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Reduce Emissions With Distance Learning

Litmos

A study conducted by the Open University of Britain found that distance learning consumes almost 90% less energy and produces 85% fewer CO 2 emissions than traditional learning. That report found the biggest impacts distance learning had on emissions were due to lower student travel.

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Why Build Learning Community For Remote Learners Using Social Sites

Online education using WordPress as LMS

In today’s hybrid world, social networking sites play a greater role in eLearning. Building a learning community helps in collaborative learning and promotes knowledge sharing. In this article, I will outline how to build a learning community with the help of social learning. Build Your Learning Community.

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Online Learning vs. Distance Learning

Illumen Group

Distance learning is completely different. Distance learning generally has a live aspect to it. Distance learning that requires on-site presence for any reason (including testing),or face time between instructor and student is referred to as hybrid or blended learning.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Social networks for distance learning. How does it fit with distance learning. How it will help learning outcomes. Jane Hart’s site for Top Tools for Learning as a place to find tools to use & get recommendations. Three main points. Evaluating social networks. Connect with others.

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

Seeing as how many students already do this on a regular basis across other sites, it only seems logical to extend it to the classroom, doing so can have very positive benefits. By way of example, according to the Young Adult Library Learning Services, social networking tools are helpful in improving reading and writing skills.

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Unravelling online training in 3 questions

KnowledgeOne

Online training, distance learning, open distance learning, digital learning, MOOC… are some of these terms one and the same? Are we dealing with entirely different modalities of learning? Why is it more accurate nowadays to talk about elearning or online learning rather than distance learning?

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Digital Badges for Educational Achievement

Web Courseworks

Issuers can send badges directly to the backpack, and earners can organize their badges into groups and decide which ones they want to share on social media sites like LinkedIn and Twitter. BadgeOS is a free plugin that turns your WordPress site into a platform for badge earning and issuing.

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