27 October 2020
The resources listed here are currently based on the course, Online Learning Environments, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Continuing & Professional Learning (University of Toronto), and curated by Matthew Christian (instructor).
This is a list of resources that resonated with me the most. It is my intent to continue to refine, and expand on this list moving forward. This page will also serve as a reference guide that I can share with colleagues, students and new staff that I will train/onboard in the future.

Online Learning Theories / Content
- Teaching in a Digital Age, 2nd Edition by Tony Bates
- eLearning 101 by TalentLMS
- Community of Inquiry
- The Great COVID-Forced Migration to Online Learning by Steve Joordens
- Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
- Learning in the flow of work by Josh Bersin
- Microlearning-based Training by Asha Pandey
- The SECTIONS Model by Tony Bates
- The Reflective Practitioner
Evaluation of an online learning solution by Marcia Cooper, Sayantika Das, Dragana Duric, Jhoanna Gonzales MinersDownload

Instructional Design
- The ADDIE Model in Tony Bates
- An Introduction to SAM for Instructional Designers by Trina Rimmer

Online (Learning) Tools
- Polls & Word Clouds: Mentimeter, Slido
- Surveys: Google Forms, Survey Monkey
- Video conferencing: Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet
- Content Maker: Canva, Prezi, Adobe
- Collaborative Documents: MS Teams, G Suite
- Video: Powtoon, Animoto

Industry Sites

Learning Management Systems
- History of the LMS
- Higher Education LMS Market by Phil Hill
- Tips for Choosing an LMS by Christopher Pappas
- LMS Examples: Moodle, TalentLMS

Online facilitation
- Redefining Teaching: The Five Roles of the Online Instructor by Julie Taylor-Massey
- Top 10 Synchronous Learning Best Practices For Instructor-Led Training by Christopher Pappas
- Live Online Learning: A Facilitator’s Guide by onlignment
- Interact & Engage! Activities For Spectacular Live Online Training by Kassy LaBorie
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