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PROOF POINTS: 114 studies on flipped classrooms show small payoff for big effort

The Hechinger Report

In a flipped classroom, students watch video lectures before class and use class time to work on assignments and group projects. It’s “flipped” because it’s the opposite of the traditional structure in which students first learn from a teacher’s in-class instruction. Over the past decade, flipping has spread across U.S.

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

It’s December, it’s almost the end of the year and it's time to talk about the 2016 e-learning trends. Now let's see what are the top e-learning trends for 2016. Here we go… Cloud classroom In 2015, cloud integration was the norm and most learning resources were already starting to be cloud-integrated.

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Making Meaning in a Course that Students Dread

Turning Learning On Its Head

Students had just completed an open-ended experiential lab-based project at the end of the course, and I decided to interview each student to see what they had learned from the project and the course. Upon reflection and with an honest look, I realized that their lack of making any meaning from the course was my fault.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher’s Summer PD 2016 just ended. The Tech-infused Classroom. We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options.

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8 Types of Blended Learning According to Research

The CoolCatTeacher

Design Your Classroom for Maximum Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Blended learning happens when you mix the face to face classroom with online learning. While flipped classroom is a form of blended learning, it is not the only one.

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7 e-learning trends for educational institutions in 2017

Neo LMS

2016 so far has been a very challenging year, yet also very rewarding. One very good thing of 2016 was that the ed tech world never stopped evolving, not even for a second. This is tightly connected with the flipped classroom technique. Official degrees for online courses. Video-based learning.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

GoConqr

2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges. In 2016, I believe the world of edtech will explore new ways to create active learning environments that inspire engagement and innovative thinking.