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4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know

LearnDash

Because understanding how we learn influences how we teach. If I had to guess, I would say that most online educators don’t think of themselves as “instructional designers.” However, as any good teacher will tell you, knowing something is not the same as teaching it. This is where instructional design comes in.

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Virtual Schools – A Sound Educational Option

Jigsaw Interactive

Virtual Schools-A Sound Educational Option. This belief certainly makes sense after untrained teachers across the country scrambled to start teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Virtual schools teach the exact same curriculum as brick and mortar schools.

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What Copywriting Can Teach Us About Writing for an Audience

Association eLearning

It sounds simple, but it works. Do your best to make your content easy to consume, engaging, and useful, and you will stand a much better chance of that content doing it’s job and educating your reader. A good way to do this is to make up someone you write your content to. Be specific, and only write to that one person. And finally….

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How Educators Can Avoid Panic and Find Success Teaching Online with Janet Lee

TechSmith Camtasia

If you’re an educator exhausted with teaching online, you’re not alone. But for training and education, the transition isn’t always straightforward, and the pressure to succeed can be enough to induce burnout. However, there are many tools that can help educators with confidently teaching online. 1) Welcome.

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The Role of Virtual Simulations in Healthcare Education

Hurix Digital

Traditional healthcare education has long relied on lectures, textbooks, and hands-on experiences to teach students the necessary skills and knowledge. Additionally, traditional methods of education can be time-consuming and expensive. While these methods have their merits, they also have limitations.

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Navigating the Journey to Teaching and Learning Online: Step 5

CourseArc

Thinking realistically, the COVID-19 crisis has forced a change in education and raised many questions about how instruction and grading should continue. OLC “Salons” – Meet, share, and learn alongside educators. MIT Teaching Systems Lab – R esearch and ideas on the future of teacher learning.

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4 New Trends in Educational Technology

Tesseract Learning

The digital transformation trends have also heavily impacted the education industry. They have affected how the teachers teach and students learn in classrooms. Schools, colleges, and universities are changing their traditional methods of teaching with new trends in education technology. Gamification.

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