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How online learning changed the post-covid era

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Key points: The COVID-19 pandemic facilitated the introduction of new learning technologies into the mainstream Educators and students were forced to adapt to new edtech tools, which now have a permanent place in today’s classrooms It goes without saying that the Covid-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives in one way or another.

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

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“It’s one of the easiest things to do to really understand what that environment looks like, feels like and behaves like,” says Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University who has studied effective online learning. There's not a lot of research on very young children and online learning,” Rice says. “So,

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

Teacher Voice Student Voice Online Learning Activities Offline Learning Activities Individual Tasks Collaborative Tasks Practice Activities Creative Tasks Teacher Feedback Peer Feedback Teacher Controls the Pace Students Control the Pace Teacher Directed Learner Choice Teacher Assessment Self-Assessment.

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Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

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This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. Rochester Institute of Technology : Sandra Connelly, Instructor.

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Blended Learning: What It Is and What It Is Not

Catlin Tucker

Instead, teachers should be encouraged to continue blending active, engaged learning both online and offline to give students more agency regardless of the learning landscape.

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This tool is aiming to be the WordPress of online course creators

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As an educator, it’s hard to please today’s tech-savvy students with PowerPoints and lecture-on-video—but those are exactly the kinds of tools available for educators who don’t have time to learn online learning design 101. News Online Learning Technologies Top News' That is, until now.

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The new role of the school CIO

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With no precedent in modern history to guide administrators, schools and parents scrambled to adapt to teaching and learning within this new environment and adjustments continue. Online learning presents many new obstacles.

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