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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

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So declares the newest forward-looking publication from the higher-ed information technology association EDUCAUSE, “ 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition.” But it may be enough to know the report exists and can be freely downloaded and doom-scrolled to assess the thinking of dozens of experts.

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Teachers at Two Rivers Roll Up Their Sleeves to Build Assessments from Scratch

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Two Rivers Public Charter School welcomed its first class of students in the fall of 2004, after more than three dozen parents from the Capitol Hill neighborhood came together to write the charter. Over time, they have learned that some of the skills that are most critical for success are difficult to teach and even harder to assess.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

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The Role of Technology During COVID. Even though many had been using technology in the classroom, they were not ready for the full-on virtual digital learning environment COVID demanded. Following this assessment is the design of an implementation plan centered on anticipated program outcomes. Professional Learning.

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

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A few years after John Boyer began teaching world geography at Virginia Tech , a survey revealed that 58 percent of college-aged Americans could not locate Japan on a map. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Boyer raced ahead undaunted.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

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Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Leveling Up: How Digital Game-Based Learning Is Altering Education

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To put it in the words of an elementary student at the 2004 Serious Games Summit, “Why read about ancient Rome when I can build it?”. According to a survey of K-8 teachers, 55 percent have students play digital games in class at least weekly. history class played Civilization III in conjunction with qualitative methods of assessment.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

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As innovators and early adopters of emerging technology we often find ourselves in the situation to help our colleagues. How do we best help them to understand the value of new technology and how it might benefit their students lives (rather than how might it help my fit into their classroom).