Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

This presents myriad opportunities to engage students in active learning online. Given the critical role that discussion plays in meaning-making, many teachers are experimenting with using their video conferencing sessions to engage students in conversations about texts, videos, podcasts, and online resources. .

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 2, 2020

A few weeks ago, I published a blog titled “ 8 Ideas Designed to Engage Students In Active Learning Online.” Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 When working with kids remotely, it’s essential to infuse fun into online learning.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

For any task that feels impossible, adding pieces of social engagement and active learning can be a significant variable toward success. For many university students, participating in an online math course brings about the distressing emotions of a monumental chore. Online Learning, 27(1), 263-291. Gierdowski,D.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

For any task that feels impossible, adding pieces of social engagement and active learning can be a significant variable toward success. For many university students, participating in an online math course brings about the distressing emotions of a monumental chore. Online Learning, 27(1), 263-291. Gierdowski,D.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Now is the time to fully embrace how physical classrooms can be improved by online techniques. Making Learning Active Students, in particular, seem sold on the upsides of techniques they encountered during online learning. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2020

UWorld, an online learning tool for high-stakes exams, is offering a free, full-length PSAT practice exam that familiarizes students with the format and content of the real test. Each question answered will provide the student with a detailed explanation of the answer choices to help students actively learn and retain concepts.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

She is bilingual (Spanish), Google certified, and passionate about leveraging her 15 years of experience to modernize teaching and learning. Through the use of digital tools and blended learning techniques, she has created a student-centered environment in which her students engage and thrive in active learning online and offline.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Thats why success in online learning doesnt just rely on intelligence or curriculum. In this blog, well explore 17 study tips for online learning. This is perhaps one of the most important study tips for online learning. Real learning happens when the student engages with the material.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

UWorld , the worldwide leader in online learning to prepare for high-stakes exams, today announced the launch of AP ® (Advanced Placement ® ) Learning Tools , a new College Readiness solution to help educators enhance instruction, improve student performance, and effectively prepare for AP exams. About UWorld.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2023

This is a great addition to the many resources now available in our BenQ Boards and is another step in bridging the gap between traditional teaching methods and cutting-edge technology that will help teachers shape the future of learning.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person. Learning design is a discipline,” she says.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Whether its a 60-second TikTok on the French Revolution, a deep-dive YouTube documentary on climate change, or a TED Talk about emotional intelligence, young minds are tuning in and learning, often more effectively than traditional methods ever allowed. This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

From Distraction to Connection: How Social Media is Changing Education Online learning has exploded in recent years , and with it, the digital ecosystems that surround it. Especially in K12 online schools, its proving to be a tool not just for engagement, but for connection, creativity, and even collaboration. Chief among them?

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. For a couple of decades, I championed online learning for its ability to uproot entrenched ideas in education, especially by engaging students in active learning, a pedagogical style rarely practiced on campus. Or so I thought.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

On top of all these challenges, higher education itself is, of course, seeing a variety of potential disrupters emerge, all powered at least in part through online learning. Second, schools could use online learning technologies as a sustaining innovation to improve learning and control costs.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

CoderZ is an innovative and engaging online learning environment. The Association for Computing Machinery founded CSTA as part of its commitment to K-12 computer science education. For more information, visit csteachers.org, or email. About CoderZ.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Indeed, studies have shown that video learning has positive outcomes on multiple levels, including increased motivation and deeper learning, and can specifically impact students’ ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems. Site Licensing. LMS Integration.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s becoming more common to take online classes or blend traditional with online learning. Institutions now use LMS software to deliver courses online. There are two ways of delivery of online learning which are through a) asynchronous or self-paced b) synchronous or instructor-led online courses.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Here, students engage with instructional content, such as pre-recorded lectures or readings, at home, freeing up class time for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises. Moreover, inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, explore topics independently, and seek answers through experimentation and research.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Designing accessible, attractive and sustainable online learning programs is no longer difficult: you need to chunk it, make it mobile-perfect, develop effective active learning student activities, and create high-end class content that does not require much updating,” he tweeted.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Why is classroom learning more effective? In examining classroom learning vs. online learning, classroom learning is often deemed more effective due to its immersive and interactive nature. Is classroom learning better than online learning? However, online learning also has its drawbacks.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online education has revolutionized the way individuals access and engage with learning opportunities, providing flexibility and convenience that traditional institutions cannot always offer. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online education has revolutionized the way individuals access and engage with learning opportunities, providing flexibility and convenience that traditional institutions cannot always offer. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. Nori Barajas-Murphy, Online Learning Consortium Ours is a culture that prizes prizes—Pulitzers and Pritzkers and Nobels of all stripes. Not insignificantly, the award came with a cash prize of $100,000.

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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. “A Randomized Assessment of Online Learning.”

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal. In contrast, flipped learning involves students learning material on their own first, reserving class time for group activities and active learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

DLNchat-ters offered ideas about how to better use tools for online discussions. Use active learning techniques. Design online discussions around experiences (games, virtual trips, etc. DLNchat is co-hosted by the Online Learning Consortium , WCET , Tyton Partners and EDUCAUSE.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2019

First at Stevens Institute of Technology and later at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where I was dean of online learning at both schools, we decided to do it ourselves, built an in-house unit, hiring experts in instructional design, digital recruitment and other virtual crafts, enrolling 30,000 online students in about 20 years.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2016

Through consistent support and feedback and flexibility in scheduling, the OPEN NH program , run by the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education since 2005, offers high-quality, seven-week online professional development courses that focus on content and pedagogical knowledge, and emphasize active learning.

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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. “A Randomized Assessment of Online Learning.”

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

The purpose of online asynchronous teaching is not meant to replicate the in-seat classroom format but to encourage using creative, imaginative, and experimental opportunities in the online environment. Online Learning, 22(2), 197-220. Journal of Instructional Research , 7 (1). link] Gurley, L.E. Abu-Moghli, F.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Today, Robertson’s course consists of 150 to 200 online modules, each of which includes a video presentation , a section from his own book Marketing Fundamentals for Future Professionals , and—coming soon—an active learning exercise. See sidebar, “Robertson’s Content Options for Hybrid Courses.”) Consider that version 2.0.

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