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

Catlin Tucker

Playlist Activity Description Overview Slideshow This is a slideshow overview of the playlist with instructions and links. Students Warm-up Poll Create a poll or multiple choice question in Mentimeter or Google Classroom to get students thinking about the topic or theme of the video.

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

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But when it comes to education and technology, this prevailing hypothesis is proving itself to be flawed. You might be wondering how this is possible—how one might actually minimize their dependence on education technology in an era of remote instruction and screen-dependent learning. That may seem counterintuitive.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

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In the technology world, “smart” is often synonymous with “better” or “more advanced.” So it stands to reason that using the term “smart” to describe the application of technology within college courses might have a similar connotation. We speak of smartwatches, smartphones, and smart TVs. Designed Adaptivity. Is that adaptive?

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

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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

In my work supporting faculty, I have learned that professors always appreciate strategies to make their teaching more efficient. Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In this case, I am proposing using technology that we already use in our daily lives and applying it to our classrooms.

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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.,

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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.,