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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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Gamification , one of the biggest trends in education, is the process of making learning more fun and engaging for students by reorienting lessons to feel more like games. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. This means that the course takes place online, is free, and anyone can participate.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

Gamification , one of the biggest trends in education, is the process of making learning more fun and engaging for students by reorienting lessons to feel more like games. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. This means that the course takes place online, is free, and anyone can participate.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Two Great Library Events - GlobalEdCon Deadline - UNC's Amazing World View

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Close to 40 presentations in four different strands: Stories for Learning, Games and Gamification, Passion-Driven Learning and STEAM. Finally, another science teacher will briefly share exercises in engineering design. It runs for 2 weeks (October 20-31) with video presentations uploaded daily Monday through Friday.