Blended Learning, Classroom, Digital Learning and Student Engagement

What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

Blended Learning

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work—Building a Successful Blended Learning Program

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment

The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Student response clickers. Blended learning and flipped classrooms. When teachers leverage technology, learning outcomes improve. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. The Rise of the Digital Classroom.

Video

Video Classroom Flipped Classroom Blended Learning

How Flexible Seating Can Transform the Classroom and Improve Student Engagement

MIND Research Institute

MAY 4, 2017

In traditional classrooms, students sit at desks or tables, often assigned to them. They may have limited opportunities to move around the room before an official break, but for the most part students stay at their desk or table spot. In flexible seating, the classroom is arranged to give a variety of options.

Student Engagement

Student Engagement Classroom Blended Learning Social Media

How Academic Publishers Can Push the Boundaries of Digital Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Digital learning platforms are not, however, simply a matter of reproducing a print-first approach via high fidelity ebooks. The rising cost of printed textbooks—as well as tuition and university life—have made them unaffordable for many students. Instructors of online and blended learning programs also reap the benefits.

Digital Learning

Digital Learning Learning eBook Flipped Classroom

Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! More important than the learning that transpires in our classrooms is the learning we inspire beyond our classroom walls. One way to motivate students to continue using the knowledge acquired in our classes is to set up a virtual learning community.

Moodle

Moodle Digital Badges Edmodo Classroom

Function Follows Form: How Two Colleges Redesigned the Classroom for Active Learning

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. Gone is the “front of the room” that characterizes standard classrooms.

Classroom

Classroom Blended Learning Learning Outcomes

Blended Learning and the Keys to Academic Achievement

techlearning

JANUARY 21, 2019

In my opinion, one of the keys to academic achievement is active student learning. Research tells us that personalized, collaborative, and connected learning experiences enhance student engagement, in turn, driving student success.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Learning Digital Learning Student Engagement

K-12 Tech Innovation News

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

Trends

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How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Founder & CEO, Intercultural Education Consulting The metaverse, a virtual, interconnected, and immersive digital space where users can interact with each other and digital environments, holds tremendous potential to transform education. Watch this video to see what teaching and learning in UNIVERSE looks like! Absolutely.

Learning

Learning Gamification Outcomes Technology

Learning in the Digital Age

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As learning in the digital age progresses, online platforms, interactive simulations, and virtual classrooms have become essential tools, promoting and supporting self-directed and personalized learning experiences. Why is digital learning important?

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning Adaptive Learning

21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Courses about Student Mental Health Strategies for Addressing Student Anxiety With the strategies and interventions you learn in this course, you will be able to create a classroom environment where students can successfully cope with stressors and instead focus on learning. Learn More.

Course

Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy

5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Then, it’s best to decide how you want your program to incorporate digital learning. What about a blended learning model that combines the use of online courses and resources in a face-to-face setting? Or could hybrid be what works best for your students – combining in-person and virtual days?

Elementary

Elementary Blended Learning Guidelines Learning

Update: North Dakota Innovation Academy

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 27, 2019

; connected learning audit (personal analysis of our analog and digital learning connections); our connectedness outside of school; connected learning in schools (lots of examples!), crowdsourced learning and resource production.

Future Ready

Future Ready Blended Learning Analysis Digital Learning

Back to School Lesson Planning Tips – SULS0167

Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 9, 2022

Plus, get a FREE Blended Learning with Google toolkit loaded with strategies and ideas for the classroom. Thousands of teachers use Schoolytics every day to help them take data-driven instruction to the next level and reclaim their time for what matters most: helping students reach their full potential. Click To Tweet.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Google Assessment

7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Edtechs are at the forefront of digital transformation in the classroom As education institutions lean into technology, edtechs have an opportunity to support their digital transformation. AWS Promotional Credit gave us the freedom to iterate and fast-track our product development.

EdTech

EdTech Trends Outcomes Data

20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom – SULS0162

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 14, 2022

The post 20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom – SULS0162 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey is giving you all the details and her thoughts on this new tool for the classroom. Plus, she’ll be sharing 20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom! Click To Tweet.

