Ever wanted to record video lectures for your students but you do not know where or how to start? Perhaps, all you want is an easy to use, free software to create video lectures for your students. Video lectures are useful as a learning resource for students to view and refer back to whenever they …
Online teaching platforms have been gaining popularity even before the current Covid-19 pandemic resulted in school disruptions and a shift towards online learning. These platforms serve as a hub that aggregates course materials, lecture videos, worksheets, discussion forums, and quizzes. Anything that can be digitalised can be hosted on these platforms. By centralising course materials, …
Have you been collaborating remotely while in isolation? If you are an educator, have you been issuing group projects to your students? The Covid-19 pandemic challenges students to communicate and cooperate even without meeting face-to-face. This period has prompted re-assessments of work processes and questioned long-held assumptions that the ideation process must be done in …
Are there any differences between an online whiteboard and an interactive whiteboard? Is an online whiteboard not supposed to be interactive? Well, yes, and yes. First introduced by SMART Technologies in 1991, an interactive whiteboard retains the idea of a physical whiteboard whereas an online whiteboard exists in browsers or as an application on mobile …
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Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic all over the world, economies have come to a standstill and schools have been ordered to close. Students and teachers had to make abrupt transitions to online learning, leveraging whatever resources they could to ensure that students’ learning experience is not compromised. Even as authorities ease regulations and …
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Zoom has grown exponentially since December 2019 when the outbreak of Covid-19 prompted businesses and schools to switch to work-from-home or remote learning. In April 2020, Zoom announced that it had over 200 million daily active users, a 2000% increase from 10 million daily users during pre-pandemic days. Now, Zoom has entered the lexicon of …
Globally, more than 1.2 billion children are unable to attend classes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The need to flatten the curve has led to school closures, forcing teachers and students to transition to online learning. Despite annual e-learning days in countries such as the US and Singapore, educators, students, and parents had much to …
As educators, there are two ways that you can teach online. The first is to conduct online lessons in real-time. The second is to record a lesson and share the link with your students after. So, why would you decide to record a lesson? Perhaps, you aim to create instructional videos for students to view …
Are you an educator searching for the perfect platform to conduct your lessons online? Are you a strong believer that online learning should not compromise on the benefits of face-to-face lessons? If you answered yes to both questions, you are probably sourcing for a platform that enables two-way communications. When conducting online lessons, the teacher …
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The demand for online platforms has surged during the Circuit Breaker. Stuck at home, teachers and students alike are looking out for interactive and collaborative platforms to continue normal class activities from home. With that, applications offering whiteboard functions or allow for group discussions are being explored. These applications help online classes fit the familiar …
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