Operating in the New Normal: A Toolkit in Response to COVID-19

Operating in the New Normal: A Toolkit in Response to COVID-19 NERCOMP Members Only

NERCOMP has developed this list of resources in response to COVID-19 and its impact on colleges, universities, faculty, staff and students. In each section you will find a variety of links to resources that can be used by individuals and/or institutions.

Instructional Continuity

The links in this section provide information that may be useful to faculty and staff as they strive to continuously provide rich academic experiences for students throughout the pandemic.

Articles

AI’s On Campus: It’s Impact and Implications from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published 2020

Remote Learning in the Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Campus Technology, published December 16, 2020

Now is the Time to Redefine Learning, Not Recreate the Traditional School Online from EdSurge, published December 16, 2020

The Case for EDtech Minimalism in in an Age of Distance Learning from EdSurge, published December 16, 2020

How to Make Break-out Rooms Work Better from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published December 10, 2020

LMS Companies See Boom, Bust, Bigger Boom from Campus Technology, published November 23, 2020

Report: Top 4 Barriers to College Completion from Campus Technology, published November 20, 2020

with Faculty Burnout from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published November 19, 2020

To Spark Discussion in a Zoom Class, Try a ‘Silent Meeting’ from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published November 18, 2020

Distracted Minds: The Role of Tempo in Good Teaching from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published November 16, 2020

Report: 5 Ways to Deliver High Quality, Equitable Digital Learning Experiences from Campus Technology, published October 6, 2020

Sudden Shift to Online Revealed Gaps in Digital Literacy from EdSurge, published October 1, 2020

Teaching this Fall is Not Glorified Skype from Inside Highered, published August 27, 2020

The Secret Weapon of Good Online Teaching: Discussion Forums from the Chronicle of Higher Ed, published August 24, 2020

6 Models for Blended Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Course Delivery from EDUCAUSE, published August 18, 2020

7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Labs from EDUCAUSE, published August 14, 2020

Updated: Free and Discounted Ed Tech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic from Campus Technology, published July 24 2020

Make Super Simple Videos for Online Teaching from EDUCAUSE, published July 24, 2020

7 Things You Should Know About the Hyflex Course Model from EDUCAUSE, published July 7, 2020

7 Takeaways From Our Experiences with Online Learning from Edutopia, published June 22, 2020

Now is the Time to Embrace Mobile Learning from EDUCAUSE, published June 22, 2020

Massive Study of Online Teaching End with Surprising and Deflating Result from EDSurge, published June 17, 2020

How to Keep Students’ Attention in a Virtual Classroom from Edutopia, published June 16, 2020

Just in Time Online Tutoring: Supporting Learning, Anywhere, Anytime from EDUCAUSE, published June 15, 2020

Where to Get Free Wi-fi for Students During COVID-19 from Campus Technology, published June, 10, 2020

Free and Discounted EdTech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic from Campus Technology, published June 9, 20220

Coursera Makes Certificate Programs Free to College Students During the Pandemic from Campus Technology, published June 1, 2020

How the Coroavirus will Change Faculty Life Forever from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published May 11, 2020

Fostering a Strong Community in a Virtual Classroom from Edutopia, published May 1, 2020

Why You Shouldn’t Try to Replicate Your Classroom Teaching Online from The Chronicle of Higher Education, published April 30, 2020

Covid-19 and the Chance to Break Out of the Academic Bubble from Inside Highered, published April 29, 2020

*About faculty harnessing technology to teach in new ways

Zoom Boom from Inside Highered published April 29, 2020

*The new normal for meetings and teaching

Student-centered Remote Teaching: Lessons Learned from Online Education from EDUCAUSE, published April 15, 2020

Low Tech, Time- Saving Ways to Teach Online During Covid-19 from The Chronicle of Higher Ed, published April 14, 2020

The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning from EDUCAUSE, published March 27, 2020

Books

Creating Online Learning Experiences from Crossin,et al.