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Classroom Chromebook Google Video

How Remote Learning Subverts Power and Privilege in Higher Education

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. In a Zoom classroom, the teacher is no longer the central authority. Photo by PhotoFra.]

Education

Education Learning Accessibility Libraries

4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

As technology is quickly evolving, educators and administrators alike are trying to keep up with the new products and trends in blended learning. Serves as the State and District Digital Learning Director for the Alliance of Excellent Education located in Washington DC. Monica - Starting small is important.

EdTech

EdTech Future Ready BYOD Personalized Learning

The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

She mentioned that blended learning and learning models were the top edtech trends, and defining blended learning was a big deal. Infrastructure and connectivity were also important, and the country was trying to find ways to connect schools and make sure that there were enough access points for all students.

Technology

Technology Common Core EdTech Trends

How Remote Learning Subverts Power and Privilege in Higher Education

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Decolonize my syllabus , decolonize my curriculum, decolonize my classroom—for some time now, the term “decolonization” has been the buzzword around campus, as students and certain faculty demand inclusion and diversity in education. In a Zoom classroom, the teacher is no longer the central authority. Photo by PhotoFra.]

Education

Education Learning Accessibility Libraries

An overview of active Learning.

Linways Technologies

MAY 21, 2020

Why does it work so well and how to implement active learning in your classrooms. Active learning is an approach in which students are engaged in the learning process. In teaching-learning, there is a lot of importance in keeping the students involved and engaged in the session.

Flipped Classroom

Flipped Classroom Learning Strategy Blended Learning

Can public schools replicate the Mooresville model for digital learning success? Former superintendent Mark Edwards says they can

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

Mooresville Graded School District, near Charlotte, North Carolina, has become a national leader over the last decade in using digital learning tools to improve student achievement. The leader of the district’s digital learning efforts, Mark Edwards, has served as superintendent of the 6,000-student school district since 2007.

Digital Learning

Digital Learning Blended Learning Laptops Learning

5 Steps Toward Building Successful Digital Communities Infused With Rigor and Relevance

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2016

Ubiquitous connectivity, charging stations, and casual zones that promote conversation and play increase students’ sense of belonging and engagement. Digitally astute students engage through such models as blended learning, flipped classrooms, games, makerspaces, and virtual learning.

BYOD

BYOD Social Media Flipped Classroom Blended Learning

Colleges Have Embraced Online Learning. Will That Open Remote Teaching Opportunities for Faculty?

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. Of the many remarkable things about online learning—its principal benefit—is to give students the freedom to learn almost anywhere.

Online Learning

Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning

4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

As technology is quickly evolving, educators and administrators alike are trying to keep up with the new products and trends in blended learning. Serves as the State and District Digital Learning Director for the Alliance of Excellent Education located in Washington DC. Monica - Starting small is important.

EdTech

EdTech Future Ready BYOD Personalized Learning

Inside the Digital Transformation – Part 2

BYOT Network

JUNE 11, 2020

This post is cross-posted on the IMS Global Learning Impact Blog. The Value of an Interoperable Learning Management System. Last week we explored how interoperability supports the transition to digital learning. Interoperability streamlines these duties and gives teachers better control of their remote classrooms.

LMS

LMS Schoology System Digital Learning

Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The post Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. When so many teachers are struggling with behavior management, student engagement is at an all-time low. Deciding to stay in the classroom meant furthering his education for certification.

Strategy

Strategy Tools Gamification Moodle

Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators. Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators. Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. Boost your student engagement on any devices wherever learning needs to happen.

Elementary

Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment Training

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Richard Del Moro, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, adds that Middletown works hard to make their students “feel good” by providing opportunities beyond academics, including extracurricular activities, athletics, music, and the building environment. Why does that matter? Middletown, N.Y. They showed some trepidation.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Full size image here.

Game-Based Learning

Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study

How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long.

