POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS MUST DO MORE TO INTEGRATE E-LEARNING INTO PROGRAMS

by Betakit

A new study by The Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for Skills and Post-Secondary Education (SPSE) has found that while Canada’s tech industry is growing and post-secondary students are becoming more interested in the tech sector, post-secondary education (PSE) institutions aren’t providing support for e-learning, a learning approach that can prepare students for the next generation of jobs. The study Learning in the Digital Age explores the potential of e-learning and Canada and made recommendations to improve its adoption. One of its key findings was that there is considerable variation among Canadian institutions in the emphasis they place on e-learning.

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How to Overcome Obstacles in Online Courses

By Danielle Wirsansky, ULoop

Love them or hate them, there comes a time when most of us have to take an online course. For some, they are life saving classes that are easy, convenient and time efficient. However for many students, taking online classes is a struggle and presents problems that many are not sure how to deal with. Read on to learn how to overcome obstacles in your online classes!

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Why online learning is on the rise for your child

By Utah Online School

This story is sponsored by Utah Online School—a free public school open to all students in grades K-12 living anywhere in the state of Utah. In addition to connecting people through social media platforms, the internet strives to do even more: teach. True, people find plenty of entertainment, online shopping and social networking opportunities online, but what about learning opportunities? At times, it can be difficult for parents to teach their children without passing on their preexisting learning anxieties. When it comes to the way people learn, the tools of teaching are changing.

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=41847597&nid=1268&title=why-online-learning-is-on-the-rise-for-your-child

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10 Ways to Bring Active Learning To Your Classroom

By Pamela DeLoatch, Edudemic

A report from The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology revealed that active learning, versus the lecture method, improves students’ abilities to retain information and exercise critical thinking. It also increases students’ pursuit of STEM majors in college. Research has long shown that students learn more when they participate in the process in various ways—discussion, review, practice or application. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy has also guided education toward an emphasis in creation and innovation—in other words, more active learning in the classroom. Active learning activities also take into account the different learning styles that students have, and provide activities that may better engage the visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social or solitary learner.

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Newseum launches free resource site

by eSchool News

The Newseum has launched a new online educational resources site called NewseumED, which gives teachers and students free access to curated, standards-aligned content from the Newseum’s vast collection of more than 35,000 newspapers, magazines and other artifacts. The website offers lesson plans that use primary sources and historic artifacts to make history relevant today and to help educators shed new light on current debates about the First Amendment and media ethics. The resource is designed to meet the needs of elementary, middle and high school classrooms, as well as college students and lifelong learners.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/16/newseum-resource-site-894/

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How a blended program can change Common Core math

By Gina Piero, eSchool News

One of the biggest advantages it provides is preparing our educators for Common Core instruction through professional development, training, and information sessions. They are given the strategies they need to utilize the online portal’s resources, such as lesson plans, student activity pages, and teaching tools. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction. Blended learning at the elementary level is different than the traditional definition. In the elementary classroom, we typically think of incorporating multiple instructional strategies, instead of the “sit and get” instructional model of long ago. In our classrooms, educator-direct instruction is minimal and there is much more student exploration and interaction, as well as some type of technology incorporated in most lessons. It’s an approach that seems to be working.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/16/blended-math-core-301/

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Start a Reading Revolution: Flip Your Class With Blogs

by Brian Sztabnik, Edutopia

I realized that the traditional English experience needed to be turned upside down. Students should have an opportunity to read in class and a choice in what they read. Rather than answer teacher-generated questions on a study guide, students should be empowered to write what they want in the format they deem fit. My flip, which I first explored two years ago, did all of these things, and created a contagious atmosphere of passionate readers. Its two cornerstones are choice and blogs. This approach has completely changed the way I teach reading, with my students repeatedly saying that it was the best and most important unit of the year.

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The 5 Most Important Things To Come Out of Educational Summits in 2014

By Leah Levy, Edudemic

Blended learning. Digital literacy. Mobile learning. Game-based learning. When these top educational trends came onto the scene, they sparked a learning revolution. That revolution continued into 2014, but if there was one theme to come out of the top educational summits this year, it was this: smarter use. We take a look at exactly what that means at the link below.

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Why Wearables Are the New Gateways to Human Knowledge

By Toni Fuhrman, Campus Technology

The use of Google Glass and other wearable devices in higher education is still experimental, but the technology is opening up exciting new possibilities for teaching and learning. Ray Kurzweil, American author, scientist, inventor, futurist — and now director of engineering at Google — said, famously: “Mobile phones are misnamed. They should be called gateways to human knowledge.” It turns out that gateway is widening, especially on campus, where wearable technology is becoming the latest portal into human knowledge — and the future.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/10/16/why-wearables-are-the-new-gateways-to-human-knowledge.aspx

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