue reading →

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TLO 10: How to Teach Online: Establishing the Ground Rules

Posted on 18 December 2013 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

In the previous blog (posted December 4), we looked at some of the ways in which course participants, including the teachers, can get to know each other in spite of not being in a physical classroom, and in many cases … Continue reading →

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