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Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

As I’ve embraced blended learning, I have transformed many of my whole group, teacher-led lessons into student-centered, student-paced learning experiences using different blended learning models. The playlist model presents students with a sequence of learning activities that they self-pace through.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

eSchool News

“Games are among childrens favorite activities, especially for primary school students. “Several empirical studies have confirmed that students in gamified learning environments achieve higher levels of motivation and cognitive engagement compared to those in traditional classroom settings” (Dehghanzadeh et al.,

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The Case for ‘Edtech Minimalism’ in an Age of Distance Learning

Edsurge

They allow me to not only minimize the complexity of digital learning, but also help ensure that when students do use them, they are doing so as part of an active learning process. But the reality is that this type of screen time isn’t as active as it could be. Instead, there is a great deal of complexity between the two.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

Edsurge

After all, one can use the phrase “adaptive” to describe the California DMV computer-based exam because an algorithm dynamically selects the next multiple choice question based on the user’s performance thus far. Like great teachers, thoughtful instructional design teams see patterns in how people learn. Is that adaptive?

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How Faculty Can ‘Click’ Their Way to a More Inclusive Classroom

Edsurge

If used thoughtfully, we’ve seen that CRSs can help facilitate active learning in a classroom. TTQs help students accurately gauge areas they might need to shore up prior to the next assessment and understand the level of depth required to solve a question. What do we mean by an inclusive classroom? Play with the polls.

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QR Codes for Quick Student Engagement

Faculty Focus

QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities. They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Students’ short answers are anonymous.

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Let’s Take a Poll: Working Towards a More Equitable Classroom

Faculty Focus

Immediate feedback is a successful engagement strategy that promotes active learning and fosters a supportive, inclusive classroom, especially when used with low stakes assignments or to gauge transfer of knowledge (Epstein & Brosvic, 2002, Goldstein & Wallis, 2015). Kahoot Many of you are probably familiar with Kahoot.,