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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. MOOCS (massive online open courses) are different from virtual classes, and are usually offered by colleges and universities. Videos: Why, How, Options.

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Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning

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With so much uncertainty about the 2020–2021 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, one fact remains: The skills and resources that reflective, dedicated teachers need to navigate remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environments are plentiful -- and ever evolving. " A bonus?

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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That’s his explanation for how he thinks about the role of education in the 21st century. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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How a Pandemic Could Change Higher Education

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I was at the National Institutes of Health last year as they were attempting to create massive open online courses and an online platform to help start educating researchers about how to do better research. I’m wondering how alumni can be used here to support these students as we go through this kind of new normal.

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3 Challenges for the Future of Education

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If schools were to develop the skills listed needed for 2020, the hope is that we are not merely preparing our students for the future, but we are preparing them to create a better future. Playing sports taught me leadership skills, work ethic, and how to work with a team. A couple of things about this image.

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5 Ideas for Teaching Students the Most Important Skill They’ll Need

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Learn how to learn. Here’s how to make this easy, from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor: In the past, a university degree provided a majority of graduates with the skills they needed to succeed in their chosen careers. Yet many students do not have a solid understanding of how to effectively go about the process of upskilling.