Winter storm threat leads MPS to shift to asynchronous learning

A significant winter storm is headed for Alabama, and meteorologists and state authorities alike predict the ice it will bring could cause dangerous conditions on the roads. Because of the extreme cold, MPS will shift to asynchronous learning for Jan. 26. More: Severe storms threaten southern Alabama Sunday. Here's what to know
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6 Techniques For Designing Engaging Asynchronous Learning

Asynchronous learning is gradually becoming a favorable learning module because it is learner-centric, self-paced, cost-effective, and location-independent. Learners can not only gain access to courses and information conveniently, but they can also learn ...
Fast Company

How asynchronous learning can build the workforce pipeline

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Susan Gentz As school districts grapple with how best to accelerate learning ...

Wake schools preparing for 3 days of remote learning due to bad weather threat

Teachers have been ordered to develop three days of lessons should schools be closed for in-person learning due to potential bad weather.
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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs.
Forbes

Asynchronous Remote Learning Is The Most Humane Way To Teach This School Year

I keep hearing the same complaint from parents: “I don’t want my children on these long videoconference calls. It is making them miserable.” These long, synchronous classroom calls which have become the norm in our desperate attempt to teach America ...
EdTech

How to Incorporate Asynchronous Learning in K–12 Districts

Self-directed learning has worked in higher education for a long time, but K–12 schools are now adopting this model. Here’s how they can get started. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and ...
The Courier-Journal

What is asynchronous learning? Here's what instruction will look like when JCPS reopens

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Even as Kentucky's largest school district begins to reopen school doors, students will still see a fair amount of virtual learning. Jefferson County Public Schools will begin welcoming students back to classrooms on March 17.