Collaborative Learning, Group work and Schools

Beyond the bookshelves: 3 ways school libraries have evolved to meet students’ needs

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Once simply a quiet space to check out books, libraries have evolved to provide students with a holistic and interactive learning experience. Traditional beige, rigid layouts with rows of bookshelves and tables have given way to open, adaptable spaces that accommodate group work, discussions and various learning activities.

Schools

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Improving student achievement through choice

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2019

Exeter (CA) Unified School District is a small, rural district with approximately 2,800 students, 61 percent of whom are Hispanic and 62 percent of whom are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Approximately one in seven of our students are English language learners.

Achievement

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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

school districts are thankful for this year. With 1:1 initiatives increasingly being either considered or implemented across the US, school districts need an affordable and easy-to-use device for their students: enter, Chromebooks. K-12 schools. Now is also a time to reflect on what educational technology tools U.S. Chromebooks.

Educational Technologies

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

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

The initiative supports IU instructors in leveraging the features of any classroom—whether low-tech whiteboards or high-tech touchscreens—by granting access to reimagined rooms that foster a range of active learning strategies. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall.

Active Learning

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What YouTube and Hollywood Divas Can Teach You About Active Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Guidebooks to structure group work. These active learning strategies can work in any course—for any major, in any discipline. YouTube videos for extra credit. A tattoo writing exercise. Vocab riddles.

Active Learning

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What exists in Arabic in terms of Sunday school curricula, youth work materials, and home Bible studies is largely translation from English, often poorly translated and culturally inappropriate. Recognizing the particular need for team skills in developing scientists, I decided to set a group documentary video as the main assignment.

Assignments

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Education Technology

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In addition to instructional support, education technology also streamlines administrative tasks such as grading, attendance tracking, and communication, improving the efficiency of school operations. The platform allows students to submit work electronically, receive grades, and track their progress over time.

Educational Technologies

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Break Out of the Comfort Zone: Facilitating Successful Breakout Sessions

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2024

Breakout sessions allow for students to choose not only a topic they’d like to explore further, but also how they would like to explore it with a small group of their peers. Collaborative learning is something that many of us already utilize in our classrooms in the form of small group work. Stephanie L.

Motivation

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Break Out of the Comfort Zone: Facilitating Successful Breakout Sessions

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2024

Breakout sessions allow for students to choose not only a topic they’d like to explore further, but also how they would like to explore it with a small group of their peers. Collaborative learning is something that many of us already utilize in our classrooms in the form of small group work. Stephanie L.

Motivation

Motivation Instructors Discussions Lecturing

Online Learning Meets Social Media: A New Era of Education

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Especially in K12 online schools, its proving to be a tool not just for engagement, but for connection, creativity, and even collaboration. But what exactly is social medias role in the world of online learning? For online schools, the choice isnt whether to use social media, but how to use it responsibly and intentionally.

Online Learning

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

He's not confident in his journey at the college because he says school's not for everyone and he says he's one of those people. So we'll assist them plus policymakers using data, that information, just to understand how we can improve student learning, persistence, and attainment. Mentioned was focus group work.

Student Engagement

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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom. New K–12 pedagogies that focus on collaborative work and learner-centered education require schools to redesign their classrooms with the aim of encouraging these new curricula. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out the basics of a modern learning environment.

Schools

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Need a Substitute Teacher? Try an ELF Instead

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

As Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources at Lexington Public Schools in Massachusetts, I’ve been studying the labor market for substitute teachers for the past ten years. The current substitute shortage is a huge opportunity for schools to innovate and transform an outdated substitute teacher model. teachers in 2011.

Teachers

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Teaching Vanguard

Beyond the bookshelves: 3 ways school libraries have evolved to meet students’ needs

Improving student achievement through choice

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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

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

What YouTube and Hollywood Divas Can Teach You About Active Learning

Assignments with Significance

Education Technology

Break Out of the Comfort Zone: Facilitating Successful Breakout Sessions

Break Out of the Comfort Zone: Facilitating Successful Breakout Sessions

Online Learning Meets Social Media: A New Era of Education

New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

Need a Substitute Teacher? Try an ELF Instead

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