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Formative Assessment: Collecting Data & Designing Differentiated Learning Experiences in Class or Online

Catlin Tucker

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The more formative assessment data a teacher collects, the more effective they’ll be in differentiating learning experiences to meet a diverse group of students’ needs.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom. He has helped schools, universities, organizations, and governments all over the world introduce active and flipped learning into their contexts. Jon has written and co-authored ten books that have been translated into thirteen languages. There's research.

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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Instead, they can spend more time facilitating learning and working directly with small groups of students.

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3 Before Me: A Teaching method that boosts student independence and raises team players

Neo LMS

Within the 3 Before Me method, students are encouraged to find answers in the classroom: books, the internet, their peers. Some feel more comfortable with books, others will prefer the internet, others will ask their classmates. They truly believe that progress is possible. Read more: What’s edtech got to do with growth mindset?

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Lessons From Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Failures

Edsurge

It isn’t foolproof though, and in a new book Talbert gives a frank look into his classroom experiences, and his tips on how to avoid flipped failure. It’s called “ Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty.” What made you first decide to try a “flipped classroom” approach to teaching?

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Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning

Neo LMS

I’m talking about the humble book. So the only way to go about this was to write a book. Writing a book is a form of asynchronous learning: you as an educator write it all down, people buy your book and read it, all while you — the author — are not in the same place with them, at the same time. And so I did.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.”