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4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces

eSchool News

In our English literacy content space, for example, the collaborative learning spaces need more of a “library feel,” complete with sofa-type furniture and soft seating. The vision was for students to come in and have Socratic seminars and maybe discuss a passage.

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Starting Off the School Year: It’s About the Learners

User Generated Education

You will be expected to engage in the learning activities during class time. You will be expected to do collaborative learning during the class time. I will introduce the learning activities, but you will be responsible for the actual learning. You are important as a learner in this class.

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Implementing education technology by pursuing technology education: Professional Development ideas for educators

Neo LMS

Peer-reviewed journals, such as Computers & Education and the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning , also offer research on the benefits of technology for students. As members, educators can take part in events, forums, seminars, training and more. Join a professional organization.

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We Run a Hybrid School. Here’s How We’re Adapting Our Schedule for the Times.

Edsurge

/Wellness and Leadership in grade 5-9; high school students move on to Career Pathways, an internship course, seminars in the humanities and economics and dual credit opportunities.

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Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey

Edsurge

Perhaps the biggest change was that I replaced the content and skills portion with two new segments: collaborative learning and passion-based learning. Learning journey for 8th grade geography built Venngage in 2017. Learning journey for 11th and 12th grade AP U.S.

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Visible Learning in Literacy: 3 Takeaways from John Hattie and Nancy Frey

The Web20Classroom

Learners often recognize patterns and start to build foundational knowledge to support the next level of the triangle, Deep Learning. High-Impact Instructional Strategies to support Surface Learning and the effect size: Repeated Reading (.67) 75) Collaborative Learning with Peers (.59) 67) Feedback (.75)

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Defending the liberal arts: How my students took the higher-learning plunge, from the banks of the St. Lawrence

The Hechinger Report

During the second semester of the program, each student takes a seminar structured around a major research project, sometimes with one of the same professors, sometimes not. Our first-year programs examine fundamental human questions; promote collaborative learning; and develop reading, writing, speaking and research skills.

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