Resource library

Title	Author	Type of resource	Year	Country	Brief summary	URL
20 Collaborative Learning Tips and Strategies for Teachers	TeachThought Staff	Article with helpful tips	2020	UK	This article presents 20 collaborative learning tips and strategies for teachers.	URL
30 interactive Google Slides activities	Matt Miller	Guideline	2019	USA	The article explains how Google Slides or PowerPoint can be used to make lessons more interactive. The author presents 30 innovative games/activities that could inspire educators.	URL
30+ Best Online Learning Collaboration Tools	Sofia Green	Other	2021	USA	This article describes 30 tools used in collaborative learning. They are divided into the following categories: content curation tools, online discussion tools, tools for virtual classroom activities, collaborative authoring tools, and other tools for collaborative content development.	URL
5 Tips for Making Digital Learning Accessible to All Students	Rhianon Gutierrez	Article with helpful tips	2021	USA	Rhianon Gutierrez, a Boston-based educator, designer, and consultant working at the intersection of media, education, and cultural inclusion, shares 5 tips for Making Digital Learning Accessible to All Students.	URL
6. Effective Online Discussions	Michelle Rogers-Estable, Cathy Cavanaugh, Michael Simonson, Triona Finucane, Andrew McIntosh / Course Hero online learning platform	Handbook	2018	USA/Global	The article discusses three practical tools that address the challenges of facilitating effective virtual small-group discussions: 1) Note catchers for breakout room discussions; 2) Pre-assignments to prepare for online discussions; and 3) Simple end-of-session feedback survey. It also provides a means to monitor and measure students' learning progress.	URL
7 smart ways to use technology in the classroom	Hailey Reissman	Article with helpful tips	2017	USA	The website contains an article about an elementary school teacher (Kayla Delzer) who incorporates the use of social networking sites into the lessons she teaches. The teacher provides tips for using technology in the classroom.	URL
7 Ways To Maximise Interaction In The Virtual Classroom	Wall Street English	Article with helpful tips	2020	Spain/global	The article focuses mainly on teaching English online and provides helpful tips how to maximize online interaction. Among the suggested ideas are: setting polls and quiz questions, writing on a board, using the record function, planning the interaction patterns, etc.	URL
8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom	Emelina Minero/George Lucas Educational Foundation	Article with helpful tips	2020	USA	In the article educators share their best synchronous strategies (such as: Spider web discussion; Using chat to check for understanding; Flip your classroom to stimulate deeper discussion; Adapting think-pair-share to Zoom; A new twist on show-and-tell ) and asynchronous strategies (such as: Online forums create back-and-forth dialogue; Seeing and critiquing peer work through virtual gallery walks; Moving station brainstorming online) to boost students' participation during online learning.	URL
A flexible and personal learning environment-From single components to an integrated digital learning environment: a survey	SURFnet	Article with helpful tips	2015	Netherlands	The digital learning environment of the future must accommodate the needs and wishes of students and teachers, who want fast and easy access to information and materials.This places great demands on institutions’ ICT infrastructure, and sets high archival, security and administrative standards. The digital learning environment of the future will be an interconnected whole of services and applications that support students and teachers in their learning and teaching activities.	URL
Accessible Digital Learning Portal	UNICEF	Other	2021	Multiple countries	The Accessible Digital Learning Portal is a hub for technology focused information, content, tools, products and resources that support disability inclusive education in remote and classroom settings. T	URL