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Working from home isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. While it may sound exciting at first, transitioning from an in-person work environment to working at home brings with it a number of challenges – and it’s no different for school staff. Since schools provide a central location for teaching, communication, collaboration, and administration, decentralizing these institutional branches takes some getting used to. Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, or other school staff member, it’s likely that you’ve had to adapt and change your work style in response to the global digitalization shift. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the challenges that school staff face while working from home.

Team communication and collaboration

Clear, unambiguous communica…

People are transitioning to online learning for a number of different reasons. Whether it’s because of the growing ease of access to digital resources, the convenience and flexibility of learning from home, or because of a seismic industry shift to e-learning due to the coronavirus, more people than ever are turning to their laptops and the internet to get a comprehensive education.

While distance learning and online learning have its advantages, it’s not without its challenges. It’s these challenges that we’ll take a look at below, including some tips on how to work around them and help you study effectively.

Staying focused and avoiding distractions

Between Youtube, Spotify, Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and most infamously Netflix, there’s no shortage of apps a…

One of the most important aspects of online teaching is the creation of an effective, efficient and comprehensive school schedule. Just like students in traditional schools, students who attend an online school do their best work when the day is well-structured. Creating an online schedule that suits everyone’s needs, however, can be difficult. Your students may come from different time zones, be used to different learning styles, and have their own well-established routines. Taking all of these factors into account, in addition to encouraging student collaboration and creating a timeline to ensure consistent progress, is a challenge, to say the least.

But it is possible. Below we’re going to take a look at a number of tips that you can use to help create a successful online school sc…

As the world settles into its second year of the new normal, the education industry has seen something of a revolution as schools, universities, and other tertiary places of study transition to the digital sphere more permanently. Even as vaccination programs ramp up globally, it’s likely that teaching will continue to make use of digital technology for the foreseeable future. With these challenges and developments in mind, it’s useful to take a look at the projected educational trends for the year.

Online Learning

Just as in 2020, online learning is definitely the most popular educational trend for 2021. Recent developments in educational technology mean that deploying online learning at scale is now possible. The benefits of this are undeniable. For starters – it’s extremel…

With COVID-19 affecting all facets of public life, many institutions are reducing social contact wherever possible. Schools and universities are examples of institutions that have had to overhaul the way in which they operate completely, especially considering the number of interpersonal events that occur in order for students to enroll and be taught. In-person student registration events are one such arena where unnecessary risks are posed to guardians, students, and staff. The sheer number of people attending such events means that there is an increased risk of contracting and spreading communicable diseases.

Dangers aside, the process of traditional registration is outdated. Having students and parents fill in forms by hand, and then later having to process this data manually is ineff…

Taking classrooms online has been somewhat of an adjustment for students, parents, teachers, and all players involved in the education industry. After all, very little has changed in the way of traditional education in the last few decades. The advent of the internet ushered in a new way of distributing information, and new technology has allowed us to trade in textbooks for iPads but. for all intents and purposes, teaching and lecturing have remained largely unaltered – until now that is. As educational institutions transition to online learning and make use of digital learning tools, the question of whether or not online learning is more advantageous than face-to-face instruction has risen to the surface. Below we’ll take a look at some of the advantages that online learning can offe…

As the world transitions to remote learning and teachers everywhere begin to compile digital curriculums, there’s still one question that remains to be answered: how do we teach online? We have the tools, resources, and student body, but it’s the methodology that needs to be transitioned from traditional in-person teaching to the online forum. In an attempt to answer this question, we’re going to look at a number of tips that can be used to effectively hone your online teaching strategy.

Establish your presence as a teacher

Just as you would in a normal classroom setting, it’s important to establish your presence as a teacher right away. Welcome your students and introduce yourself. Give them an insight into who you are as a person – your interests, background, books you enjoy,…

Pandemics. Rising tuition fees. Technological proliferation. There are just three of the reasons why traditional education is appearing increasingly less attractive to parents, educators, and school owners around the world. The ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt, and the way in which students learn and institutions provide education is poised to change forever. But what does that mean for schools, universities, and other educational institutions which have relied on in-person, attendance-based curriculums for their entire existence?

Post-COVID

At the peak of the global lockdown, more than 1.6 billion students were unable to go to school, and many tertiary education institutions had their studies ended or significantly disrupted due to COVID-19. The pandemic has ushere…