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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Name all of your files in a consistent manner, for example “Reading 1, Week 1.” In this example below, Dr. Gray created a “Put your pets here” discussion posting topic that encouraged students to learn the skills of the LMS, such as posting an image, responding to classmates, reading the responses, in a low-stakes approach.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Name all of your files in a consistent manner, for example “Reading 1, Week 1.” In this example below, Dr. Gray created a “Put your pets here” discussion posting topic that encouraged students to learn the skills of the LMS, such as posting an image, responding to classmates, reading the responses, in a low-stakes approach.

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What happens when there is no ‘e’ in eLearning?

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I enjoy reflecting on the moment in time, I read a book as it sits on my shelf. Each of us has heard adults opine on why they prefer to read print books. I’ve even had friends tell me that listening to an audiobook doesn’t count as reading because you’re not sitting down to consume the words in a traditional manner.

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eLearning Brothers Expands Family with Two Corporate Training Acquisitions

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Over the course of about 10 chapters, players read about different tools they can use to repel an animated robot attack on a facility they’ve built. The game engine comes courtesy of Andrew Scivally and his team at eLearning Brothers. This is not the first acquisition for eLearning Brothers. We want to play in the major leagues.”

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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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Reading Eggs Reaches 20 Million Users Milestone

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NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2021– Reading Eggs, a Blake eLearning program that creates a unique online world where children learn to read, today announced that the platform now has over 20 million users worldwide. Millions of parents turned to Reading Eggs to set their children up for success.

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Where does blended learning fit in post-pandemic classrooms?

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Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on blended learning’s role in the wake of the pandemic.