{"id":113,"date":"2025-03-22T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:21:33","slug":"elearning-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/elearning-support\/","title":{"rendered":"eLearning support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the STEAM-3D Maker Lab has rolled out a number of initiatives to support teachers, parents, and students during the rapid transition to emergency remote learning, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/elearning-support\/#VPLN\">Virtual Professional Learning Network sessions for educators and administrators<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/elearning-support\/#STEAMsession\">Online STEAM sessions for teachers &amp; their students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/elearning-support\/#elearning-vids\">Video resources &amp; tutorials for e-Learning tools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to access the resources associated with these programs, click the navigational links above or keep scrolling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Virtual Professional Learning Network (VPLN)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/programs\/professional-learning\/virtual-pln\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Social-Media-Conference-YouTube-Thumbnail-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3470\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our synchronous&nbsp;Virtual Professional Learning Network (VPLN)&nbsp;sessions were&nbsp;developed for small groups of educators to interactively and collaboratively engage with a variety of digital tools for education that could be beneficial in both online and face-to-face learning environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view recordings from previous VPLN sessions or request one for your school,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/programs\/professional-learning\/virtual-pln\/\">click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Online STEAM Sessions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the physical Maker Lab is&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;closed, we have decided to bring our Mobile Maker program online! We have one timeslot per week available for teachers to bring their classes to an&nbsp;Online STEAM Session, hosted synchronously or asynchronously, depending on your needs and guidance provided by your school board. These sessions feature a mathematics focus and are co-developed with the requesting teacher to engage students in online, digital making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in attending a session with your class, please email&nbsp;<strong>uoitsteam3D@gmail.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Student sessions developed in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mkn-rcm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Math Knowledge Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mkn-rcm.ca\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/logo_Math-Knowledge-Network-MKN-1024x120.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3564\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Video Resources for e-Learning Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To supplement our synchronous learning sessions, the STEAM-3D Maker Lab has also begun producing video resources designed to support teachers, parents, and\/or students navigate various tools for e-Learning. In addition to the resources developed for some of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/steam-tools\/\">the STEAM Tools we use most often<\/a>, these videos focus on Learning Management Systems (LMS), collaboration tools, and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first series provides an introduction to some of the more common features of Google Classroom for teachers and parents. Check out the six-video playlist below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries%3Flist%3DPLD-uP0yiI9CXwt6uN93fvrgw4pSF_AXgZ\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries%3Flist%3DPLD-uP0yiI9CXwt6uN93fvrgw4pSF_AXgZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a suggestion for which e-Learning tool we should cover next, send us a message at&nbsp;<strong>uoitsteam3D@gmail.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the STEAM-3D Maker Lab has rolled out a number of initiatives to support teachers, parents, and students during the rapid transition to emergency remote learning, including: For more information or to access the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/elearning-support\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}