What we're learning from online education
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Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
An Educator's Guide to the "Four C's"
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Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society. See the preview and download the full article for additional links on the subject.
Public Webcasts
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EDUCAUSE 2014 Annual conference has sessions that you can view live, or in recorded forms. Topics for the sessions range from "Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom?" to "Badging to Support Professional Development and Career Building".
Incorporate TED Talks into the Learning Experience
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Take the time to try out TED-Ed and all of the creative features it has. Create lessons to go along with almost any video on YouTube. Ted-Ed will provide a structure for questions and feedback.
Lessons From Finland: What Educators Can Learn About Leadership
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A excerpt from an article written by, Barnett Berry and Ann Bryd, and Alan Wieder that focuses on educators in Finland see themselves as leaders.
Higher Education Strategy Associates
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Daily reflections on issues, trends and data in higher education. Review recent posts and sign up for daily emails.
Does The Current Education Model Make The Grade?
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A panel of experts discuss issues with education and what the future may hold. Watch the debate and have your own discussions with colleagues.
5 Must-Watch Documentaries on Education
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If you are seeking out new and unique perspectives on what education means around the world, these films are for you.
The 13 Most Innovative Schools in the World
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Innovation can look like a lot of things, like incorporating new technology or teaching methods, going on field trips, rejecting social norms or partnering with the local community. It can be a floating school, like the one in Lagos, Nigeria or one blind of gender, like in Stockholm, Sweden.
Student Motivation in EFL
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Sparking student motivation in EFL is an important part of any teacher's function. Effective teachers will make sure that students know WHY they need to learn the language that is the target of the lesson. There are several strategies an instructor can do to drive student motivation in the classroom.
5 Google Resources You Never Knew Existed
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With all the new Edtech resources popping up, it is easy to miss some of the good ones that would be most useful in the classroom.
The Best Websites For Developing Academic Skills and Vocabulary
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The latest from Larry Ferlazzo's collection of The Best....series of lists. This list of academic English resources will help English Language Learners and native-English speakers alike in developing a mastery of academic English.
6 Ed Tech Tools To Try Out
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These are six hand-picked resources for teachers that deserve more attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but each one brings something special to the classroom.
6 Reasons Why STEM Learning Belongs in the Modern Classroom
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Six things that make STEM leaning so awesome, these factors are also why STEM learning is the new project based learning. Find a new STEM 140 Smrt course in the library.
#STAYFRESH
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Ideas and tidbits for new teachers! A full list of interesting ideas and fresh takes some old ideas for a successful school year.
Using Reflective Mapping To Help Grad Students Understand Their Transferable Skills
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A walk-through of a workshop designed to assist grad students with understanding their own transferable skillsets. This reflective mapping tool will help students gain and recognize confidence in their skills and experiences.
5 Myths About Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
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With every new method of teaching comes new issues and in turn solutions to those issues. Here are five myths of teaching in a virtual classroom all of which bring new ideas and approaches to learning.
Is Micro-learning The Solution You Need?
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Is bite-sized learning for you? The learning strategy is largely known for quickly closing skill and knowledge gaps. It seems to be an ideal approach for many. What is Micro-learning?
Optimizing Google Classroom For The Way You Work
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As education evolves, so do the needs of students and teachers. Google Classroom has updated Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything.
Project Based Learning
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Project Based Learning (PBL) prepares students for academic success, personal, and career success, and readies young people to rise to the challenges of their world and the world they will inherit.
How Some Words Get Forgetted
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It's the Great American Read!