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(Educause registration required for access to this pdf; OSU is an institutional member of Educause.)

EDUCAUSE conducted a special study to gain insights on the student experience during what has been an exceptional time of disruption. In these reports, we share our results from the study related to student experiences with technology in the for-credit courses they were taking in fall 2020 in which they felt they were learning the most, as well as experiences, issues, and pain points students had with connectivity-specifically internet and device access-as they did their academic work in 2020.

Interesting blog post about how VR is being used in nursing education - having students experience the world from the patient perspective. Curious how this approach might be used in courses that we're developing - public health, etc?

A set of good discussion facilitation tips, especially for faculty who are new to online teaching.

Updated link: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2000/1/teaching-critical-thinking-through-online-discussions

This is a handy rubric to assess the suitability of e-learning tools for teaching and learning. Criteria cover functionality; accessibility; technical (e.g., LMS integration); mobile design; privacy/rights; and social, teaching and cognitive presence.

Interesting article about how you might go about incorporating a virtual international exchange (VIE) experience into an online course; has the potential to significantly impact student learning in many ways; this article focuses primarily on language courses, but it could easily be adapted to other disciplines. (One of OSU's goals is to increase the international exchange opportunities students receive - this could potentially become one component of achieving this.)

"Leaders from the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education - a national organization of professionals involved in faculty, graduate student, and organizational development - have developed eight principles to guide colleges and universities in adopting, implementing, and purchasing online faculty development programming."

Includes many links to excellent UW Accessible Technology and DO-IT guidelines, tips and how-to pages.