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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

. – I want to focus instead on one aspect of how we are shifting from print to digital: the procurement decision schools make about whether to license digital instructional materials or purchase them outright, because I think ownership of instructional materials matters.**. Image credits. Image credits.

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What Principals Need to Know About High Quality Instructional Materials

Education Elements

The most successful school leaders we work with understand that high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) improve student engagement and are a key resource in addressing schooling loss.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Principals at blended learning schools agree digital content increases student engagement. 63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Among the teachers in these classrooms, 50% or more stated that because of digital learning, students are: Working together more often.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

In one survey of educators, ViewSonic Corporation found that three-quarters of teachers (75 percent) connected so-called blended-learning models with increased student engagement. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials.

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Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.

Edsurge

When instructors make videos where they use their presence in the video well, the researchers argue in a recent peer-reviewed paper , it can “contribute to greater engagement, promote generative learning, direct efficient integration of the instructional material, and lead to better post-test performance.”

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5 steps to boost CTE programs and fill workforce pipelines

eSchool News

That challenge is followed closely by securing CTE program funding (53 percent), retaining qualified teachers (51 percent), developing work-based learning opportunities for students (48 percent), and finding engaging instructional materials (32 percent).

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

In my 2014 book “ MOOCS Essentials ,” I reflected on each aspect of the residential learning process and how developers of massive open online courses were trying to replicate those experiences virtually, or come up with ways to keep students engaged without direct teacher-student interaction.

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