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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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Developing a “National Geographic Explorer” Mindset in the Classroom

Digital Promise

A Socratic seminar? Teachers can use our digital Resource Library to find engaging and informative resources for their students. Teachers planning lessons for micro-credential submission can draw on our extensive library for student materials. Sounds great! Maybe in October. A historical role-playing activity?

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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

Seminar discussions on Zoom, Teams or Google Hangouts can be lively, lectures can be understood, and breakout sessions and team projects can be completed. The post OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching

Edsurge

Asynchronous,” on the other hand, refers to activities performed by students and instructors anytime—at home, in the library, even while commuting, doing homework, emailing, posting messages, and consuming videos and podcasts, reading, writing and so on. Learning design is a discipline,” she says.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. join the Library 2.0 Hope to "see you" online!

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. Still, it has been hard enough to schedule just one weekly seminar, he said.

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Tomorrow! "School Libraries and AI" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.0 School Library Summit is " School Libraries and AI ," and will be held online (and for free) tomorrow, Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. We look forward to gathering online with you! Please also join the Library 2.0