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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

And allow some flexibility in your assignments so students can spend some time focusing on what they personally find interesting. Research also suggests that online learning can encourage intrinsic motivation.[1] And finally, gamification can have an engaging place in the classroom if intrinsic motivation is prioritized.[4]

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

One source for insights on how to proceed is the cross-pollination that takes place when educators working in separate spheres learn from one another. The success of Khan Academy videos (almost all of which are under 10 minutes) served as a template for creating cutting-edge online-learning experiences, including massive open online courses.

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Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

eSchool News

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. Brightspace Excellence Accessibility Award Winner.

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Creating a Classroom Routine for Online or Hybrid Learning Students

Waterford

These can cover things like: What they will be learning. Consistency is key, especially at the beginning of a school year or the start of online learning. Be sure to do the same routines over and over so students can get used to them. An effective routine is vital for managing workloads for both teachers and students.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Blended learning combines traditional classroom learning with self-paced online learning. Districts using blended learning are at the forefront of using digital content. These pioneers found blended learning to be so effective, they increased use from 42% to 61%. That's a 45% increase in just one year.

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work—Building a Successful Blended Learning Program

Edsurge

The collaborative identified blended learning as one vehicle to implement competency based education and personalize student learning. The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. Evaluate the impact.

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Virtual Learning: Benefits and Challenges

Reading By Example

My personal example is worth noting as we are starting to see from the research coming available that the results of virtual learning, in which students engage in primarily online- mediated learning experiences, are mixed at best. It seems to depend on the purpose for learning. References. Chingos, M.