Study

Study Assistive Technology Data Course

98 Percent of U.S. Public School Districts Connected to High-Speed Broadband, But 2.3 Million Students Still Left Behind

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students and 2.6

Broadband

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report

The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using (but should be)–Find free, standards-aligned lesson plans and teaching resources for your classroom. para We provide teachers with tools to build flexible, personalized digital learning environments so they can power awesome learning. . Learn more about H?para.

OER

OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

” As a result, students engage in academics, athletics and extracurriculars because they “know you care.” Eastwood wants each student to be proficient in math and reading before finishing 5th grade. In school, Karim is a solid, determined student who still struggles in some areas. Why does that matter?

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

COVID-19 was tough on schools, calling for swift shifts in teaching and learning practices to support virtual learning environments and a host of new pedagogical demands. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning. Student engagement suffered. Are they paying attention?

Learning

Learning Data Outcomes Survey

Removing the Limitations in a Digital Environment

Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

What is the ideal blended learning environment? I have had a lot of noneducators talk to me about technology in the classroom. Many ask me what the best device is for learning. Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent.

Laptops

Laptops Blended Learning iPad STEM

Buncee is headed to FETC19

Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

Joe and Kristin Merril- Using Buncee in the InterACTIVE Classroom -11AM. Rachelle Dene Poth-ISTE Standards & Project Based Learning-1PM. Buncee is such a versatile tool that makes it easy for educators to address the ISTE standards and promote student choice. Explore the benefits of using Buncee in and out of your classroom.

Advocacy

Advocacy Future Ready Libraries Blended Learning

Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning – SULS0164

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning. Boost your student engagement on any device wherever learning needs to happen.

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources

Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

JUNE 15, 2018

Learner variability research highlights that each student enters our classrooms with unique abilities and life experiences, factors that have measurable impacts on how they learn. It is therefore vital to design for learner variability not as the exception, but as the norm in today’s classrooms. .

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Future Ready Learning Advocacy

Esports Emerge as Learning and Social Catalyst in Schools

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The county jumped on the esports train to heighten student engagement. Schools with gaming clubs boast substantial benefits, chief among them bringing disenfranchised students—often not participating in school athletics—into the community to be accepted and celebrated. Dennis recently completed his Ed.D. Join the Community.

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Learning Guidelines Blended Learning

How Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long.

Study

Study Assistive Technology Data Course

Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards

Verso

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

As if fate wanted to re-affirm for me the value of KySTE, I learned of a new tool in the very first hour of the very first session of the conference that got me so excited, I knew I'd be doing a blog entry about it! Verso is a platform for virtually managing discourse in your classroom. Always be transparent with your students!

EdTech

EdTech Google Conference STEM

What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work—Building a Successful Blended Learning Program

Trending Sources

The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

How Flexible Seating Can Transform the Classroom and Improve Student Engagement

How Academic Publishers Can Push the Boundaries of Digital Learning

Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Function Follows Form: How Two Colleges Redesigned the Classroom for Active Learning

Blended Learning and the Keys to Academic Achievement

K-12 Tech Innovation News

How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

Learning in the Digital Age

21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program

Update: North Dakota Innovation Academy

Back to School Lesson Planning Tips – SULS0167

7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

20 Ways to Use Screencasting in the Classroom – SULS0162

How Remote Learning Subverts Power and Privilege in Higher Education

4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

How Remote Learning Subverts Power and Privilege in Higher Education

An overview of active Learning.

Can public schools replicate the Mooresville model for digital learning success? Former superintendent Mark Edwards says they can

5 Steps Toward Building Successful Digital Communities Infused With Rigor and Relevance

Colleges Have Embraced Online Learning. Will That Open Remote Teaching Opportunities for Faculty?

4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

Inside the Digital Transformation – Part 2

Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

98 Percent of U.S. Public School Districts Connected to High-Speed Broadband, But 2.3 Million Students Still Left Behind

The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

Removing the Limitations in a Digital Environment

Buncee is headed to FETC19

Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning – SULS0164

Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

Esports Emerge as Learning and Social Catalyst in Schools

How Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

Verso

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