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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. This type of structure is not revolutionary.

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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

As I noted in a recent article that I submitted: “… reflection on organizational possibilities and institutional futures is common during the ‘reconstruction’ phase (Boin & Hart, 2003) of a crisis (see also Coombs, 2000; Heath, 2004; Boin, Hart, Stern, & Sundelius, 2005; Jaques, 2009; Smith & Riley, 2012). Millar & R.

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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

In a recent webinar from the International Association for K–12 Online Learning , titled “ Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency-Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed ,” education consultant Katherine Casey explains the key ways a competency-based system differs from a traditional system. by Wendy McMahon.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. Be active: Prioritize active digital activities, like online learning games or interactive lessons, over passive activities, like watching a video.

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SCORM: What is it? A Complete Study

Kitaboo on EdTech

Sequencing This process ensures that the learner is not lost when they learn through an online learning module. SCORM 2004 When SCORM 2004 was launched, it was called SCORM 1.3. As of now, there is no news regarding an updated version of SCORM 2004. are communicated between the module and the LMS.

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Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement

Fractus Learning

It’s now 2016 and educators still have not discovered the power of infusing a balance of asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as engagement into their online classroom. Online learning does not need to be mechanical in nature. Engagement needs to take place in the online learning environment.

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SCORM: What is it? A Complete Study

Kitaboo on EdTech

This process ensures that the learner is not lost when they learn through an online learning module. SCORM 2004 . When SCORM 2004 was launched, it was called SCORM 1.3. As of now, there is no news regarding an updated version of SCORM 2004. are communicated between the module and the LMS. Sequencing .

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