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Remote Learning Resources

Effective Remote & Digital Learning

The resources below are linked to the Effective Remote & Digital Learning paper.
Please download a copy here.

4.1 RESOURCES FOR STAFF

The following resources are useful for practitioners:

https://www.educationdevelopmenttrust.com/EducationDevelopmentTrust/files/53/537a209f-92a1-401d-a7b7-6f56b114ac00.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19#remote-education-resources-for-teachers

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/safeguarding-and-remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19#virtual-lessons-and-live-streaming

5.1 RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

Other guidance can be found at the following links:

https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/learning-at-home/

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/support-parents-and-pupils

https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-parenting-strategy-making-positive-difference-children-young-people-through/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-online-education-resources-for-home-education

Support your child’s maths development
Consider using the wide range of online maths support resources that are available — a list can be found at: https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/learning-at-home/supporting-numeracy/

USEFUL RESOURCES

7.1 OFFICIAL/GREY LITERATURE

https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/resources-to-support-the-refreshed-curriculum-for-excellence-narrative/

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/renbusinesscontinuity/

https://hundred-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/report/file/15/hundred_spotlight_covid-19_digital.pdf

https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=126_126988-t63lxosohs&title=A-framework-to-guide-an-education-response-to-the-Covid-19-Pandemic-of-2020

https://wakelet.com/wake/60094859-26ad-4034-82a7-6bfaca607667

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/HEFI/FUJ-Education-Report-UK.pdf

https://research.acer.edu.au/digital_learning/4/

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-publishes-new-review-of-evidence-on-remote-learning/

7.2 ACADEMIC PAPERS

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-019-09517-5

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1475939X.2017.1317659?casa_token=HZRWQ4LilroAAAAA%3A71jaXrgBLiD5M0Q9buydwtNCPLPCMXKpZBNYYyEZD24LIuZnCIhYpNz4_ovBNYMu6um1QYVwhUiI0Q

https://research.acer.edu.au/digital_learning/6/

https://research.acer.edu.au/digital_learning/1/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Bennett16/publication/310952338_Digital_Learning_in_Canadian_K-12_Schools_A_Review_of_Critical_Issues_Policy_and_Practice/links/583b504408ae3a74b4a06ad6/Digital-Learning-in-Canadian-K-12-Schools-A-Review-of-Critical-Issues-Policy-and-Practice

http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28274/1/PubSub5825_Boulton.pdf

7.3 COMMERCIAL

https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/schools/update-for-schools/distance-learning-support.html

https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/us/en/pearson-ed/downloads/Teaching-Presence.pdf

https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/support-and-training-for-schools/teaching-and-learning-when-school-is-closed/tools-remote-teaching-and-learning/

https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/support-and-training-for-schools/teaching-and-learning-when-school-is-closed/resources-for-you-and-your-learners/

https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/support-and-training-for-schools/teaching-and-learning-when-school-is-closed/webinars-and-online-training/

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/resources-for-online-teaching-during-coronavirus

7.4 BLOGS/NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/03/making-remote-learning-effective-and-engaging-with-microsoft-education-resources/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/start-really-small-teachers-share-their-top-tips-for-remote-learning-1.4209759

https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse/solutions