Conferences

NorthEast Regional Computing Program 2021 Conference (Virtual)

Toolkits

ACUE Online Teaching Toolkit from the Association of College and University Educators

California Virtual Campus Online Education Initiative-Keep Teaching from California

Community Colleges

California Virtual Campus Online Education Initiative-Online Instruction Resources from California Community Colleges

Designing Accessible Online Courses from University of Arkansas, published 2020

Designing an Online Course from Innovate SUNY, 2015

EDUCAUSE Online Learning Resources

Getting Your Class Online in a Hurry from Soft Chalk Cloud

Interested in Teaching Online? from SUNY

Online Teaching and Learning Resources from Noodle Partners, publication on-going

United States Distance Learning Association Higher Education Resources

OSCQR Rubric from SUNY

*Open SUNY Course Quality Review Rubric

Teaching and Learning Online from MERLOT

Podcast

With No More Study Buddies: More College Student Turn to Cheating from EdSurge, published October 6, 2020

Webinars

Campus Technology Distance Learning Summit from Campus Technology on October 20, 2020

Simply Discovered: The Power of Canvas , October 20, 2020

Research: The Shift to Online-Webinar-from NERCOMP on October 8, 2020

Blending to Survive and Thrive: Evolving in a Pandemic-Webinar-presented by Canvas for NERCOMP on October 7, 2020

Supporting Remote/Hybrid Courses with Mathmatica Online-presented by Wolfram -Webinar from NERCOMP on October 1, 2020

Unprecedented: Navigating New Legal Challenges for an Unusual Return to Campus on September 23, 2020

A Collaborative Approach to Tech offered by the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 3, 2020

Creating Effective Equitable Assessments for Online Courses offered by the Chronicle of Higher Education on August 26, 2020

The Context of Online Learning: Building Community and Engaging Students Panel offered by NERCOMP on August 19, 2020

Removing Boundaries to Student Success: A How-to-Guide for OER Remixing and Curation offered by NERCOMP on June 10, 2020

Status of Digital Accessiblity: During and Beyond COVID-19 offered by NERCOMP on May 20, 2020

The New Normal: Academic IT After COVID-19 Emergency Response-presented by Kivuto offered by NERCOMP on May 19, 2020

Career Planning for Instructional Designers offered by NERCOMP on May 14, 2020

Getting Going: Digital Literacy and Multimodal Learning with Adobe Creative Cloud Across the Curriculum offered by NERCOMP on May 12, 2020

Getting Started: Digital Literacy and Multimodal Learning with Adobe Spark Across the Curriculum offered by NERCOMP on April 29, 2020

Inclusive Teaching in the Online Classroom from the Chronicle of Higher Education, May 1, 2020 (webinar)

Short Webinar on Online Teaching and Website Accessibility from the Office of Civil Rights via Youtube published March 17, 2020

Planning for the Future

The resources in this section may be useful as institutions plan for the coming year

Articles

Few Positives in Fall Final Enrollment Numbers from InsideHIgherEd.com, published December 17, 2020

Faculty Expect to Return to Face-to-Face Instruction for Fall 2021, But With Online Elements from Campus Technology, published December 15, 2020

Online or In-Person: Which Choice Aced the Pandemic Semester from EdSurge, published December 15, 2020

New Zoom Competitor Targets Higher Ed Users from Inside Highered, published October 13, 2020

Colleges Prepare to Weather Hurricanes and Fires from Inside Highered, published August 27, 2020

A Fall Enrollment Disaster? Early Signs Say Not Everywhere from The Chronicle of Higher Education, published June 17, 2020

Future Trends in Technology and Education from BryanAlexander.org, published June 6, 2020

More Than a Lifeline (Technology in Higher Ed) from Inside Highered, published May 5, 2020

Should I Start College? From Inside Highered, published May 4, 2020

It’s Time to Take Time Out of Learning and Reinvent Higher Education from The Chronicle of Higher Education, published May 3, 2020

What Prospective Freshmen Think About the Fall from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published April 30, 2020

Early Signs of Fall 2020: Three Paths, Three Scenarios for Higher Education from BryanAlexander.org, published April 27, 2020

15 Scenarios from Inside Highered, published April 22, 2020

Why You Shouldn’t Take A Gap Semester this Fall from the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, published April 22, 2020

