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10 Innovative Ideas To Provide Time for Professional Development and Collaborative Learning

The Innovative Educator

Provide teachers on a particular grade level or who teach a common subject with a shared prep so they can plan and study together. Invite teachers to determine how their shared preps can be used for any study group they can imagine. Personal Learning Network Professional Development Professional Learning Communities'

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

However, as we become increasingly connected to each other through technology, and our social ties strengthen, so there is greater scope for students to learn together, sharing their resources and ideas, and approaching their study collaboratively. Collaborative learning does not undermine or contradict personalised learning.

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25 Social Networks/Media Sites for Education

Technology Tidbits

ISTE Community - International Society for Technology & Education is a great place for educators to come together and collaborate on technology issues and build their Personal Learning Network. Teamie - An excellent collaborative learning platform w/ mobile apps that easily supports "flipped" learning.

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Is Isolation in Education A Choice?

My Island View

Of course collaboration on a greater scale would take both time and money, and that has rarely been a priority in most schools. Collaborative learning has always been with us from the beginning of learning, however, it required that the learners occupied the same space at the same time. It’s collaborative learning.

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Why Twitter Will Never Connect All Educators.

My Island View

Teaching is not a passive exercise; it requires work, study, and involvement in an ever-changing world. The idea of collaborative learning has always been with us in education, and in life in general. Educators who can share ideas and help others avoid problems make up an individual educator’s Personalized Learning Network.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

Finally, we cannot afford to ignore the growing influence of mobile phones and apps as a disruptive force and the capability they have of enabling any time, any place learning. The Network Society. Retrieved 7 February, 2014. van Dijk, J. London: Sage. Wheeler, S., Yeomans, P. and Wheeler, D. Wheeler, S. and Lambert-Heggs, W.

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