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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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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

What distinguishes micro-credentials from traditional PD workshops is the way in which teachers and educational leaders provide evidence of learning. Traditional PD uses an attendance sheet as the primary measurement of “learning”. 2016, May). Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning. 6, 2016, pp.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Preconference workshop. Online learning is on the rise.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school. percent (about 150 students) percent during the 2016-2017 school year.

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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

The Hechinger Report

Related: When it comes to liberal arts education, online learning changes only the tools. Yet, amid tragedy and loss, our students showed up to our weekly online classes to workshop story angles and share ideas. Related: With many schools choosing online learning how can we keep the music alive?

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What Early Blended Learning Pioneers Got Right That Today's Schools Have Forgotten

Edsurge

When I first began blending digital and face-to-face learning, it was easy enough to create a flow between online learning spaces and offline learning. However, I noticed that sometimes my students were not getting as much out of the digital learning platform as I had anticipated.

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Vegas PBS and Nevada Learning Academy Launch Online Career Pathway Courses in Information Technology, Business Management, and Health Science for Students Statewide

techlearning

Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4, 2018 — On March 16, 2016, Governor Brian Sandoval issued an executive order instituting changes regarding workforce development to ensure a highly-skilled, diverse workforce, and to pave the way for innovative workforce development programs that support the labor market needs of Nevada.

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