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Teacher Created Transmedia Experiences
When creating transmedia experiences of their own, teachers should think about the platforms available to their students as well as which platform would best suit the narrative extension. The platform should never determine the direction the story development…
Read More »Build an Online Community to Complement Your in Class Community
More and more teachers are venturing online with their students to enhance and extend the work done in the classroom. There are myriad benefits to engaging students online and replacing classic pen and paper assignments with more dynamic online…
Read More »10 Drivers Of Blended Learning In Education
Blended learning is the use of both face-to-face and eLearning approaches to deliver learning experiences (as opposed to direct instruction). Whether you’re mixing a formal learning management system with in-person lectures, or a flipped approach that combines YouTube videos…
Read More »Blended Learning Is About More Than Technology
Done right, blended learning breaks through the barriers of the use of time, place, path to understanding, and pace to allow each student to work according to his or her particular needs—whether that be in a group or…
Read More »First of its Kind Moodle Plugin Encourages Social Learning – Synergy Learning
In conjunction with Bryan Smith, Chris Kenniburg and the funders, The REMC organization of Michigan, we have just completed phase 1 of development for an exciting new Social Learning course format. The Moodle plugin is called “eCommunity”…
Read More »What is blended learning?
Andrea Edginton was tepid about teaching when her academic career began six years ago. She had gained scant lecture experience in her PhD program and was annoyed by students who showed little motivation in class. On joining the…
Read More »Three Ways Blended Learning Makes Teachers’ Days More Efficient
To best discuss how blended learning makes teachers’ days more efficient, we should first be certain we are operating under the same definitions. Blended learning is not taking your lesson plans and throwing them into a blender, as…
Read More »Benefits of Blended Learning: Student Perspectives
Are students really embracing the benefits of blended learning? When’s the last time a student told you how much they love their textbooks? Source: blog.aeseducation.com See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab
Read More »A Guide to Game-Based Learning
Is Game-Based Learning the Same as Gamification? Not exactly. Gamification is “applying typical elements of game playing (e.g., point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity.” Great classrooms often use both. . Source:…
Read More »Leading and Learning for a Successful Digital Transformation
Education, like so many other aspects of our society, has been undergoing a digital transformation. Accepting this reality is inevitable. Embracing it would be wise. But my district has chosen to go a step beyond that as we…
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