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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Teachers have three primary roles – designer, instructor, and facilitator. Most teachers dedicate significant time and energy to their instructor role, explaining complex concepts and processes and modeling specific strategies and skills. Embracing Our Facilitation Role & Prioritizing Feedback with Blended Learning.

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Why Professors Should Ask Students For Feedback Long Before the Semester Is Over

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The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, with brief questions similar to these: What should keep happening in this class? Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

As pictured in the image below, stations can be used to engage students in small group discussions (face-to-face or online) and encourage collaboration by presenting the group with a shared task or challenge. Building this into a station rotation lesson, as pictured above, it one strategy.

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Remote Learning Taught by World-Class Instructors

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Taught by some of the best elementary instructors in the U.S., Developed with feedback from thousands of teachers in Osmo’s nationwide network, Osmo Live includes: One-to-one Connection. Instructors can survey children to understand how they are feeling, ensuring everyone is heard and supported. Personalized Feedback.

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Robots Won’t Replace Instructors, 2 Penn State Educators Argue. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’

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It’s a question that some higher education instructors have asked before, and one that two Penn State University educators sought to answer on Wednesday at this year’s EDUCAUSE conference in Denver. An instructor can type in a concept or idea, such as “industrial design,” into the tool his team built, called Eureka!,

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10 things all great online educators do

eSchool News

With that in mind, certain strategies, tips, and guidelines have been proven to help instructors begin what can seem like an overwhelming task—teaching a course without ever even needing to physically see her students. Discussion boards encourage critical and creative thinking and supports students in their own reflections and inquiries.

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Feedback as a Dialogue 

Faculty Focus

Maybe you were curled up by the fire, reading a good book, and perhaps considering how you were going to integrate feedback, change up your courses, and add some jazz, flavor, and maybe a little bit of spice to your courses. I also wanted to ensure that I discussed personal experiences in relation to course content.

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