Category: 21st Century Learning
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The Key to Creating Engaging, Effective eLearning Courses
Creating engaging and effective eLearning courses is a multifaceted process that involves understanding your audience, designing interactive content, and utilizing innovative delivery methods. Here’s a comprehensive guide to the strategies and considerations that can help you develop successful eLearning experiences. Understand Your Audience and Their Needs To create a course that resonates with learners, it’s…
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Echoes of Innovation: AI, the Eighth Wonder in Education’s Hallowed Halls
Let us embark on a journey to explore the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence in the realm of education. Just as the ancient and new wonders of the world stand as testaments to human ingenuity, AI in education represents a new frontier of efficiency and support for teachers. #AIinEDU
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The Quiet Revolution: How eLearning Empowers Introverts in an Extroverted Education System
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. That means one-third of our students are at a disadvantage in the school system we have right now. But, there is hope. Introverts are coming into their own, given the rise in #eLearning.
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Moving from Learning to Use AI to Using AI for Learning
As educators, we stand at the forefront of a paradigm shift in teaching and learning. AI has revolutionized education and the possibilities for learning. Delve into practical strategies with me in Moving from Learning to Use AI to Using AI for Learning.
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AI-Proofing Assessment
There is no such thing as an “AI proof” assignment, BUT you can design assignments that will mitigate the use of AI.
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Developing Transferable Skills in English Class: A Comprehensive Guide
Today we want to talk about a crucial topic that concerns us all, the development of transferable skills in the classroom. In today’s world, students need to be equipped with the necessary skills to navigate and shape their future successfully. That’s why it is essential to prepare students with transferable skills and a desire for…
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Building a Digital Escape Room
What is an Escape Room? Escape rooms are a whole new way of experiencing storytelling and of adding gamification to your classroom. Typically, they are a room in which people are locked in order to play a game requiring them to solve a series of puzzles within a certain amount of time to accomplish a…
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Increasing Student Voice, Creativity, and Technological skills with Multimodal Writing
I recently attended an engaging and impactful multimodal writing workshop led by Angela Stockman. While I’ve included multimodal writing in my high school English classes for a while now, the workshop reinforced its importance. The typical focus on the alphabetic mode as being better or more important than the other modes (haptic, aural, visual, gestural,…
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Digital Promise’s Instructional Design Tool
Last month I wrote about the Learner Variability Navigator created by Digital Promise – my new favourite tool I have to say. And just when I thought it couldn’t be any more brilliant, they go and knock my socks off with a great new addition to ramp up the awesomeness. Digital Promise, an independent, bipartisan non-profit,…
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Learning About Ourselves and the World
The participants of the global collaborative project, Single Voices, Global Choices, have been immersed in a multitude of learning experiences focused on the many international days of recognition. October and November have offered rich experiences to learn about ourselves and others ranging from investigating our own mental health and wellness to understanding the issues faced…