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Technology in Schools – Future Changes in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

VLEs are fast becoming an irreplaceable tool for teachers and we’ve yet to see their full potential. They’ve aided the beginnings of ‘flippedclassrooms – where students view video lectures or read background material at home and spend their class time being guided through exercises, projects, or discussions on the material.

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

CMS – Content Management System (a tool to build websites and apps). FC – Flipped Classroom ( click here for my guide to flipping lessons ). FL – Flipped Learning ( click here for my guide to flipping lessons ). CIPA – Children’s Internet Protection Act. COPPA – Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

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A Case For Flipping Learning—Without Videos

Edsurge

The MOOC is an extension of the on-campus course—it was really just making our on-campus experience public and open for anyone to follow,” says Barba. These days the professor considers herself an advocate of “the non-video school of MOOCs.” Then experience how it works, and maybe next semester do it for two weeks.”.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

We’ve asked 3 Bett show speakers about their views on the tried-and-tested flipped classroom approach, which has been used to boost learning results from K-12 all the way through higher education for over 25 years. Below you’ll find professional insight into: What is a flipped classroom approach?

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

Ostensibly, learning is an individual goal, and each student does tend to learn in their own way, using their own favoured approaches and tools. With the increasing popularity of such movements as the Flipped Classroom , and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), other more radical formal learning space configurations are taking place.

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EdSurge HigherEd Welcomes Jeff Young

Edsurge

EdSurge: MOOCs, MOOCs, MOOCs! Young: Long live MOOCs! But as it turns out, massive online classes are still with us—my wife and I are slowly making our way through a philosophy MOOC from the University of Copenhagen. And that helped open the door for new approaches both on and off campus. So what happened here?

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29 Sessions to Watch During This Year's SXSW EDU

Edsurge

The Future of Learning: Convergence of VR, AR, & AI : Treating future technologies as complementary, rather than separate, tools is the best path toward immersive learning. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

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