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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

The COVID-19 crisis is changing the educational landscape, often in unpredictable ways. It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Research also suggests that online learning can encourage intrinsic motivation.[1] 1] In part, this is because online learning often involves some level of independence—and independent learning is also linked to motivated students.[12] Research in Higher Education Journal, 2011. Gamification and student motivation.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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Power Up Your Classroom with Game Play [interview with Cate Tolnai and Lindsay Blass] – SULS022

Shake Up Learning

They share their passion for gamifying the classroom with game-based learning and teaching through play. We discuss what types of classroom environments are appropriate for gamification and ways you can incorporate game-based learning today! Gamification v. Game-Based Learning. [13:43] Click To Tweet.

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Why We Need To Embrace eSports In Education

techlearning

into their esports scene this year as it brings competitive Fortnite to their 125 million players in 2019. Thanks to the passion of students and the support of the video game industry, esports is also finding a home in higher education. No doubt esports in education will need infrastructure and a governing body to be taken seriously.

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Transforming Education with Virtual Labs and Immersive Learning

Kitaboo on EdTech

With educational technology going through a paradigm shift of worldwide acceptance, both leadership and academia in the education sector are moving towards incorporating virtual lab options with real-time guidance and feedback. Integrating virtual or online labs in education comes with a range of benefits for learners.

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15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning – SULS034

Shake Up Learning

If you are in a position where you deliver training and professional development to other educators, this episode is for you! To Organize and Blend Teacher Workshop Assignments. This also allows you to model what blending learning will look like in the classroom. 19, 2019 , and will close on Dec. and much more!