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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

Blended learning includes a mix of whole-class and student-centered learning. Unlike hybrid learning, the method of student-centered learning is not specified. It could involve digital media as well as offline resources like classroom makerspaces or library books. Computers & Education, August 2008, 51(1), pp.

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Top 4 microtrends in e-learning

Neo LMS

Entrepreneurial education was quite the buzzword in 2008/09, as educators grappled with how to prepare young people for economic meltdowns. Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Peer-to-Peer learning. Recognize, create and act on opportunities.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional learning, a positive school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ).

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with 'e's

The MentorBlog project for example, employed the use of two-person blogs to connect students with their professional mentors, who may never have had the opportunity to meet face to face (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2008). Attached discussion groups supported more in depth and informal discussion about the activity.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. A Social Web that supports learning Staff at the University of Plymouth have been using Web 2.0 The Changing Web (2.0) So what exactly is Web 2.0 ?

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Learning technology teacher development blog: Online Video: For Language Development

Nik Peachey

Learning technology teacher development blog. Tips, resources and teaching materials for EFL and ESL teachers. Tuesday, 16 December 2008. Edublog Awards 2008. ▼ 2008. (64). Online Video: As Knowledge Resource. IATEFL Online Conference 2008. Top tools for e-learning. distance learning. (1).

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

In 2008, ever hopeful, Gartner insisted that “This thing certainly isn’t dead and maybe it will yet blossom.” ” Take “collaborative learning,” for example, which this year’s K–12 report posits as a mid-term trend. Where would you plot the Segway, for example? (In Maybe it will.).

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