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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

Then, discover five ways to boost student-centered learning through blended or hybrid learning. What Are Blended Learning and Hybrid Learning? Before we explain the differences between blended and hybrid learning models, let’s provide a quick definition of each strategy. As for the differences?

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The Role of Place in Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

According to a study by Tanner and Lackney (2006), the design of physical spaces significantly influences student engagement and academic performance. As the digital landscape continues to evolve, understanding and optimizing physical and virtual learning spaces is paramount for educational success (Means et al., Murphy, R., &

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Empowerment Through Choice

A Principal's Reflections

The underlying idea in this approach is that choice gives employees a sense of personal control, which can enhance their intrinsic motivation towards their work, resulting in higher morale, creativity and innovation, better performance, more significant organizational commitment, and lower turnover (Chua and Iyengar, 2006). Chua, Roy Y.J.,

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Instructor Spotlight: Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Following his graduate research at Columbia University, Tom began writing and speaking nationally about his practical experiences teaching and iterating blended learning models. His career in education began teaching high school social studies in two public school districts in Connecticut.

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Students sat in cubicles using computers. It wasn’t popular.

The Hechinger Report

Carpe Diem schools, which rely on computer-based lessons and some in-person instruction, began in 2006 and opened five additional schools in Texas, Ohio and Indiana about five years ago. Many lessons can be gleaned from the Carpe Diem test balloon, and Sommers remains a supporter of blended learning. It wasn’t popular.

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[GUEST POST] WHY PERSONALIZED LEARNING IS IMPERATIVE

Education Elements

When I started writing Disrupting Class in 2006, I was stunned to learn that our school systems—not just in the United States, but throughout most of the world—were not built to optimize learning. They were built to standardize the way we teach and test and for sorting.

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Using Videos to Manage a Rowdy Classroom: Smart, Constructive or Simply Lazy?

Edsurge

Her research paper, “ Non-optimal Uses of Video In the Classroom ,” published by the Learning, Media and Technology Journal in 2006, is one of the few papers that addresses instances where teachers used video for non-optimal purposes in classrooms, including in lieu of classroom management and to give the teacher a break.

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