The Conversation

Distance learning changes lives, but comes with its own challenges

Ashley Gunter receives funding from, The Arts and Humanities Research Council UK, British Academy UK, National Research Foundation, Newton Fund UK. Across Africa, distance education has become one of ...
University of Manchester

MSc Management and Information Systems: Change and Development (Distance Learning)

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. We place social responsibility at the heart of your learning which means you can ...
University of Manchester

MRes/PGDip/PGCert Health and Social Care

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. Develop your research skills if you are considering a career in health or social ...
The Conversation

Distance learning: the five qualities student teachers need to succeed

Senior Lecturer, Director Teaching, Learning and Program Development, Sol Plaatje University International bodies, politicians, policy makers and researchers have always been interested in the way ...
Education Week

Bridging Distance for Learners With Special Needs

As summer transitions to fall, millions of students began the new school year the same way they ended the last: physically separated from the teachers and staff who are crucial to their academic ...
EdSource

As schools go to distance learning, key strategies to prevent learning loss

One does not have to look hard to find evidence that when you close schools due to a pandemic, students’ social, emotional and academic needs are affected. Despite heroic efforts to quickly shift to ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

I believe that collaborative learning is at the core of a successful distance learning environment. “Relatedness"—will what I’m being asked to do bring me in closer connection with others who I ...
The Atlantic

Distance Learning Isn’t Working

As a homeschool mother, I’ve spent recent weeks giving pep talks to girlfriends. These friends tell me they’re spending their day troubleshooting lessons given over videochat. When they aren’t ...
CNN

This is what distance learning should look like in the fall

When Kim Reeder started teaching in Parker, Colorado, 14 years ago, she found that managing the classroom environment took way more time and energy than actually teaching kids, and she couldn’t reach ...
EdSource

Student perspectives: the pros and cons of distance learning

Like students throughout California, students in the West Contra Costa Unified school district headquartered in Richmond have been grappling with distance learning instituted in response to the ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Distance Learning

Baylor College of Medicine is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). As a ...