Leah Zitter is a technical writer who covers high tech. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology research and a master’s in philosophy and advanced logic. Eleven years ago, researchers warned in the journal ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As students get ready to head back to school in the online world, many parents are asking, what will it look like? Last spring with the sudden closure of classrooms, everyone ...

A fully remote semester has forced many students at the University of Massachusetts to balance the structure of synchronous classes with the freedom of asynchronous classes. Some students agree that ...

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 ...

Between time delays and trying to initiate dialogue through a screen, Zoom has changed the way instructors are facilitating synchronous classes online. Whether the class is large or small, ...

When Gary Rosche shows up to class twice a week, he’s expected to have his reading done. He’s expected to contribute to conversation, and when he has a question, he’s expected to ask it right then and ...

Asynchronous learning works as a stop gap, but the lack of real-time interaction results in limited success. Instead, experts recommend a combination of synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods ...

The bell rings at 10:00 a.m. A teacher begins explaining quadratic equations. Some students lean forward, pencils ready. Others stare at the clock. A few are still turning yesterday’s lesson over in ...

IS THREE AND A HALF HOURS. THAT’S HOW MUCH TIME A DAY IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS TO SPEND IN LIVE LEARNING. STATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS EXPECT SCHOOL ...

In “Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching,” my friend Bob Ubell explores how pandemic-era remote instruction may persist in a post-COVID academic world. (Bob interviewed me for and ...