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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. UDL is an excellent framework that can be used in any classroom.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Student Engagement I’m in social media groups where frustrated teachers recently commented that their grade books looked like “Swiss Cheese” and that many students were just missing during online learning sessions. You can create a community of learners in your school, your department, and through social media.

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Top 5 LMS benefits for HE students

Neo LMS

But an online course accessible through an LMS can include a variety of learning materials — from a recorded video of a lecture to visual graphics, interactive learning scenarios , and even AR or VR elements and 360° simulations. Online collaboration tools. Instant messaging doesn’t have to belong just to social media.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

Mobile learning is about transforming how everyone can access shared knowledge and resources. It’s about mobilizing the learning experience, from being merely seated in a classroom discussing matters with your teacher or stuck with a laptop at home answering online assessments, to taking an assessment while in a cab.

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Code-a-Thon challenges K-8 students to improve coding skills

eSchool News

To participate in the Code-a-Thon, schools simply register to receive free access to EasyTech and EasyCode Basic. Schools are also encouraged to use #codeathon2016 on social media to share their progress and interact with other participants. The school with the highest average number of points per student will be the winner.

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How this state is turning its virtual teachers into online learning experts

eSchool News

The Online and Blended Teacher certification , used by Virtual Arkansas, features eight separate modules covering everything from deep dives into online assessment to appropriate pedagogical strategies for blended collaboration and project-based learning. According to Swan, it’s not for the faint of heart. “It

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

COM ) Achieve3000 Pro offers a patented instructional model that combines summative and embedded formative assessments to differentiate content and instruction, so students always see lessons at their just-right reading level. Judges loved the game’s creativity and its accessibility for students still learning to read.