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Actionable advice for educators to move to online learning

Neo LMS

You’re getting comfortable with a new schedule, technology, and online grading. But, you still need a little help navigating the seas of e-learning. So, here’s actionable advice that you can use as a compass as you create a productive system for online learning. This is the future outlook of distance learning.

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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

Others, like genius hour and bite-sized learning, are recently arrived educational trends that may have a helpful place in your classroom. This year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to adjust their curriculum, many teachers, students, and parents gained new appreciation for the value of self-care.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Research also suggests that online learning can encourage intrinsic motivation.[1] 1] In part, this is because online learning often involves some level of independence—and independent learning is also linked to motivated students.[12] Research also suggests that online learning can encourage intrinsic motivation.[1]

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Impact funds pour money into ed tech businesses

The Hechinger Report

In September 2019, a young Canadian ed tech company called Classcraft announced that it had raised $7.5 One of the main things Classcraft plans to do with its new money is build its sales force to sell its gamification software for social-emotional learning to schools. Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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10 Must-Have Features of an Online Education Platform

Kitaboo on EdTech

Every vendor claims to have the best learning platform which benefits students and teachers. What then, is the differentiating factor which you should look for while selecting an online learning platform? Here in this blog, we will highlight some of the features that must be present in a learning platform.

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8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact

Kitaboo on EdTech

They can comment on someone else’s post or share links to other websites, all the while building peer networks and enhancing the online learning experience. Teachers allow the use of social media as part of the learning model because it helps students to stay interested in their course and increases engagement.

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BreakoutEDU: More Than a Time-Filling Game

Shake Up Learning

When I talk about games in the classroom, I am not referring to online learning drill programs (or a.k.a © Shake Up Learning 2019. Much of the population sees kids on a screen or playing games as a waste of time, but “gamifying” our classrooms can prove to be beneficial if done carefully and appropriately.