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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Then, we’ll provide you with a few tips and strategies for improving your students’ intrinsic motivation. Before we explore how to motivate your students to learn, let’s go over the difference between two types: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Research also suggests that online learning can encourage intrinsic motivation.[1]

Strategy 275
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From China To America: How Online Learning Is Connecting Cultures

EdNews Daily

Online learning is not new. However, learning and teaching English across borders is still in its infancy, and continues to grow every day. At 51Talk, based out of China, American teachers are sharing their stories about lessons, culture, and even how they’re making money online at home teaching.

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The 5 Strategies States Should Pursue Now to Make the Most of Future EdTech Investments in ESSA

Doug Levin

While opportunities to advance technology-enabled or -enhanced school reform and improvement efforts appear throughout ESSA (and are in no way precluded as a strategy anywhere in the bill), it is Title IV that presents the most direct opportunity for state leadership. Offering online learning?

Strategy 231
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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. To address absenteeism, school administrators have turned to outside groups to help implement data-informed intervention and outreach strategies.

Strategy 190
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Understanding Teacher Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

2007; Klassen, Perry & Frenzel, 2012; McIlveen & Perera, 2016; Perera, Granziera, et al., It’s critical to understand what teacher engagement is and what factors positively impact teacher engagement if we are going to attract and retain talented teachers.

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Mentoring for Digital Leadership in California Adult Educators

Digital Promise

I have been extremely fortunate to be a part of OTAN’s Digital Leadership Academy (DLAC ), first as a participant in 2016, and now as a coach to mentor other adult educators in meeting their program goals. Each team is also assigned a coach for brainstorming, guidance, and networking.

Education 241
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Expand Technology Integration and Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

adults ages 18–65—around 118 million—perform at or below the lowest proficiency levels in problem solving in technology rich environments ( National Center for Education Statistics, 2016 ). While there is limited use of paid learning software, there is widespread use of free online learning resources.