article thumbnail

10 Tools for Increasing Engagement in Online Courses

Nik Peachey

In the initial rush to get learning online many organisations got themselves a Moodle platform and then attached a whole load of PDFs and.docs, added some forums and the odd video clip and called it an online course. It's no surprise then that drop out rates for online learning courses have been so high.

Course 61
article thumbnail

A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

KITABOO seamlessly integrates with Google Classroom to deliver robust content securely

Kitaboo on EdTech

Related read: 10 Must-Have Features of an Online Education Platform. With all its capabilities and features, Google Classroom can emerge as a powerful tool for online learning only when it is integrated with a third-party tool or content publishing and delivery platform such as KITABOO. Why KITABOO?

Google 52
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Anyway, looks like we’re back to referring to SoFi as a “student loan provider” and not some other new-fangled fin-tech darling. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.”