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Case Study 4.7: ?Global Learning and Teacher Education – Leigh Zeitz

Learning Confluence

The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching. It is also a collection of anecdotes, inspiring examples, case studies and resources. Case Study 4.7: ?Global Click here to download the full Case Study in PDF Format. Click here to find out more. Dr Leigh Zeitz.

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HE Challenges: Combating declining completion rates

Neo LMS

Preferring to offer up innovative case studies from across the HE sector (rather than just discuss the issue) today’s blog will look at declining completion rates, and ways in which some universities are addressing them. While the 2011 completion rate shows an uptick of 2.1% Public (two-year) community colleges: 38%.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

Did you know that despite similar interests and abilities in STEM subjects (defined here as science, technology, engineering, and math), women are considerably less likely to end up in STEM careers? Additionally, one case study found that STEM programs can decrease gender gaps and improve interest and confidence in STEM for all students.

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Learning Math Should be Fun and Engaging

A Principal's Reflections

Through the use of technology, collaborative learning exercises, and teaching mathematical concepts in the real-world and interdisciplinary context, she has managed to successfully work towards creating this desired positive and energetic blended learning environment.

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Can EdTech enable Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?

Neo LMS

In 2011, the journal Child Development published a meta-analysis of over 213 evidence-based SEL studies, and found that: participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11-percentile-point gain in achievement. On Social Emotional Learning.

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