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A list of corporations and service providers who are offering special discounts on technology, open educational resources, or support for higher education institutions transitioning to remote work and online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Explore distance learning resources for schools affected by COVID-19. This is for educators and IT administrators preparing for potential school closures - or currently facing them - here are a few ways to engage students through distance learning.

This is an excellent post by Martin Weller from the OU.

Google are making advanced features in Hangouts Meet available to schools around the globe using G Suite for Education, so that educators can continue connecting with students and facilitating remote learning. This will include the ability to record meetings, livestream up to 100k people and add 250 people to a Hangout. These features will be available at no additional cost to all G Suite for Education customers until July 1, 2020. The team is expediting approvals in the most highly impacted markets, and providing ways for sales team members to request exceptions.

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Grimsby Institute' guide to remote learning

With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely

From Google for Education Teacher Center

School admins can quickly and securely prepare their school's Chromebooks to go home with students. Chromebooks are remotely managed through the Google Admin console, making it simple for schools and IT administrators to deploy and manage thousands of devices. For example, Admins can restrict device access to managed student accounts or set "Off Hours" when students can sign in with their personal accounts. They may also use URL blacklists to set content restrictions and ensure that students are held to the same responsible-use policies off-campus as they are inside their classrooms.

School admins can quickly and securely prepare their school's Chromebooks to go home with students. Find out how to do so in Google Admin Console and best practices from the Chrome team.

Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings (Updated) : Amazing Educational Resources

AWS resources to support remote learning and working