5 Key Learnings in Crisis from Corporate Intelligence Radio, published April 21, 2020

Coronavirus-How Should US Higher Education Plan for an Uncertain Future? from McKinsey & Company, published April 2020

Fall 2020 Enrollment from Forbes, published March 29, 2020

Survey of University Presidents from Inside Highered, published March 27, 2020

Webinars

Increasing Activation and Engagement on Your LinkedIn Learning Campus offered by NERCOMP on December 2, 2020

Health Resources

Resources in this section provide guidance to higher education institutions from government/health agencies about pandemic response on their campus

Articles

The Top 7 COVID-19 Vaccine Questions Answered from Ideas.TED.com, published December 15, 2020

The 5 Biggest Lessons We Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads On Campus from the Chronicle of Higher Education, published December 3, 2020

Johns Hopkins Maps Coronavirus Cases from Campus Technology, published March 5, 2020

Guidelines

American College Health Association

Guidance for Institutes of Higher Education from the CDC, published March 21, 2020

Interim Guidance for Higher Education Administrators from the CDC published March 18, 2020

Webinars

COVID-19 Ask the Experts: Contact Tracing, Isolation and Quarantine-Systems for Small, Medium and Large Colleges and Universities-Webinar, October 23, 2020

Remote Teams/Work

These resources are geared towards employees from colleges and universities now working remotely

Articles

Working from Home and Feel Like You’re Working All the Time? Here’s What to Do from Ideas.TED.com, published August 24, 2020

4 Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Work Day from Ideas.TED.com, published August 19, 2020

Top 15 Tips to Effectively Manage Remote Employees from Forbes, published May 30, 2018

What’s Zoom Fatigue? Here’s Why Videos Can Be So Exhausting from USA Today, published April 29, 2020

Make Work from Home Work for You from Google, published March 18, 2020

Toolkits

Security Awareness Issues for Remote Workers from InfoSec

Top 5 Steps to Securely Work from Home from Sans Security Awareness

Work from Home: Cybersecurity Toolkit from Global Cyber Alliance

Webinars

3 Steps to Stop Remote Work Burnout from Ted.com

Adapting Project Management Practices During a Crisis on September 24, 2020

Streamline Document Workflows with Adobe Sign for Enterprise on September 1, 2020

Managing Remote Teams: 5 Months In-Follow-up offered by NERCOMP on August 12, 2020

Securely Transition Back to Work presented by Vancord offered by NERCOMP on June 9, 2020

Teams: Lessons Learned So Far offered by NERCOMP on April 23, 2020

Videos

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance from TED.com/talks, published April 2013

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Resources in this section are geared towards social justice issues

Articles

Keeping Up With...Microaggressions from the Association of College and Research Libraries, published 2020

Common App Starting New Effort to Reach Low Income Students from InsideHigherEd.com, published December 17, 2020

What Do Demographic Projections Mean for Higher Ed from InsideHigherEd.com, published December 15, 2020

College Students With Learning Disabilities Are Asking for More Support. Will They Get It? from EdSurge, published October 28, 2020

Higher Ed’s Shameful Silence on Diversity from The Chronicle of Higher Education Review, published October 13, 2020

A Profound Act of Self-Preservation from Inside Highered, published on October 13, 2020

Who Are Our Students from Inside HIgher Ed, published October 8, 2020

DEI Book Recommendations from EDUCAUSE, published July 6, 2020

How to Talk with Students About Racism from the Chronicle of Higher Ed, published June 18, 2020

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Matters from EDUCAUSE, published May 18, 2020

Podcast

How to Be An Upstander Instead of a Bystander from TEDx Women, November 2020

The Pandemic’s Impact on Education and Work for People of Color from Inside Higher Ed, June 16, 2020

Tools

Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) Incident Report Form

Webinars

ACRL ULS AOC: Online Roundtable Discussion: Supporting Students Who Can’t Come to Campus and/or Participate in the University Experience I, from the American College and Research Libraries, to be offered February 2, 2021

National Day of Racial Healing from W.K. Kellogg Foundation, January 19, 2021

Anti-Racism in Academia (ARiA)-Listen (a Leadership Ecosystem Webinar), October 22, 2020

Student Services/Affairs

Resources in this section are aimed at offering student services/student affairs support in an online environment

