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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

So, I took it upon myself to implement it in my classroom with some success selecting certain days during the instructional week to limit screen access. After a year of blended instruction, or a combination of face-to-face learning and online learning, schools are questioning the amount of time students spend in front of screens.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. These design choices have noticeable implications.

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Colleges Have Embraced Online Learning. Will That Open Remote Teaching Opportunities for Faculty?

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Most anticipate the growing centrality of online learning in university life. As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. Liberating campus-bound faculty.

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What’s next? Lessons from the lockdown on traditional education

Neo LMS

The biggest shift that we’re seeing is that online education has the potential to drop its “online” part and that more and more people will see it for what it is: simply education. Online learning is student-centered by default, having its own advantages and pitfalls. What does that leave time for?

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How the pandemic accelerated the need for interactive learning spaces

Neo LMS

And while the beginnings were difficult and we’re still facing a lot of uncertainty, the frantic switch to online learning is no longer helping anyone. Indeed, one of the main problems that teachers have faced regarding online learning is student engagement. Read more: Answering the Why?

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Developing a “National Geographic Explorer” Mindset in the Classroom

Digital Promise

A Socratic seminar? Rather than just giving educators access to information about teaching strategies, micro-credentials help us provide educators with a chance to demonstrate that they can implement those strategies in their classrooms. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. Sounds great!

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Sal Khan’s New Online School Wants to Make ‘Mastery Learning’ Global

Edsurge

Khan’s new project is a fully online school with a mix of self-paced online learning and group activities. And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring. It’s not dirt cheap, but it’s accessible.”