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Should you build your own LMS?

eSchool News

No longer relegated to using textbooks as their core instructional materials, teachers look to their institutions for help selecting, aggregating, and then delivering relevant content to their pupils. Of course, if the district has the right level of financing and support, the do-it-yourself LMS route is actually within reach.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using YouTube in the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

Suppose a video from YouTube cannot be included in a learning management system (LMS) or an online class. Asking your students to search YouTube to uncover instructional films pertinent to their needs is another way to encourage students to engage in self-directed learning. YouTube has more instructional videos than the LC.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

Edsurge

And look at examples of tangible rather than screen-based technologies that have been produced by groups like Paulo Blikstein’s Transformative Learning Technologies Lab. Get a lay of the technological landscape, but don’t let your LMS hold you hostage.

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Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Student Centered : Instructional materials shows student how to make their own trip. Highlights : Use in or out of an LMS, Great resources included. About : Classroom quiz game that allows for group learning and individual reflection. Highlights : Trading Cards and Bio Cube, Over 50 interactives, Hundreds of lessons.

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Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

Edsurge

Furthermore, it requires the collection of reliable data that is easily communicated across stakeholder groups. From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material. is in learning management systems (LMS).

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Comments on the US DoEd Proposed Rule – Open Textbook Pilot Program

Iterating Toward Openness

It is also true that the overwhelming majority of non-LMS technology platforms that provide adaptive, assessment, and other complementary capabilities are neither openly licensed nor freely available. This would be a horrible consequence. Licensing of Ancillary Resources. Technical Assistance Providers.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Formative Assessment

Graphite Blog

This means different activities or guided instruction for different groups of students. Students still attempting mastery could receive additional guided practice or additional instructional materials like multimedia resources or smaller "chunks" of content.