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How can Teachers Increase Social Learning While Teaching Online?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Gamification in a virtual classroom. Smaller groups enable more effective study and learning, online. Gamification in a virtual classroom. Gamification is one of the best methods to increase online peer connectivity and social learning. These LMSs may have the following features: Virtual Classroom + e-Breakout rooms.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Taking note of the importance of social learning, some LMSs have begun to add features to promote social learning, for those students who are studying online. Multi-user video conferencing /Live classroom sessions and webinars. Seminars held online, are called webinars. Gamification and Virtual Reality.

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

Second, the introduction of gamification. Initially thought by some experts and even teachers as a gimmick , gamification quickly caught the interest of the ed tech world, because the best way to teach students is to play games. And mixing up gaming with learning makes the latter even more fun. The possibilities are endless.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, while discussing the next steps for schools this fall with two instructional designers in the webinar “10 Ways to Move Learning Forward”, we identified ten considerations for school. I’ve embedded the webinar below for you to review.)

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. So that leaves a lot of districts without that specific support.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. So that leaves a lot of districts without that specific support.

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A State-Wide Model for Online Professional Learning

edWeb.net

Faced with implementing new standards and inquiry-based instruction for over 180 school districts and over 30,000 social studies teachers with a department of two people, the social studies team at the Georgia Department of Education turned to virtual learning communities on edWeb.net to reach Georgia teachers and leaders. The results.