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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s essential for self-directed learners to regularly assess their understanding and skills, think about their thinking (meta, right?), Think about Twitter PLNs (Professional Learning Networks) or educational forums like this Educators Technology for tech-related stuff. and adapt their learning strategies accordingly.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials. Then as a group, we try on different perspectives and opinions of how Common Core assessments are shifting the focus of American education.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

eSchool News

With a complete offering of professional learning, curriculum, and embedded assessment, Lexia helps more learners read, write, and speak with confidence. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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I love the #DEN

Kathy Schrock

I interact daily with teachers on Twitter, which is my social network of choice. Hashtags on Twitter help educators participating in Twitter chats, or interested in a particular topic, to hone their PLN. You don’t need a Twitter account to search Twitter. (You You don’t need a Twitter account to search Twitter.

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To Weather The Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Edsurge

After all, research has shown that learners whose mothers have earned a college credential are more likely to attain one themselves (Atwell, et al, 2007; Yakaboski, 2010). Share your answer on Twitter with the hashtag #MyWhyEdu and tag Morrison too: @calimorrison. My students are my why. What's keeping you rooted in higher education?

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. Twitter: @DrDougGreen. And it just sounds overwhelming. Doug: Yeah. Blog: [link].

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

User Generated Education

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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