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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The purpose of blended learning is to give learners a more integrated educational experience, where they can benefit from both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility and accessibility of online materials. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. In her study, Carol J.

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Learning Math Should be Fun and Engaging

A Principal's Reflections

Since the “flipped” approach to instruction is proving to be a key asset in modern education, one of Mrs. Chellani’s recent initiatives has been to provide students with a means to learn independently utilizing digital content. As a result, she has started to create her own online learning modules, using the software Adobe Captivate.

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Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement

Fractus Learning

While educators and learners in classroom-based courses have already discovered the benefits of using engagement as a part of education, the power of online is yet to be fully realized. Ana Donaldson, 2011, Engaging the Online Learner. This could happen to your online program: Students Suing School Over Online Courses.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. Increase the flexibility of instruction, learning and assessment.

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Khan Academy Wants to Make 'Mastery Learning' Mainstream. Will Partnering With Schools Help?

Edsurge

Ideally, integration with our assessments. For those who may not know that concept, what is your elevator pitch for mastery learning? After a little bit of lecture and homework for a couple of weeks, you give an assessment. I think we're in an interesting time with the pandemic and everyone talking about online learning.

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PROOF POINTS: A spate of recent studies on the “Google effect” adds to evidence that the internet is making us dumber

The Hechinger Report

A seminal 2011 paper established the so-called “Google effect,” our tendency to forget information that we can easily look up on the internet. Students who were told they wouldn’t be able to refer to the trivia later did much better on recall assessments. The links sent people directly to the web pages that had the correct information.

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Preparing to Teach in Crisis

Connecting 2 the World

A week later, our university called a special meeting to discuss the closing of our university due to a pandemic that they foresaw in the near future. The Pivot Needless to say, my idea to restart my Blog went by the wayside as we were forced to pivot to online learning.

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