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5 key components of successful online courses

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Related post: Leading eLearning and a Future Ready library opportunity. Most people assume the move to online courses means students are logging on to the learning management system to take reading quizzes tied to their assigned textbook chapters and posting in the discussion board in line with weekly modules as their schedules allow.

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This school is using ‘Shark Tank’ to teach research and presentation skills

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The school used public funding to add an eLearning library environment for students this year. Students are broken down into small groups and assigned a popular current product. From there, they’re asked to research the product, create a presentation and then deliver the presentation to the class.

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iPads keep students connected, even on snow days

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How students still complete assignments on off-days at one district thanks to their iPads. Keys to Successful Mobile Learning McClatchy Mobile and Handheld Technologies News Top News blended learning byod elearning ipads one-to-one snow days' Next page: Working through the home access hurdle.

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Should you build your own LMS?

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The company has assigned a small team of its engineers to work with California-based Summit Public Schools to develop a “Personalized Learning Plan” designed to deliver content and assignments online. Powell points to Facebook’s recent move into the K-12 space as an example.

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Shifting to a Digital Teaching Model? Here’s Some Advice

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I remember scrambling to learn all I could about the features of Blackboard and reviewing all of my textbook’s eLearning-related ancillaries, assigning self-paced modules and online quizzes to my students. It required me to really rethink teaching, and how best to do it in a digital environment.

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How to Teach With Videos

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Some of the best ways to teach with video are including them in your lesson plans, assigning video creation as homework or an in-class activity, using video responses as a way to assess your students, flipping your classroom with video content, and elearning or virtual teaching. eLearning and Virtual Teaching.

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How to Clean Up Google Classroom for the Summer

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You can do this on an individual assignment basis, but that might prove to be a huge job, with loads of assignments. ” You’ll then see your classes with assignments that have either been assigned, turned in, or graded. This allows them to keep the assignment even if you delete it all on your end.

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