eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Much STEM and STEAM activity happens in labs. A STEM or STEAM lab is an environment where students, irrespective of grade, can come together and actively participate in hands-on STEM and STEAM learning. These educational spaces encourage active learning and problem solving.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Games are among childrens favorite activities, especially for primary school students. When students get a question wrong, they see the correct answer and have the option for Redemption Questions, giving them another chance to learn from their mistakes. While engaging, the free version of Gimkit is quite limited.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

So, by adding gamification elements during teaching sessions, schools can significantly increase their participation and engagement levels. In addition, gamification can improve student skills such as active learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. It also helps students enhance teamwork and collaboration.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

How do we break this silence and boost student participation in our classroom? Here we’ll dive into strategies to encourage more active participation and examine why participation matters to students and educators. The most widely used strategies use the active learning approach.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Technology that aids in strengthening critical thinking and creativity skills, such as designing something new, is considered superior to passive use, such as watching video or playing simple games. Active learning with technology is best when an adult is guiding and participating side-by-side with the child.”

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are active study strategies? These strategies empower students to take an active role in their learning, enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and academic success. What are active study strategies? What are the active learning strategies? What are 4 study strategies?

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Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

Here are a few tried-and-true active learning strategies to keep students engaged and learning. Think-Pair-Share: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool This strategy is a favorite among teachers who incorporate cooperative learning in their classrooms. Guide them as they analyze evidence and draw conclusions.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

Alternatively, for an open sort activity, students can be asked to create their own categories based on their understanding. Students process vocabulary by grouping and comparing terms, which facilitates active learning and concept formation. I once witnessed a class participating in this activity.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

Providing meaningful choices can help create flexible pathways for learners, allowing them to actively participate in their learning and develop the skills needed to connect and understand new information effectively. Option 1 Take traditional notes Join a small group in-person discussion Practice and application offline (e.g.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Effective teaching strategies encompass a variety of approaches tailored to engage students and promote meaningful learning experiences. One such technique is active learning, where students participate actively in the learning process through discussions, problem-solving tasks, and hands-on activities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. Critical Thinking : Encouraging critical thinking skills is paramount in education.

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Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Elaborative Interrogation : Encouraging students to ask and answer “why” questions about the material deepens understanding and promotes critical thinking. Interleaved Practice : Mixing different topics or types of problems within study sessions promotes deeper learning and generalization of concepts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

This helps our teachers strengthen their practices and participate in ongoing, reflective coaching at their own pace. Vrain Valley School District Career-connected learning will become more important than ever. . The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

The CoderZ professional development program introduces instructors to the concepts of teaching computer science and computational thinking using an online tool. Participants learn robotics and coding best practices as well as strategies to successfully leverage a graphic programming interface.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Another notable strategy is project-based learning, where students tackle real-world problems or tasks to apply and integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines. This approach fosters active learning and allows educators to provide personalized support to students as they apply concepts and address misconceptions in real-time.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Active learning strategies help students take risks and engage deeply with material in a low-pressure environment. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al.,

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Classroom learning is the fundamental mode of education where students gather in a physical space under the guidance of a teacher or instructor to engage in structured learning activities. It serves as a dynamic hub for knowledge exchange, critical thinking development, and social interaction.

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Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

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Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Active learning strategies help students take risks and engage deeply with material in a low-pressure environment. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al.,

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

However, by integrating interactive features like quizzes, hotspots, and branching storylines within the video content, instructors can create interactive videos that transform passive viewing into active learning experiences, resulting in improved student performance by up to 30 percent.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

BenQ Boards Increase Engagement and Interactivity BenQ Boards immediately introduce a new, hands-on way of learning in the classroom. From the display’s antimicrobial screen, students can participate in lessons with enhanced interactivity. They can also choose the pen color, erase, open files, or take screenshots.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

Through a quick conversation with the StrongMind skill, parents are given their student’s course activity, learned subject matter, current grades and a recommended place where parental intervention could have the greatest impact.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It is quite possible to increase the number of seats in a well-designed online class, but for online instructors to build and facilitate student centered courses based on active learning and inclusive pedagogy, there are some important considerations.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As we think about this work, it’s crucial to shift the conversation from merely tracking student attendance to focusing on how students are showing up: how they engage with complex problems, interact with their peers, and connect with adults. — Jonah M. Schenker, Ed.D., –David Baker, Professional Development Coordinator.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

EZWrite is packed with whiteboard features that boost participation. Together, EZWrite and InstaShare provide students with the necessary skills for the future of learning and the workforce; encourage creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking; and build student agency.

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Critical Thinking Interactive Teaching Testing Participation 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

However, by integrating interactive features like quizzes, hotspots, and branching storylines within the video content, instructors can create interactive videos that transform passive viewing into active learning experiences, resulting in improved student performance by up to 30 percent.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Right now most educators are poor judges of deeper, richer technology usage, which is why we see lots of lower-level technology use instead of schools taking advantage of the rich affordances that digital learning technologies could bring to our classrooms. Participant device prerequisites. 10 minutes – We will take a break! |

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It is quite possible to increase the number of seats in a well-designed online class, but for online instructors to build and facilitate student centered courses based on active learning and inclusive pedagogy, there are some important considerations.

Instructors 98

Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. These activities promote critical thinking and application of knowledge. Teacher Development 23, no. 2 (February 27, 2019): 26483.

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Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). The diverse needs of in-person and virtual students must be balanced to ensure equitable learning experiences.

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Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 82

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. These activities promote critical thinking and application of knowledge. Teacher Development 23, no. 2 (February 27, 2019): 26483.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). The diverse needs of in-person and virtual students must be balanced to ensure equitable learning experiences.

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Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 79

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].”

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