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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

I would like to see teachers balance the time they spend on instruction with the time they spend facilitating learning and providing feedback as students attempt to do something with that instruction. The challenge for teachers is figuring out how to create the time and space necessary to prioritize feedback.

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Bite-Size Learning, Big Results: Why Microlearning is the Future of Education

k12 Digest

Empirical studies show that microlearning modules improve knowledge retention, engagement, and learning outcomes, with participants reporting high effectiveness scores in these areas [3]. Unlike traditional educational models, where feedback loops stretch across days or weeks, virtual tutors close these loops in seconds.

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Blended Learning: What It Is and What It Is Not

Catlin Tucker

When I work with teachers, I emphasize the value of building a dynamic skill set composed of many different approaches to designing and facilitating learning. There is no single instructional model that will work for every learning outcome. What Blended Learning is Not. Just like in life, no one tool solves every problem.

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How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

Edsurge

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? An easy-to-use platform for teachers to handle the entire loop from creation to feedback can be the answer to saving time and energy. Identify the intended learning outcome and create activities around it.

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How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

Edsurge

To encourage feedback and employee engagement, we hold a standing, interactive webinar called "wouldn't it be wonderful if…." For the past six years in a row, we've been voted a best place to work, which I am very proud of. I love what I do and want everybody around me to feel the same excitement about their contribution to our efforts.

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6 ways you’re already using AI in the classroom

eSchool News

Let’s take a look at some classroom tools that are already leveraging AI for efficiency and learning outcomes: Tutor.com ‘s Multi-Tiered System of Supports focuses on moment-of-need in its first tier and provides immediate and comprehensive support when students need it most.

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Course-Correcting Mid-Semester: A Three Question Feedback Survey

Faculty Focus

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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