Teach online with Einstein

6 Online Teaching Lessons From Albert Einstein

Inspiration for online teaching can appear in surprising places.

Who says it should be confined to conferences or journal articles?

When you teach online, the words of celebrated thinkers can offer plenty of food for thought.  And Albert Einstein provides a perfect example…

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How to make a Reference List

How to Make A Reference List (It’s Not Magic)

This quick reference guide involves zero black magic.

But many new students are convinced that referencing is the work of the devil.
They take one look at all those rules about dates, commas, italics and brackets – and flip out.

Right away, referencing starts getting weird.

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5 Surprising Ways Twitter Can Help With Online Teaching

5 Surprising Ways Twitter Can Help With Online Teaching

For the longest time, I could see no way to connect online teaching with Twitter.

Twitter was like some annoying, large exotic bird.

Oh, I could hear it squawking, alright.
I could see it hopping around my backyard.

But I was far too busy with my online teaching load to bother making friends with a wild blue bird…

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Zen and the art of online teaching

Zen And The Art Of Online Teaching

In the middle of a busy day of online teaching, the calming sound of a trickling stream may be impossible to imagine.

There’s no room for restful imagery today.

Instead, you furiously multi-task between multiple student demands, administrative responsibilities, and a large pile of unmarked work waiting to be graded….

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Online teaching challenges

The A-Z Of Online Teaching Challenges

How Many Challenges Does An Online Teacher Have to Face?

The challenges involved in online teaching sometimes seem too numerous to count.
It’s not surprising.
Every online teacher faces many obstacles – and often several on the same day…

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Dealing with student email when you teach online

5 Ways To Survive A Student Email Avalanche

When you teach online, your inbox is always overflowing with student email. 

And if you don’t check your messages for a day or two, look out!
When you do open your email it’s like watching an avalanche coming roaring down a mountainside – straight towards you…

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