Articles

Student Mental Health Needs Rise in Pandemic from Inside HIghered, published September 11, 2020

COVID Strategies Don’t Address Typical Student Behavior from Inside Highered, published August 24, 2020

Student Affairs Staff Challenged by Pandemic Demands from Inside HIghered, published August 20, 2020

Lawsuits Over Tuition Refunds Inspire New Student Consumer Bill of Rights from Edsurge, published August

DACA Supreme Court Ruling from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, published June 18, 2020

Investors Block 800,000 Student Loan Borrowers from Billions in Potential Relief from Forbes.com, published June 15, 2020

Colleges Move to Find Students Remote Internships-None Include Fetching Coffee from EdSurgge, published May 7, 2020

How College Seniors Should Prepare for the Job Search in the Age of Coronavirus from Ladders, published April 30, 2020

Conferences

2021 NASPA Mental Health Conference: A NASPA Strategies Conference from NASPA.org, January 12-15, 2021 (Virtual)

Toolkits

Resources for Engaging and Supporting Students Online from Noodle Partners, publication ongoing

Webinars

Student Development Theory-101 offered by NERCOMP on June 11, 2020

How Research-based Mindfulness Apps Can Increase Resilience in College Students offered by NERCOMP on April 30, 2020

Leveraging Best Practices in Supporting and Engaging Online During Campus Closure from NASPA

Personal Wellness

Resources in this section are geared towards individuals working in higher education during the pandemic and their own wellness

Apps

Calm (App) Sleep and meditation app-available for iOS and Android-

Headspace (App) Mindfulness and meditation app for stress, anxiety, sleep, focus and fitness-available for iOS and Android

Insight Timer (App) #1 free app for sleep, anxiety and stress-available for iOS and Android

Smiling Mind (App) Mindfulness app-available for iOs and Android

WellRight App (App): Get active. Eat healthy. Take time for yourself. You can talk to a health coach and take online courses

Articles

How to Find Your Bearings During a Crisis from Ideas.Ted.com, published October 6, 2020

Coming to Campus. Are College Leaders Ready? From Edsurge, published August 14, 2020

Burnout is Coming to Campus. Are College Leaders Ready? From Edsurge, published August 14, 2020

May 2020: Digital Well-being and Mental Health During the Pandemic and Beyond from EDUCAUSE, May 7, 2020

These Mental Health Habits Help Resilient People Handle Stay-at-Home Orders from Inc, published April 23, 2020

Productivity and Happiness Under Sustained Disaster Conditions from The Chronicle of Higher Ed, published April 10, 2020

Anatomy 101 The Brain Science Behind Meditation from Yoga Journal, published March 7, 2020

Toolkits

Coronavirus Sanity Guide from 10% Happier

Guided Meditations from the Chopra Center

Videos

Self-Care During Disruption from EDUCAUSE (video)

Webinars

The Myth of Multitasking: Increase Your Value with the Power of Hidden Time! (presented by LinkedIn Learning) , November 5, 2020

How Can You Make Sure Your Employees are Not Just Surviving, but Thriving from TEDEx on May 29, 2020

Mindfulness and Compassion in the Workplace from LinkedIn Learning (Webinar) offered by NERCOMP on March 12, 2020

What, Why and How to Become Resilient from LinkedIn Learning (Webinar)

Upcoming Webinars offered by NERCOMP

Adaptive Planning for Institutional Analysis & Planning-Part 2-Webinar-presented by Collaborative Solutions and Workday (you do not need to have attended Part 1) to be offered January 12, 2021

Exciting Ways to Engage Students in Digital Storytelling with Creative Cloud-presented by Adobe-to be offered January 27, 2021

Building Community Microlearning Burst Online Series:

Session 1: Leveraging Your LMS: Building a Community of Inquiry Asynchronously-to be offered February 4, 2021

Session 2: Making Face-Time Count: Strategies to Promote Engagement in Live Online Meetings (and Common Pitfalls to Avoid)-to be offered February 11, 2021

Session 3: Instructor Generated Videos for Increasing Social Presence and Instructional Design in the COVID Pandemic and Beyond to be offered February 18, 2021