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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. I know you’ll enjoy their thoughts: Earliest forms of learning, dating back to the stone-age, involved storyboarding one’s experiences on rocks. Back to the basics.

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Actionable advice for educators to move to online learning

Neo LMS

You’re getting comfortable with a new schedule, technology, and online grading. But, you still need a little help navigating the seas of e-learning. So, here’s actionable advice that you can use as a compass as you create a productive system for online learning. Use gamification to keep students engaged.

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10 Top tips for creating more effective online learning forums

Neo LMS

There’s a wealth of information and materials that you can use to teach online, but activities have to be carefully planned. Online learning forums are the most accessible way to engage students. Even if it’s for sharing learning resources! 10 Top tips for creating more effective online learning forums.

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Understanding the link between digital literacy, gaming and safety

Neo LMS

However, teachers must show students how to engage with digital media, so they can have fun while staying safe online. Read more: Creating a safe environment for online learning. Perhaps the best way to engage with digital literacy in the classroom is to embrace the increasing usage of video games and work towards gamification.

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What’s edtech got to do with growth mindset?

Neo LMS

Suggestions for finding the right strategy for learning: “You should have a look at two alternative explanations before writing an assignment ” or “Let’s try using practice quizzes instead of memorizing”. In this way, students can revisit your suggestions anytime they want and use them to improve their learning.

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Why gamification works [Part 2]

Neo LMS

In my last blog we started discussing the “why” of gamification , with a specific focus on the nature of motivation, lensed through one broadly held theory of motivation called Self-Determination Theory (SDT), not to be confused at this point with self-directed learning. Gamification and online learning environments.

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How can Teachers Increase Social Learning While Teaching Online?

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s becoming more common to take online classes or blend traditional with online learning. Institutions now use LMS software to deliver courses online. There are two ways of delivery of online learning which are through a) asynchronous or self-paced b) synchronous or instructor-led online courses.