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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

In relation to the first aim, the most important result is that students in face-to-face arithmetic/statistics courses using Khan Academy resources achieved significantly better exam grades than students who did not use any extra resources (p < 0.05) or those who used open textbooks as an extra resource (p < 0.01).

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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway. K-12 context.

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

Learning Across Modalities The benefit of shorter lectures is well understood by developers of online educational materials who have learned that students often click away or otherwise tune out while watching a recorded class. Get creative with the format of your live or recorded lecturing.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using YouTube in the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

It doesn’t matter whether you’re searching for an engaging “Crash Course” on the United States Constitution or a film to help your pupils comprehend the carbon life cycle; YouTube’s instructional material may assist in implementing any curriculum. YouTube has more instructional videos than the LC.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year. Flipped Classroom.

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Is your classroom ready for BYOD?

Neo LMS

There are apps such as NEO , TED and Khan Academy downloadable from app stores. Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices. Today is different.

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

Educational contents in dynamic videos cover hundreds of topics relevant to learning material used in a blended classroom or flipped classroom. Khan Academy. By watching instructional material beforehand, students come prepared to the classroom; if still confused, students can receive individual help during classroom time.