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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

Courses are typically designed to deliver content sequentially (week one, week two, etc.) However, with emerging deliver models such as Competency-based Educational (CBE) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) gaining traction in higher education, it may make sense to consider student autonomy in the design of online learning.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

And because of social distancing, we find ourselves living in world that is even more digital–and the evidence of that shift is all around us. E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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