Look Up Aim High: 2021

From the point of view of neurobiology, learning involves changing the brain.
Moderate stress is beneficial for learning, while mild and extreme stress are detrimental to learning.
Adequate sleep, nutrition, and exercise encourage robust learning.
Active learning takes advantage of processes that stimulate multiple neural connections in the brain and promote memory.

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Theories of Learning

Universal Design for Learning

Neuroeducation

Neuroeducation (Freedom and Safety)

Neuroscience and How Students Learn

Neuroscience for Educators

Educational Neuroscience: Progress and Prospects

Educational Neuroscience

Application of Educational Neuroscience

ICT Integrated Educational Neuroscience

NEP 2020

Monday 12 July 2021

Applied Digital Skills for Learning - Learn with Google Workspace

Video-1: Google Workspace

Video-2: New Integrated Gmail Quick Start for Google Workspace Users

Applied Digital Skills

Skillshop

Google Workspace

Google Workspace for Education

Google for Education

Future of the Classroom

Google: The Key Word

Online Learning

A-Z Tools for Online Learning

Professional Development through Online Learning

7 S's Model of Learning and Teaching through Online

Blended Learning

MOOC for Learning, Teaching, Research and Extension

Google for Education

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Applied Digital Skills for Learning - Learn with Google Workspace

Assessment

Online Learning Self-Assessment Tool

Blended Learning Approach

Intercultural Competence

Wednesday 30 June 2021

Essential Skills and Moral Values for Career Development of Teachers: Global Perspective

Fig-Professional Development

Philosophical Thoughts of Buddha

Bhagavad Gita: Mental Health

National Professional Standards for Teachers

Essential Career Development

4 C's for 21st Century Learning

15 Professional Development Skills for Modern Teachers

Career Skills

Classroom Management Skills

MOOC Courses on Career Development/Professional Development

Career Skills for the 2020s: Navigating the Online World of Work

Professional Development for Early Career Teachers

Building Effective Professional Networks and Relationships

Professional Resilience: Building Skills to Thrive at Work

Supporting Early Career Teacher Development with the Early Career Framework UCL (University College of London) (starts 4th July 2021)

Becoming a Better Teacher: Exploring Professional Development

Essential Skills for Your Career Development

Digital Skills: Digital Skills for Work and Life

Professional Development Courses (FutureLearn)

Professional Development for Teacher Courses

International Career Development: Pursuing A Career Abroad

Grow Your Workforce: How to Teach Adult Learners

Becoming Career Smart: How to Sell Yourself

Prepare a Career Success at University

Thrive at Work: Digital Skills to Enhance Your Career Prospects, Motivation, and Emotional Wellbeing

Skills to Succeed in the Digital Workplace

Preparing for Teaching

Learn about Current Digital Workplace Trends

How to Succeed as a Newly Qualified Teacher

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Free Courses with Certificate

Monday 21 June 2021

Building Competencies for Online Teaching and Learning

Online Teaching Competencies

According to Cyrs (cite by Richards, Dooley, & Linder, 2004), areas of competence important for teaching at a distance include (p. 100):

1. Course planning and organization

2. Verbal and nonverbal presentation skills

3. Collaborative teamwork

4. Questioning strategies

5. Subject matter expertise

6. Involving students and coordinating their activities at field sites

7. Knowledge of basic learning theory

8. Knowledge of the distance learning field

9. Design of study guides

10. Graphic design and visual thinking

These skills and competencies help build rapport between the teacher and student, vital to effective learning and motivation. Principles that were successful in the traditional classroom “must now be modified to facilitate effective online learning” (Richards et al., p. 100).

In order to provide high quality instruction in online learning, online course instructors should hold a certain set of beliefs about learning. The North American Council for Online Learning (Watson, 2007) reports, “many students in the 21st century don’t think of technology as something separate from daily life, and perhaps online learning should not be thought of as separate from the teaching and learning that goes on in schools every day” (p. 9).

To continue, the authors of the NACOL report assert, “as the nature of learning (and working) changes due to the explosion of available information via the Internet and new ways of managing and accessing information, the focus of education must continue to evolve from passing along information to students to helping students be better thinkers and learners” (p. 11). Online learning has brought about the term “learning coach” suggesting teachers are to guide, support, and encourage the learner and help facilitate in the learning process.
According to Watson, four core competencies online teachers should enhance through professional development are provided below (p. 13):

1. Teachers must develop heightened communication skills, particularly in written communication. In many programs, teachers and students are communicating primarily through email, discussion board postings, and other texts; therefore, teachers must “recognize the tone of their writing and pay attention to the nuances of words.”

2. In asynchronous programs, time management skills are critical for teachers (and students) because they can be online at any time.

3. In synchronous programs, teacher planning is an issue as lectures must have a multimedia component that requires much more planning for than is usual for traditional classrooms.

4. If teachers have students with disabilities, they must know how to adapt course content and instruction to meet these students’ needs. Reaching visually impaired, hearing impaired, or learning-disabled students online can be quite different than in a physical classroom.

Many teacher competencies apply to both face-to-face and online teaching. However, for those teaching online, a professional development plan should incorporate needed online learning skills.

