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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

In picking a visualization, make sure students have experience with it as a necessary knowledge base on which to build their applications for greater retained learning. Allowing groups to form on their own may not allow for using all the aspects of higher-order cooperation.

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12 multimedia learning tools for the classroom

eSchool News

Multimedia learning tools play an important role in classrooms in a number of ways–including, but not limited to, boosting creativity, encouraging student engagement, and helping students learn to collaborate. Shy students may come out of their shells when allowed to give a presentation via blog post or podcast.

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Curriculum trend: 4 ways to become more competency-based

eSchool News

The teacher circulates the room answering questions, directing students to additional resources and taking notes on student progress. Later the teacher will review the groups work and provide them with feedback directed at the competencies they are working to achieve. Why are students engaged in this work?

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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

In picking a visualization, make sure students have experience with it as a necessary knowledge base on which to build their applications for greater retained learning. Allowing groups to form on their own may not allow for using all the aspects of higher-order cooperation.

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16 multimedia learning tools for the classroom

eSchool News

Multimedia learning tools play an important role in classrooms in a number of ways–including, but not limited to, boosting creativity, encouraging student engagement, and helping students learn to collaborate. Shy students may come out of their shells when allowed to give a presentation via blog post or podcast.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

Group work is a great tool in a STEM teacher’s arsenal, and one of the most important ways that modern teaching is deviating from the traditional lecture (Freeman et al., Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. Form groups strategically.