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How Nontraditional Educators Will Influence Digital Learning #DLNchat

Edsurge

What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future of digital learning.

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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

One of the biggest factors driving recent interest in the metaverse has been Facebook’s decision to invest heavily in this area and re-branding of the platform as ‘Meta.’ In general, education in the metaverse relies on the use of avatars, digital representations of users, which students can use to interact with one another.

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Rigor, Grit, Collaboration: Teachers Share Why Buzzwords Don’t Always Inspire

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So a couple of weeks ago, I posed a question to my friends on Facebook : Which education buzzwords drive you crazy, and why? I posed a question to my friends on Facebook: Which education buzzwords drive you crazy, and why? 44 comments and countless replies later, my Facebook friends encouraged me to write about what unfolded.

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The Post-LMS World: Social, Simple, Modern, Mobile and Student-centric

Edsurge

Learning is the product of inputs from students and instructors. Learning happens as a result of interaction with course content—reflection, writing, dialogue, creation and collaboration. Learning can happen when students are alone, but often it occurs as a result of interactions between them.

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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

techlearning

Today's students are using technology to collaborate, learn, research, and communicate while at school. Blended and personalized learning with digital tools has flooded classrooms, but most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship as requirements for teacher certification.

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The Neuroscience of Surprise and How It Improves Learning?

The CoolCatTeacher

Today we will discuss how surprise applies to learning. Head to Lum.io, an award-winning digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences for more information and to sign up for FREE. To learn about Lumio and how to sign up for FREE, head to to LUM.IO

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Oklahoma’s Edmond Public Schools Chooses Discovery Education to Support New Digital Conversion Strategy

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This new six-year partnership, which provides a unique combination of customized professional learning services and the award-winning Math Techbook to teachers and students in grades 6-12, will help change the way teachers teach and students learn through the use of technology across the district.