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How to flip the classroom and create avid learners

eSchool News

In-class time is then dedicated to engaging with the learning in a variety of activities, such as discussions, debates, activities focused on projects or problems, or laboratory exercises. The main point is that the live lecture is dispensed with.

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Remote Science Instruction in High School Biology and Chemistry

eSchool News

The FLEX program uses a unique blend of hands-on investigations, teacher-led digital demonstrations and digital student investigations to ensure safety, authentic data collection, and valuable laboratory experiences. Some labs contain both a hands-on portion and a digital portion for a true blended-learning experience.

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Virtual Classrooms and VR Help Schools Get Qualified Teachers

EdTech Magazine

“We have this interactive, true, authentic classroom environment that allows teachers to practice their teaching,” Richard Lamb, a lead researcher on the training project and an associate professor and director of the Neurocognition Science Laboratory, tells EdTech. Virtual Tools Bring Better Teachers to Remote Schools.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “blended learning” (Pavla, 2014).