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The Effectiveness of Online Learning Depends on Design

Catlin Tucker

As students of all ages spend more time learning online, it’s worth asking, “How effective is online learning?” ” The answer varies dramatically and depends entirely on the design of the online learning experience. When people tackle everyday challenges, they learn.

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5 Tips for Teaching Online

Catlin Tucker

As teachers embrace their new roles as designers, instructors, and facilitators of online learning, many are grappling the details associated with teaching remotely. Below are five lessons I learned as an online professor that helped me to adapt to and navigate the challenge of teaching online. #1

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

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Looking for an easy way to become a better online instructor? At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. There's not a lot of research on very young children and online learning,” Rice says. “So,

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. The responses always yield the same results.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

When teachers shift from a one-size-all approach to differentiating and personalizing learning, it is natural to consider what individual learners need to make progress toward learning goals. In this first of three blog posts focused on UDL and blended learning, I’ll be focusing specifically on the first principle of engagement.

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5 High-Presence Teaching Tactics for Active Online Learning

Faculty Focus

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. Andriotis, 2015) 5.