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IUT Conference 2018 – Holistic approaches to online collaborative learning design

Learning Confluence

tools (tools that allow for multimodal communication, interaction and collaboration as well as online publishing and media creation), or the ‘collaboration web’ (Harasim, 2017) as a design feature for online subjects in higher education. Holistic approaches to online collaborative learning design: Web 2.0

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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today’s post, I am introducing you to blended learning, a concept that is now common parlance within the ‘education speak’ In crafting this comprehensive piece on blended learning, I delved deep into academic literature, drawing on peer-reviewed research papers to create an authoritative and informative post.

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

I believe that all classes, regardless of grade level including through graduate school, should begin with focusing on having the students make connections between themselves and the educator; and between one another. I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. You are important as a learner in this class.

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How Nontraditional Educators Will Influence Digital Learning #DLNchat

Edsurge

What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future of digital learning. calimorrison) October 9, 2018.

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Global Leadership Week 2018 | Participate March 19 - 23

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a weeklong convening of virtual and face to face events designed to celebrate leadership through global action in K20 education. It will take place March 19 - 23, 2018. GLW is designed for students, teachers, teacher educators, non-profit personnel and those in the corporate world.

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Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2018

Technology Tidbits

Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2018 YO Teach! With Today's Meet shutting down this year, Palms created a very user friendly tool for creating a "backchannel" that can be used in any number of ways in education. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard.

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Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 03/07/2018 - 10:00. Though city superintendents rank themselves higher for recruiting educators, they are on par with rural superintendents for retaining them. Virtual teachers were also the solution for a teacher shortage in Georgia’s Bibb County School District, Education Week reports. Collaboration. CDW Segment.

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