The ABC's of life in COVID19

Hi All…how about the ABC’s of dealing with this global pandemic.

1. All-Powerful Sanjaya Mishra: For those who missed Sanjaya Mishra and his Commonwealth of Learning (COL) colleagues yesterday, below is the link to the video broadcast for Episode #4 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL). They were super-fantastic! See below for screenshots.

1. April 11, 2020, SLL, Episode #4, Sanjaya Mishra, Tony Mays, Francis Ferreira, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 1:01:54 (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-oNumJp84o 
2. Sanjaya’s slides (free to use). Sanjaya Mishra article, LinkedIn Pulse, Learning during Pandemic and Post COVID19 World.
3. Tony’s COL blog post. Beyond COVID-19: employing open, distance and e-learning methods to open schooling for all (his response to the Economist article critiquing online learning)

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2. Be Happy: For those who are seeking happiness, this MOOC from Yale now has over 2 million participants and 38,000 reviews!

1. Yale course, The Science of Well Being, Laurie Santos, (Yale News; course sign up).

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3. Certified Brain Food: And for those who want some brain food, my very smart colleagues at SLL have made brilliant blog posts (not sure why they asked me to be a member...perhaps it’s my tie collection):

March 27, 2020, Necessity is the Father of Transformation, Chris Dede, Harvard, Silver Lining for Learning
March 30, 2020, 1.5 billion learners out of school: A global educational crisis, Punya Mishra, ASU, Silver Lining for Learning

April 1, 2020, The value of school: Part 1, Punya Mishra, ASU, Silver Lining for Learning

April 1, 2020, Beware of science envy in designing the future of learning, Punya Mishra, ASU, Silver Lining for Learning
April 7, 2020, Tofu is not Cheese: Reimagine Education without Schools During Covid19 (1), Yong Zhao, Kansas, Zhao Learning

Tofu is not cheese, indeed. Happy Easter!!!


Some screenshots from Episode #4 (video) of Silver Lining forLearning are below.