Teaching and supporting remote learners online
The NEU spring webinar was held on Thursday, 25 February at 6:00pm.
Coronavirus: IT equipment and the internet practical support
What your school can do to support pupils gain better access to IT equipment and the internet.
Remote Education Hub
An online platform to support NEU members in delivering and sharing best practice
Coronavirus: livestreaming lessons
Suggestions from NEU members working on health and safety issues.
Coronavirus: 10 tips for successful blended learning in schools
Blended learning is an educational method that combines online learning with traditional classroom interactions. It requires the presence of the teacher while allowing students control over place, time and pace of their learning.
Coronavirus: what we know about online learning - primary
Information for NEU members working in primary schools on providing education to students at home, as they would when they are in the classroom.
Coronavirus: what we know about online learning - SEND
Information for NEU members working in SEND schools on providing education to students at home, as they would when they are in the classroom.
Coronavirus: what we know about online learning - secondary
Information for NEU members working in secondary schools on providing education to students at home, as they would when they are in the classroom.
Coronavirus: remote learning
Learn more about members' experiences and the NEU's advice on remote learning and our innovative platform to support you and your colleagues in delivering effective remote learning.
Coronavirus: what you need to know - teaching & learning
What you need to know about exams, teaching and learning during the coronavirus crisis.
Community: why community matters for learning during coronavirus
There are huge pressures on families during coronavirus but students have also learned and developed many skills and aptitudes at home.
Connections: why keeping learners connected matters during coronavirus
There are many ways schools and colleges can keep students connected and intentionally promote a sense of belonging
Create: why being creative matters for learning during coronavirus
Despite the uncertainty, there are opportunities- and practical reasons- why we need creativity and flexibility in our approach to the curriculum during coronavirus.
Context: why the context for learners matters during coronavirus
Starting from students' experiences, generating a motivation to learn and making learning relevant is really important during Coronavirus.
Care: why well-being matters for learning during coronavirus
Prioritising the well-being and welfare of staff and students really matters as we plan and reflect on learning during coronavirus
Advice
Remote learning: tips for reps
Ten tips for workplace reps on establishing a school policy on remote learning.
Coronavirus: managing blended approaches
As schools face the challenges of the pandemic, teachers will be engaged in both face-to-face teaching and supporting remote learning.
Create Box
Not all home learning environments are equal. Put together Create Boxes for children in your school.
Coronavirus : safe home-based working
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a number of members will continue to be working wholly or partly from home.
Blog
Create Boxes
Providing project-based learning at home
Risky business: learning in a pandemic
If we want children to learn online, then we need to provide access
All students are equal, but some students are more equal than others
When the Prime Minister announced in March that schools and colleges would close to most students that very same week, the pressure was on for schools and colleges.
Press release
Nuffield Foundation on Home Learning
Teachers need extra flexibility to target support at individual students and more time to work with groups who need additional help with some subjects. This requires more teachers and more support staff.
JCVI: no mass vaccine for 12-15
JCVI declines mass vaccination of 12-15 year olds
Ofsted on Remote Education
Ofsted's insistence on "monitoring" only adds to the pressure onschools
Remote Education Hub
NEU Launch Remote Education Hub
Government and Laptops
The Government can't claim to protect disadvantaged students while they routinely let them down
Wales move to on-line learning
NEU Cymru welcomes move to on-line learning
NEU Cymru welcomes ‘distance learning’ week in secondary schools and colleges
NEU Cymru secondary members will be heartened to hear secondary schools are moving to a distance learning model in the last week of term. Our members in primary schools will still be concerned.
Government’s announcement on remote learning
Government support for distance learning for children self-isolating is necessary but not sufficient.
NFER report on learning during Covid-19
National Foundation for Educational Research analysis looks at the differences in the cost of learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Home schooling and the educational divide
The Social Mobility Foundation highlights inequalities in families' home learning environments.
BBC Education Service
In a time of crisis it is welcome that the BBC is not just informing and entertaining, but remembering the other part of their original mission statement: to educate.
NEU issues guidance on distance learning
The NEU guidance on distance learning out today makes very clear what should be acceptable levels of workload. Normal education is currently suspended, and teachers should not be teaching a full timetable, or routinely marking work.