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"My classes and students started to run together, and I kept looking at the clock. That doesn’t happen to me anymore since I have added projects-based learning to the curriculum." Via TwoSigmas, Kelsey Munro, Jim Lerman 
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"Tips to help online educators plan their first course. With online education, a growing force on the market, more enterprising individuals than ever before are finding themselves inspired to launch an online course of their own. However, for many of these potential educators, the first hurdle is learning how to teach a course." Via EDTECH@UTRGV, Elizabeth E Charles
EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight,
March 30, 2018 12:41 PM
When people ask me how to get started in online education, I recommend that they begin by taking small steps. Begin by creating a course shell and transferring some of your course content to it. Then, transfer assessments and activities to the course. While still teaching face-to-face, have students begin doing some assignments through the LMS. Slowly, begin to transition from fully face-to-face, to blended, to fully online. 
Ivette Torres-Vera's curator insight,
March 31, 2018 9:16 AM
When people ask me how to get started in online education, I recommend that they begin by taking small steps. Begin by creating a course shell and transferring some of your course content to it. Then, transfer assessments and activities to the course. While still teaching face-to-face, have students begin doing some assignments through the LMS. Slowly, begin to transition from fully face-to-face, to blended, to fully online. 
Brendan Corr's curator insight,
August 24, 2018 7:37 PM
Ideas for helping teachers deliver an effective distance education experience for students.
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Forget slogans and posters. Forget mission statements. Forget culture decks. A survey of over 400,000 people across the U.S. found that when employees believe promotions are managed effectively, they are more than two times as likely to give extra effort at work -- and to plan for having a long-term future with their company.
But wait, there's more: When employees believe promotions are managed effectively, they are more than five times as likely to believe their leaders act with integrity.
The result? At those companies, employee turnover rates are half that of other companies in the same industry. Productivity, innovation, and growth metrics outperform the competition. For public companies, stock returns are almost three times the market average. Via The Learning Factor
Jerry Busone's curator insight,
January 12, 2018 8:17 AM
Great Study of 400k employees . So don't waste time on that culture deck ...Promote your best people... if teams matter promote the best team player... if productivity matters promote the best at that... the companies that do this have less turnover, more innovation and better engagement . Carrier Guidance big key. #ADPELEFY18 #offthebenchleadership #Workhappy #hellowork 
Cammie Dunaway's curator insight,
January 12, 2018 1:14 PM
Great insight "When employees believe promotions are managed effectively, they are more than five times as likely to believe their leaders act with integrity." 
Carolyn Rowe's curator insight,
January 15, 2018 12:34 PM
For all for all who are looking for ammunition in the effort to get talented team members promoted.
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There are several factors that affect the learning process during eLearning courses. Take note! