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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

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This is a major barrier that prevents faculty from accepting the legitimacy and potential benefits of online learning. However, other faculty have found that online classes open more opportunities to build relationships with students, as communications are not confined to a time and place.

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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

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Cali Morrison added: “I define CBE as personalized pace, mastery-based learning where students demonstrate mastery through authentic assessment and progress as they learn rather than after a set amount of time.”. An assessment that shows knowledge, skill and abilities in context will be a valuable asset,” she tweeted.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

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Instructional Design for Mobile Learning. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum. FLOW Education: Facilitating Learning through Outdoor Watershed Education.

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Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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And because of social distancing, we find ourselves living in world that is even more digital–and the evidence of that shift is all around us. Knowledge work has moved online as professionals work remotely. And workers who are not at desk jobs may be more likely to consume learning in short bites of mobile microlearning.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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