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Closing the digital use divide with active and engaging learning

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Active learning with technology involves the use of edtech tools and digital resources to discover, analyze, and apply learning. Passive learning doesn’t help students develop future-ready skills, like critical thinking or creativity, in the same way active learning does.

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Textbooks optional: What unbundling and BYOD mean for learning technology

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How do we ensure that all students have access to the technology needed to participate in an classroom activity? Surprisingly, however, offering a BYOD program to students can actually make it easier to fund in-school technology for those who can’t bring from home.

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Digital Experiential Learning: 7 Steps to Transform Ordinary Classroom Activities

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7 Steps to a Genially Transformation In a rapidly changing educational landscape with a focus on developing and nurturing future-ready learners, it is vital for educators to inject experiential learning into our classrooms whenever possible. To learn how to use the new add-on, take a look at the quick and free Genially Academy course.

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Function Follows Form: How Two Colleges Redesigned the Classroom for Active Learning

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Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. One of IU’s early redesign efforts saw it transform an old indoor swimming pool.

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Blended Learning: What It Is and What It Is Not

Catlin Tucker

Blended learning is active, engaged learning online combined with active, engaged learning offline to give students more control over the time, place, pace, and path of their learning. A technology-rich classroom does not equate to blended learning. Let’s start with a clear definition.

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MiEN Company Releases New Guide on Creating Active Learning Spaces

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To help educators make the most of new teaching strategies and tools, MiEN Company has published “ A Guide to Creating Dynamic Active Learning Spaces.”. It shares the example of MySchool@Kent in Grand Rapids, Michigan, how it adapted one of its classrooms and the resulting change in student learning. About MiEN Company.

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

Blended learning is “active, engaged learning online combined with active, engaged learning offline to give students more control over time, place, pace, and/or path of their learning.” They are not passive consumers but rather active participants.