Time Stamps00:00 Podcast Intro 02:20 For those of us that aren’t in the education technology movement can you give us a little bit of that 50,000 foot view and orientate us, and where we should think about starting?03:15 Quick tips to consider as a starting place for Virtual Learning: 1.) Presence 2.) Communication 3.) Authenticity05:25 Synchronous vs. asynchronous environments07:21 What are some ways we can make this virtual environment work for effectiveness?09:48 Do you have some tips as far as, are there two or three things that come to the forefront of your mind? I think many people haven’t thought about wait time or down time in a virtual domain. Can you give an example or two of where someone might get off the ground trying this?12:16 What are your thoughts about how we can facilitate, encourage, and coach that engagement in our learners in a virtual environment?12:52 What is netiquette? 13:47 How does the netiquette feed into this engagement of learners?16:30 Free collaborative tools available: Google Forms, Google Docs and MindMeister17:58 Transitioning more to the learner mind and learner perspective, are there any recommendations for someone who hasn’t learned this way historically in the past, to give this virtual learning its best opportunity?21:04 How could educators monitor this environment to get that valuable feedback?24:35 A lot of things are changing when we are using a virtual environment. What things are not changing?27:28 Outro Additional Resources:Mayo Clinic:· https://mayocliniceducatorscentral.blubrry.net/2020/03/17/virtual-class-now-how-to-move-your-education-online-in-a-hurry-ep14/ Twitter:· @erhall1· @MayoFacDev· #HMICommunity  MedEd/HPE: · https://www.aliem.com/teaching-age-covid-19-wrap-up/· Flipped Classroom in Medical Education: Engaging Students to Build Competency https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.4137/JMECD.S23895  Higher Education Resources:· Association of Colleges and University Educators: https://acue.org/online-teaching-toolkit/· Chronicle in Higher Education: Going Online in a Hurry· Recent Learning Scientist.org Blog · https://teachremotely.harvard.edu/· https://ai.umich.edu/keep-teaching/ 1.     Learning to Teach Online: Understanding & Optimizing an Online Learning Experience by Elizabeth Syben King (@elizabethonline) for Medium.2.     Welcome to ACUE's Online Teaching Toolkit by Association of College and University Educators (@ACUE_HQ)3.     Uploading lecture videos on YouTube by Dr Megan Sumeracki (@DrSumeracki)4.     Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start by Michelle D. Miller for the Chronicle VitaeAdditional Episode Notes:Virtual/Remote Learning – 50,000 Ft View Start simple when thinking shifting to virtual – even if you have to move fast (identity dissonance)  Facilitator presence is key in virtual environments 1.       Connect:  How do connect with learners? ·         Synchronously  - Shift to a video conferencing platform (Zoom, Blackboard Collaborate, other)·         Asynchronously – Traditional and non-traditional learning management systems, email, Slack·         Be available and accessible: Virtual Office Hours,  2.       Communicate: What do my learners need to know? ·         Reduce cognitive load by sharing expectations of learners/ participants – help them understand how to interact  in this new context (netiquette – virtual etiquette) ·         Audio: ·         Video: ·         Be Transparent – concise communication key and narrating the flow of the experience (be deliberate)·         Include wait time – not only processing by muting and unmuting technology  3.       Be Authentic: How can I maintain my personal touch? ·         Address people by name·         Make eye contact ·         Encourage, acknowledge, and reinforce contributions ·         Reinforce what supporting each other looks like·         Demonstrate appreciation and gratitude ·         Have fun – add humor ·         Give people grace – we are all in this together  One you have