Introduction to the special issue on online teaching and learning

The original deadline for submissions for this special issue was March 1, 2020, just days before the destabilizing and disorienting first wave of pandemic-related shutdowns in many parts of Canada. The (r)evolution in food systems pedagogy we were hoping to document and celebrate was promptly preempted by an abrupt transition to virtual learning. In an instant, teachers and learners alike were attending to a pedagogical revolution of another kind altogether. The enduring impacts of this upheaval remain unclear. In the immediate term, though, the shift to online learning presented a crisis (a hasty ‘pivot’ to online teaching and learning) within a crisis (the daily reality of living within the context of a deadly global pandemic). For many critical food systems students and teachers, these new crises layered on top of the already front-of-mind crises propelled by the capital-intensive, industrialized food system. Like peering through translucent nesting dolls, we squinted through layers of pedagogical disruption and pandemic to remain focused on the economic, social and ecological devastation wrought by our dominant food system, and for glimpses of the pluriverse of food systems alternatives that inspire and nourish us.

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Intro for special issue: AERA Online Teaching and Learning SIG

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v20i4.1096 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer C Richardson ◽

Karen Swan ◽

Marquetta Strait

Keyword(s):

Online Teaching ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Special Issue ◽

Online Teaching And Learning

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE SPOTLIGHTING PAPERS FROM THE AERA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v21i4.1360 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Karen Swan ◽

Jennifer Richardson

Keyword(s):

Educational Research ◽

Interest Group ◽

Special Interest ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

American Educational Research Association ◽

Special Interest Group ◽

Research Association ◽

Special Issue ◽

Online Teaching And Learning

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the premier association of educational research professionals. AERA supports 12 divisions and 150 Special Interest Groups (SIGs). One of the latter is the Special Interest Group on Online Teaching and Learning (SIG-OTL). SIG-OTL is a multi- disciplinary community of scholars focused on the creation, use, and evaluation of online learning environments. This special issue spotlights 11 papers taken from those presented at the 2017 annual meeting.

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Introduction to the Special Issue: Highlighting AERA’s Online Teaching and Learning SIG 2021

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v25i4.3121 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Castellanos-Reyes ◽

Jennifer C Richardson ◽

Karen Swan

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Research Articles ◽

Special Issue ◽

High Quality ◽

Learner Engagement ◽

Online Teaching And Learning

The ten research articles in this year’s issue showcased research devoted to advancing high-quality online learning around four themes: learner engagement, the use synchronous video-based communication to support teaching, instructors’ perspectives and experiences, and pedagogical recommendations.

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