Adobe Distance Learning Resources
By Adam Noyes
Adobe recently released a great list of resources for schools attempting distance learning for the first time. Check it out, below.
Whether your school routinely supports distance learning or is facing unexpected closures, we’ve assembled these resources and learning opportunities to help educators engage remote students through online learning.
Courses, Articles, and Blogs
We’re continually creating and updating these curated resources for distance learning educators
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- Starting Distance Learning? Tips to Reach Students Virtually
- Adobe Enables Distance Learning Globally for Schools Impacted by COVID-19
- Flipped Learning for Your Classroom
- Zoom-to-Rush
- Using Explainer Videos for Flipped Classroom Learning
- Covid-19: Learning Keeps Going.
- Google: Education’s Distance Learning Resources
- Unesco: Distance Learning Solutions
- Microsoft Education Resources
- 10 Tips for Success from Online Teachers
- 10 Strategies for Online Learning
- ISTE Connect Online and Blended Learning Network
- ITSE Interactive Video Conferencing Network
- Instructional Design and Emergency Response Network
- Pivoting to Online Teaching: Research and Practitioner Perspective
- EdSurge: News, Resources, Expert Advice to Help School Leaders make Informed Decisions
- Distance Learning Resources Suggested by Higher Ed Institutions
- 7 Big Ideas to Shift Toward Online Teaching
- District Responses to COVID-19 School Closures
Events and Webinars
These live or on-demand talks and events focus on strategies for effective distance learning
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- Easily Create Lessons and Video Content with Adobe Spark
- Get Started with Adobe Spark
- Using Adobe’s EdEx Distance Learning Landing Page | Adobe Edu Talks
- Distance Learning with Shannon Pufahl & Adobe | Adobe Edu Talks
- Joint EdSurge Live / Future Trends Forum: How Colleges Should Respond to the Coronavirus
- Zoom to Adobe Rush
- How to Create Branded Videos via Zoom and Adobe Premiere Rush
- Empower Students to Creatively Express Themselves and their Learning
- Podcasting for your Students
- Help Students Create e-Portfolios to Demonstrate their Learning at Home
- Create Engaging e-Learning Experiences with Captivate
- Microsoft Teams for Education
Join Adobe’s Community
Connect with other innovative educators and access Adobe’s educator community. Learn more HERE.
Free Professional Learning Courses
Explore Adobe’s full collection of self-paced courses for educators. Learn more HERE.
Higher Ed Projects that make Distance Learning Engaging
Lessons, projects, and activities for college and university faculty and students
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- Poetry Reading and Explication Podcast
- Podcasts in the Social Sciences
- Theater Design
- Rhetorical Class Reading of a Film “Anatomy of a Scene” Style
- Social Science Writing: Historical Campus Conflicts
- Cultural Anthropology Podcast Using Audition
- Using Cinemagraphs to Teach Composition and Digital Rhetoric
- Food and Culture Fact Sheet Using Adobe Spark Page
- Media Literacy – Photo Analysis
- Popular Science Vlog Using Spark Video
K-12 Projects that Make Distance Learning Engaging
- Conscious Consumers Visual Project
- Global Warming Visual Project
- Head in the Clouds – Recognizing and Describing Cloud Formations when Predicting Weather
- Tell Your Story with Premiere Rush
- Book Trailers Using Video
- Short Writing Activities Using Spark
- Take A Stand: Persuasive Writing and Storytelling
- Sharing Mathematical Thinking with Spark
- Design Apps for Social Good
- Kitchen Kid: Science and Nutrition While Cooking from Home
- Geometric Transformation in Digital Art
- And… Action: Personal Narrative
- Create Biographies with Spark
Khan + Create Activities
Adobe educators extend Khan Academy lessons with engaging, creative activities for students of all ages
- Growth Mindset: Mistakes are Opportunities
- Growth Mindset: Set a “SMART” Goal
- Tell a Story with memory and Perspective
- A Person in Time Online!
Resources to Support Young Learners
Activities, lessons, and advice for teachers and parents supporting young learners at home
- Daily Drawing Activities for Kids
- Khan Academy Schedules for School Closures
- Videos to Talk to Kids About Corona Virus
Events and activities for teens and college students
From TikTok dance parties to digital graduation announcements, these fun, social activities help keep young creators engaged
- Create a TikTok Dance using Adobe Rush
- Create a Virtual Celebration Invitation
- Host a Virtual Portfolio or Commencement
- Take & Edit Photos at Home with Lightroom
Wellbeing Resources for Educators
Practicing self-care and community support is essential.
- Science of Wellbeing Online Course
- Headspace: Free Meditation Online
- How to Keep the Greater Good in Mind During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- Feeling Anxiety about Coronavirus? A Psychologist Offers Tips to Stay Clearheaded
Dive deeper with digital literacy
Independently learn Adobe’s creative tools with tutorials, live challenges, and community designed to inspire.
Check out the full article from Adobe for even more resources.