Source: Online Teaching

Presentation On Building Competencies for Online Teaching and Learning

1. ION Professional eLearning Programmes

2. Applying Best Practice Online Learning, Teaching, and Support to Intensive Online Environments: An Integrated Review

3. Preparing Teachers to Teach Online

4. Competency Gaps for Professional Development (Common for all)

5. COVID-19 and Online Teaching: Roles and Competencies of (Distance) Online Teachers

6. Integrating Technology with Bloom's Taxonomy (Arizona State Uni: Teach Online)

7. What Really is the Cone of Experience

8. Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience (Technology and Beyond)

9. Assessing Faculty Competencies to Teach Online: A Review

10. 21st Century Teacher Competencies

11. Technology for 21st Century Teachers

12. Role of ICT in Higher Education in 21st Century

13. UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

14. Technology for Learners

15. Blended Learning

DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for School Education)

Friday 18 June 2021

Education Research: Innovative Ways of Researching

1. Shortcut Methods for Searching and Researching

2. Review of Related Literature

3. Tools of Research

4. Writing a Successful Research Proposal and Research Report

5. Research Methodology in Education through Flipped Learning Approach

6. Research Methodology in the Field of Special Education through ICT

7. Professional Development through Online

8. Citing and Referencing

9. Easy Ways to Publish Your Articles and Books

10. How to Write a Ph.D. Thesis Nicely

11. Research Methodology Books

12. Research Methodologies and Methods

13. Developing Your Research Project

14. Creating Research and Scientific Documents Using MS-Word

Valuable Resources (Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed Methods, and Statistical Tools)

1. Creswell Qualitative Research

2. Creswell Quantitative Research

3. Creswell Mixed Method Research

4. Tutors Quick Guide to Statistics

Taylor & Francis: How Researchers Changed the World (Publication Information)

1. Early Career Learning Programme (12 Week)

2. Mid-Career Learning Programme (12 Week)

Source: Taylor & Francis

Note: These courses still going on. I am adding the resources week wise based on availability

MOOC Courses

1. Education Research that Matters: Applying Research to Your Teaching Practice

2. Education Research that Matters: Doing Research in Your Learning Community

3. Education Research that Matters: Ways of Researching

4. Systematic Literature Review: An Introduction

5. Research Writing: How to Do a Literature Review

6. Why Research Matters

7. Why Research Matter: Evidence at Work

8. Why Planning Your Research Matters

9. Why Experience Matters: Qualitative Research

10. Why Numbers Matter: Quantitative Research

11. Why Ethics Matter: Ethical Research

12. Introduction to Research Ethics: Working with People

13. People Studying People: Research Ethics in Society

14. Community-Based Research: Getting Started

15. Academic Integrity: Values, Skills, Action

16. How to Write a PhD Research Proposal

17. Discovering Your PhD Potential: Writing a Research Proposal

18. Developing Your Research Project

19. Learning Online: Researching Your Project

Tuesday 15 June 2021

Digital Skills for Learning to Learn

Basic Digital Skills:

Digital skills are broadly defined as those needed to “use digital devices, communication applications, and networks to access and manage information,” in UNESCO’s terms.

Digital skills are defined as a range of abilities to use digital devices, communication applications, and networks to access and manage information. They enable people to create and share digital content, communicate and collaborate, and solve problems for effective and creative self-fulfillment in life, learning, work, and social activities at large (UNESCO, 2018).

Entry-level digital skills, meaning basic functional skills required to make basic use of digital devices and online applications, are widely considered a critical component of a new set of literacy skills in the digital era, with traditional reading, writing, and numeracy skills (UNESCO, 2018).

This covers a huge range and variety of skills, of course. There are different tiers of digital skills. At the bottom, we have what the UK Department for Education (DfE) calls “digital foundation skills”.

These are the basic digital skills that will be second nature to Millennials and Generation Z digital natives, though which may have to be learned by older generations.

A framework written up by the DfE alongside Accenture and other organisations outlines these basic digital skills under six areas. These are then subdivided into skills for life and additional skills for work.

These are:

Digital foundation skills – the fundamentals of being able to use digital technologies, such as using a browser, connecting to the internet, and keeping passwords secure.
Communicating – sending emails securely, using attachments, and participating on social media.
Handling information and content – using search engines, being aware that not all online content is reliable, accessing content across devices.
Transacting – setting up accounts to use or purchase goods/services online, using different secure payment methods, filling in online forms.
Problem-solving – finding solutions to problems using FAQs/tutorials/chat, presenting solutions through software, and improving productivity.
Being safe and legal online – understanding best practice in data storage/sharing, updating and keeping passwords secure, and taking precautions against viruses.

These are defined as the basic digital skills needed in a day-to-day professional or personal context. They will be enough for many working in traditional workplaces which have adopted digital systems to improve efficiency, security, and connectivity (FutureLearn).

What are Digital Skills?

Digital Skills

Digital Skills Critical for Jobs and Social Inclusion

The Complete Guide to Digital Skills

Digital Skills Courses (8)

Essential Digital Skills Framework

The Comprehensive List of Digital Skills Students Need

Activities

Applied Digital Skills with Google

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1. Top 10 Courses of the year 2020

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