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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today’s post, I am introducing you to blended learning, a concept that is now common parlance within the ‘education speak’ In crafting this comprehensive piece on blended learning, I delved deep into academic literature, drawing on peer-reviewed research papers to create an authoritative and informative post.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

So, it should not be surprising that only 27% of 8th and 12th-grade students earned a score of proficient in writing in the last report published in 2011 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The lack of focus on writing in education is baffling, given the positive impacts of writing on learning. Shanahan, T.

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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance. Blended Learning. Personalized Learning. Why keep an eye on personalized learning?

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

web links, images, and even instructional audio to support students and give them a variety of ways to learn and review information. As the teachers reading this post will know, we need to ensure that students are learning as the teaching process proceeds. Student Participation and Practice All the Way. On the Fly Editing.

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Focusing on the Process: Letting Go of Product Expectations

User Generated Education

When learning is viewed as a product, and the same performance measure applies to all students, learning facilitation can be reduced to cookie-cutter teaching: same pieces of information and instruction are seen sufficient for all students. And that is okay, honestly. We are not clones. Students shouldn’t be treated like ones.

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

In the next couple of years, I was informally involved with the writing of the book, mainly serving as a sounding board to one of its co-authors, Michael Horn. It also helped launch KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles whose blended design was Anthony Kim’s first project that led to the formation of Education Elements.

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

The answer may seem obvious, but helping students learn to listen can give them advantages you might not expect. For example, students with strong listening skills don’t just retain more information, but they are also less likely to feel unprepared and frustrated in class.[11,12 Self-efficacy and academic listening. Colombi, A.G.,

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