All of the following tools and resources for the Chinese Arts are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
(more…)Chinese Arts: Tools and Resources
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Drawing & Painting: Tools and Resources
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All of the following tools and resources for Drawing & Painting are available online, most of them for free – though sometimes with limitations (e.g. time, number of downloads etc.).
(more…)Teaching with Google
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Already before Covid-19 Google offered a very comprehensive toolbox of applications and resources that could cover most – if not all – needs and requirements of the classroom at all levels for free. In response to the situation as developing since March 2020, they’ve aggregated and explained their efforts in one dedicated website: Teach from Home.
(more…)Mural
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Mural offers digital workspaces (=online whiteboards) for visual collaboration between up to 50 participants (for the cheapest plan). As a collaboration tool Mural enables users to build, share and collaborate on projects from any location and on any device either on a browser or via the native Mural app.
(more…)Synchronous and/or Asynchronous Teaching and Learning
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As online education grows, a debate develops about the pros and cons for either synchronous or asynchronous teaching and learning practices.
(more…)Presenting Online
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Presenting online via a videostream or conferencing app requires some additional preparation compared to conventional physical presentations in a classroom/meeting/conference. Here are some preparatory considerations.
(more…)Recording Live Classes
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As part of moving classes online during the Covid-19 emergency in spring 2020 many instructors began recording their live classes to later provide them for download for those who couldn’t attend (>asynchronous delivery), want to re-view and/or possibly also for institutional teaching evaluation/quality assurance purposes etc.
There are at least three problematic issues with the approach: Intellectual property rights (IPR), privacy rights, and inappropriate/unauthorised use of data/information.
(more…)The Art Assignment
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The Art Assignment is an educational video series that explores art and art history through the lens of the present. Each episode introduces an emerging or established artist, each of whom share an assignment that relates to their approach to art.
(more…)Zoom
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Zoom is a software that offers remote conferencing services combining video conferencing, audio conferencing, online meetings, chats, and mobile collaboration for up to 500 participants (only in paid-for plans). Additionally, it offers a host of supplementing functions that make it possible – with fairly little practice – to host classes almost as if on campus. The most useful such functions for classes are
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