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Enhance Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces

Catlin Tucker

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. Virtual social learning spaces create opportunities for the social and academic aspects of learning to collide. for a unit or text.

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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

eSchool News

Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. As part of that mission, we knew we needed innovative furnishings for the learning environments, which would go hand-in-hand with that work. Create spaces specific to grade levels.

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4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces

eSchool News

I wanted each area to include furniture that would best fit the students’ needs as they came in to use those spaces. In our English literacy content space, for example, the collaborative learning spaces need more of a “library feel,” complete with sofa-type furniture and soft seating.

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5 ways to create an inviting, engaging multipurpose learning space

eSchool News

Key points: Modernize existing spaces to support diverse learning needs for all students 4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces How to create engaging active learning environments For more news on learning spaces, see eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We always knew that it would be great to have a dedicated space for students who needed (..)

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5 essentials for an active learning classroom

eSchool News

Identified by EDUCAUSE as a top strategic technology , active learning classrooms (ALCs) go beyond just outfitting learning spaces with technology. These engaging, dynamic spaces provide new pedagogical opportunities, support active learning, and help students develop relevant skills.

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How flexible learning spaces improve active learning

eSchool News

Within those spaces, students work in teams to design and build parts for forestry machines, market a college radio station, or even launch their own start-up company. To complete these activities, they use the same technologies that professionals in those fields would use to do their jobs.

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9 ways to honor diversity and cultivate safe learning spaces

eSchool News

For students, feeling safe emotionally and physically in their learning environment is fundamental. When schools actively honor students’ cultures and identities, they fulfill these basic safety needs, allowing students to focus more fully on their academic and personal growth.