So...just my two cents, but I don't think we ( #onlinelearning) did a great job of advocating for ourselves prior to this. We were often on the defensive. We could've done more to articulate the many benefits to online ed. And we're often not given a voice...
Many are doing this work, so I'm not trying to count you out. But I'm talking about at the systems level and in the mainstream.
But one thing I'm seeing rise up this past week within the narrative of our fall term in #highered is this idea that "all students hated" spring term. I'm sure many did. Most? I don't know. Many, sure. But again, fall term was emergency remote teaching, not #onlinelearning.
I just think it's really important that as a community, #onlinelearning doesn't just keep defending ourselves. We've also got to talk about what makes us great, how we open up access and success for so many, and all of the affordances around personalized learning, etc.
So if you have a minute, yes, continue distinguishing b/t ER remote and online learning, but also, talk about what makes #onlinelearning great.

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Chapters 1 (Is Online Learning Here to Stay?) and 2 (Online Learning: Does It Work?) in Minds Online by @MDMillerPHD do a fantastic job of articulating the challenges, affordances, and research.

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"Hallmarks of quality — student effort, frequent and high-quality interactions, active learning, and so forth — appear to be quite similar across modalities."

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