eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of K-12 and college students have transitioned to online learning. Because online learning cannot easily foster the social and emotional connections that in-person learning does, students have a more difficult time staying motivated in classes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. More broadly, it is an era of surging demand for online postsecondary learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.” As those hiring methods go digital, they could speed adoption of new kinds of microcredentials and digital badges designed to show employers the fine-grained skills achieved during educational programs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The post Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers – SULS097 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode and blog post, I am sharing asynchronous learning tips for teachers. Asynchronous online learning is a powerful tool for teachers. Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. Click To Tweet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Young children learn the most important things not by being told but by constructing knowledge for themselves in interaction with the physical world and with other children – and the way they do this is by playing.” Playing was taking my bicycle apart, putting Legos together, and learning as many facts about cars as I could.

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Wired Campus

JUNE 9, 2015

A few colleges are trying a new incentive to get professors to participate in professional-development workshops: digital badges. The University of Central Florida has been experimenting with badges for its technology workshops as well. The badge, he said, “has value if you think it has value.”.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The post The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2021 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts and podcast episodes from 2021. A special thank you to all the Shake Up Learning readers and listeners. Student Portfolios with Google Sites.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

HOBOKEN – Pearson , the world’s leading learning company, announced today that Connections Academy , its K-12 online school program will expand its slate of college and career readiness initiatives for middle and high school students. About Pearson At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to add life to a lifetime of learning.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 11, 2021

The post 20 Ways to Use Google Drawings in the Classroom – SULS092 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Special thanks to Cam Ross for writing a review of Blended Learning with Google. Learn how it works here.) Watch this quick video to learn how! Subscribe to Shake Up Learning on YouTube.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

but should be) – SULS0148 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at H?para. para We provide teachers with tools to build flexible, personalized digital learning environments so they can power awesome learning. . but should be).

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Change is the end result of all true learning. – When times like this creep up, we must resort to a tactic that incentivizes their learning by offering them treats, or (in my house) bribes to get them to be good students both in school and at home. Incentivizing learning works wonders for small children.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Change is the end result of all true learning. – When times like this creep up, we must resort to a tactic that incentivizes their learning by offering them treats, or (in my house) bribes to get them to be good students both in school and at home. Incentivizing learning works wonders for small children. Leo Buscaglia.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

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.”. Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

In this context, educators must be especially mindful that our uses of technology do not undermine meaningful learning. Relationships underpin all of the “Big Six” experiences, which include “a professor who made me excited about learning” and “professors who cared about me as a person.”

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2018– Education Design Lab (the Lab), a national non-profit leader in the design and implementation of new learning models, announced today that it has accepted seven institutions, each with at least one employer partner, into the first, highly selective # TeeUpTheSkills cohort. Sign up to join here.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

Dr. Brian Tinsley, Digital Promise Senior Research and Communications Associate for Adult Learning, described micro-credentialing as an evidence-based digital pathway to personalized and on-demand learning, with certification that demonstrates mastery of a specific skill or set of skills. Navigating Challenges.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The initial focus of Collective Shift is LRNG , a movement to create a 21st-century ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, work-based, and online learning opportunities that are visible and accessible to all. To learn more about the LRNG movement, visit www.LRNG.org and follow #WeAreLRNG.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Online PD Course Findings.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. . all of which is happening online. includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. .

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

We’ve heard a lot of talk these days about open educational resources and online courses and how these platforms can make high-quality learning available for all. The code.org campaign has been touting the potential of online courses to teach kids how to code. This article was originally featured on BoingBoing.

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IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. The inverse relationship between learner autonomy and course structure is important to keep in mind as we design for emerging distance learning models. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. In addition to portfolios, MyMantl will offer digital badging tools, competency-based education program designers and job tools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 8th Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Learn how you can create an immersive rich math environment for your baby.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015. Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. by Class Central. via Canvas.net.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The learn-to-code company has raised $4.6 Juni Learning has raised $790,000 from Arielle Zuckerberg, Jessica Livingston, Adora Cheung, and Deborah Quazzo for – you guessed it – private tutoring. SNHU and LRNG are merging “to Create ‘ WeWork for Education ’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Try learning styles, maybe. Priorities. ” “U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

His computer science courses covered topics like programming, machine learning and artificial intelligence; Chibwe even did a project on recommendation algorithms for an online library. Half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in college at work; 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college.

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