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4 Steps for Designing an Online Assessment for Flipped Classroom

Fractus Learning

Are you thinking about designing an online assessment for a Flipped classroom? First, consider whether the tool you are thinking about is the right tool for what you want to assess. Second, does this online assessment align with the rest of the course curriculum. Make a plan for evaluating the online assessment.

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

For the same reasons that many low-income students struggled to learn remotely during the pandemic, it was also hard, if not impossible, for students to take an online assessment of their progress. After the 2008 recession, schools across the country cut spending by $600 per student, on average, and laid off thousands of teachers.

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The Benefits of a Just-in-Time Flipped Class

Fractus Learning

I am not able to use in my day-job classes very much of the rhizomatic, community as curriculum techniques that I value so much in my online, connectivist MOOCs, but—and here is the point—I am still able to integrate concepts drawn from complexity theory into my otherwise standard classroom without getting into too much trouble with my institution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” From the Republican National Convention: TurnItIn was pleased , I’m sure, to be invoked many times following Melania Trump ’s convention speech, which plagiarized passages from Michelle Obama ’s 2008 speech. Via The Washington Post : “ Donald Trump Jr. trashes U.S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade. Aaron Swartz, 2008. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?” Apple sneers about this.

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Business partnerships with community colleges help funnel workers into better jobs

The Hechinger Report

Anyone who passes a short online assessment can enroll, and in-state students who pass the course receive a partial refund from the college. Mesa Community College offers a wire harness assembly boot camp taught by Boeing employees. Credit: Brandon Sullivan for The Hechinger Report.

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