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The Benefits of a Just-in-Time Flipped Class

Fractus Learning

As they say on their website : Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT for short) is a teaching and learning strategy based on the interaction between web-based study assignments and an active learner classroom. And … it integrates complexity into a fairly traditional, linear course of study. I use Google Forms to construct this online assessment.

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

NeverEndingSearch

All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry. And they could be critical for baseline analysis of student skills and formative assessment.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. In 2013, Intel acquired Kno for $15 million — for “ pennies on the dollar ,” said one analyst — and rebranded the software as the Intel Education Study App. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Phoenix ’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost.” A big maybe,” says New America.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Education Week : “High-achieving North Carolina 8th graders who took Algebra 1 online performed worse than similar students who took the course in a traditional classroom, according to a new study from researchers at Northwestern University.”