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5 components of a great hybrid learning program

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You can keep your community strong by using connectivity activities like daily or weekly check-ins, small group activities, and full classroom discussions. A strong, unified classroom (in person and virtually) is possible when you foster conversations, encouraging innovation, and establishing a safe and open learning environment.

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OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool

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This year, the list of colleges with “open learning initiatives” of various kinds has boomed, and much of that has been part of an essential drive to modernize their classrooms and push the cost of education down. That happened in 2017. For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER.

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5 Higher-Ed Innovators Share Challenges, Ideas for the Future of Digital Learning

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17, more than 100 people gathered to hear speakers present how their organizations are embracing the future of digital learning. Held at NovoEd’s headquarters, five speakers gave their six-minute lightning talks and then led a smaller group discussion with attendees. In a Meetup hosted by EdSurge on Aug.

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How AI Can Help Educators Test Whether Their Teaching Materials Work

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When you think about that in an educational context, it … really opens up the opportunity to give more students the kinds of things that are better supporting their learning.” The discussion took place at the recent ISTE Live conference in Philadelphia in front of a live audience.

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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching

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In other words, students aren’t just passively watching videos—they’re doing projects, and they get instant feedback from the software. Even though Bell is not pictured in the lectures, she regularly helps improve the quizzes, the “grading engine” and keeping an eye on the discussion forums and occasionally weighin in.

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Digital Learning’s Pioneers Are Cautiously Optimistic

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Students receive individual feedback on their progress and their learning experiences change based on their performance. These neatly packaged courses also raise questions about the role of faculty, and who decides what students need to learn. I get more insight into students.”. Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

Scholarly Teacher

These dialogues, often referred to as cogen, are a structured discourse in which students and teachers discuss students learning and the environment around the course materials in an effort to identity and implement changes to the teaching and learning process (Boss & Linder, 2016).