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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

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Davidson’s book also argues that colleges in particular have a responsibility to update teaching techniques to meet the changing demographics of students and the changing needs of the workforce. A classic example: Back in 2003 she led a groundbreaking experiment at Duke University to use iPods in education. Active learning wins.

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

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We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now. One of those spaces is in a college of education classroom or a seminar room where you can kind of talk about teaching. Teachers sort of have two spaces that they learn.

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The Secret of Team Allocation in a Flipped-Classroom Environment

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In addition, feedback from accounting graduate employers state that students need experience working within a diverse team, as they do so in practice (Howieson, 2003). The course design is a two hour weekly flipped-classroom, blended learning environment with 42 students per seminar. Team Allocation and Coursework Design.

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6 tips for making educational travel attainable for all students

eSchool News

Hold meetings for families. Holding regular monthly meetings, and providing that schedule to families at the beginning of the year, keeps everyone in the know. During the meetings at Olson’s school, teachers would introduce families to each other. Fostering these community connections encouraged families to fundraise together.

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Expert Tips to Make Educational Travel Attainable for All Students

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Holding regular monthly meetings, and providing that schedule to families at the beginning of the year, keeps everyone in the know. During the meetings at Dr. Olson’s school, teachers would introduce families to each other. If anyone had to leave the meeting early, or wanted to be contacted privately, they could say so on this form.