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Blended Learning Is for Teachers, Too

Innovative professional development initiatives infuse technology with in-person learning to enhance learning experiences for teachers.   Technology can’t replace the very best of in-person learning. Great teachers remain essential to creating and shepherding student learning through discussion, debate,…

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Using Learning Activities to Optimize Blended Learning

How To Optimize Blended Learning Through Learning Activities. Using Learning Activities to Optimize Blended Learning. Blended Learning pros and cons.   Blended courses come with their own benefits and challenges. In this article, you will find invaluable tips…

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Building Community and Creating Relevance in the Online Classroom

Remember feeling nervous before starting your first day on the job? You may have experienced butterflies in your stomach, had questions about expectations, or concerns about learning the rules and finding information. Students feel the same way with…

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How to make technology a successful partner in teaching

From interactive whiteboards and internet-enabled mobile devices, right through to online and cloud-based software, there are a multitude of digital technologies to help learning and teaching which can be overwhelming.   For many educators, the truth is that…

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Key characteristics of learners in a digital age and their influence on the design of teaching and learning

Here I want to discuss one key component of a learning environment, learner characteristics, and in particular focus on the characteristics of learners that are particularly relevant for designing teaching and learning in a digital age.   Probably nothing more…

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10 Tips for Making Blended Learning “Blend” in your Class

There is no downside to blended learning. Students will be incredibly engaged, but do take caution: It will change your way of teaching forever. Source: www.fractuslearning.com See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab

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Why you should care about gamification in higher education

Gamification has serious implications for college students—and perhaps it’s time higher education got serious about implementing game design. Source: www.ecampusnews.com See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab

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How To Create Learning Through Play

What is the relationship between play and “flow”? And what does this all mean for formal and informal learning environments? Well, that depends on whether you see the role of play and self-direction in learning as necessary, or…

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The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook

The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook is the primary output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. It includes the summative findings of the Blended Synchronous Learning case studies, a Blended Synchronous Learning Design Framework, and a range of other…

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Choosing teaching methods for a digital age

Although there is often a direct relationship between a method of teaching, a learning theory and an epistemological position, this is by no means always the case. It is tempting to try to put together a table and…

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