Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 2, 2013
They are also working on software that uses this approach in the classroom and takes the passivity and lectures out of classroom instruction. In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning.
Forj
JULY 8, 2021
Perhaps it was a multiple-choice final exam or an essay-style test printed in double-spaced Times New Roman. For example, learners in a communication course might take a grammar test at the end of the course to measure how well they retained information about various grammatical rules and standards. This tests knowledge acquisition.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 26, 2012
Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods. It resonated.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 2, 2012
Rufina’s new job is working for an education software start up that is developing operational software for schools It is called: EnTeEf: “Enabling Teachers’ Effectiveness “ in classrooms. The curriculum integrates the use of technology, for all aspects of instruction and managing the school. www.enteef.com.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites. They actually didn't use or need the instructions we provided at all and found the software easy to work with.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. He offered these step-by-step setup instructions. Note that these instructions are for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 2012
On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. The questions were keyed to when the content was explained.
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