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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

Edsurge

The faculty had a hypothesis: If students who enroll in college online could learn under real lab conditions, then they could develop into strong scientists, ready to do advanced research and pursue careers in, say, biotechnology or medicine. ASU couldn’t test this theory by delivering chemicals to students who study online.

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Ideas and Resources for Outdoor Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students spend so much time with their digital devices and indoors. When possible we should provide them opportunities to learn outdoors and play. Below is my slide presentation, Outdoor Learning , full of ideas. Digital Advent Calendar. More Ideas.

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Independent Study Finds that Amplify Science Has Significant Positive Impact on Student Learning

eSchool News

The randomized controlled study focused on physical science for grade 7 and included 28 teachers and more than 1700 students across three districts that served diverse populations. Amplify Science was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify.

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Announcing the 2021 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows

Digital Promise

James Ewing, Grade K-5 STEM/Science and Grade 4 Special Education (New York). David Hoang, Grade 3 STEM/Librarian and Digital Lead Learner (Ontario). Morgan Keena, Grade 7 Social Studies (Idaho). Christian Scott, Middle School Social Studies & Computer Science and Technology Coordinator (Ontario).

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Superhero Activities to Empower Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

Studying superheroes also gets our students excited about reading, writing, science, math, history, and politics. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Superhero STEM Resources! STEM in Hollywood Superhero Activities.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

What is STEM? The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More recently, arts were added to this educational model, as educators believed that art and creativity play an important role in the understanding of the former subjects in the STEM Curriculum , thus changing the acronym from STEM to STEAM.

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