Learning Happens Everywhere!
61
Stay Calm and Learn to Create
Curated by miracletrain
Follow
Rescooped by miracletrain from Eclectic Technology onto Learning Happens Everywhere!
Scoop.it!

Facilitating Collaborative Learning: 20 Things You Need to Know From the Pros

Facilitating Collaborative Learning: 20 Things You Need to Know From the Pros | Learning Happens Everywhere! | Scoop.it

Why have your students work collaboratively? "Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher levels of thinking and preserve information for longer times that students working individually."

This post provides 20 suggestions to help collaborative groups work more effectively. A few are:

* Establish group goals.

* Keep groups mid-sized.

* Build trust and promote open communication.

* Consider the learning process asa part of the assessment.

The post includes links to a variety of resources and each point has an explantion with additional information.


Via Beth Dichter
No comment yet.
miracletrain is also curating
Travel Apps
Discover Topics miracletrain is following
Digital Delights Designing design thinking driven operations Social Media Content Curation Classemapping Moodle and Web 2.0 Eclectic Technology
and 50 others
Your new post is loading...
Rescooped by miracletrain from Eclectic Technology
Scoop.it!

11 Reasons Every Educator Needs a Video Strategy - Online Universities

11 Reasons Every Educator Needs a Video Strategy - Online Universities | Learning Happens Everywhere! | Scoop.it
Any educator who wants to take advantage of the benefits video can have in the classroom needs to create and implement a video strategy.

Check out this article for 11 reasons why you should think about using videos in your classroom. What do videos offer?

* Online and open source - with many sources to choose from

* Accessibility - another method for students to learn and to review/retain/remember information (and many sites provide transcripts also)

* Visual learners - some students learn better with visuals

An additional 8 reasons are provided in the post.


Via Beth Dichter
No comment yet.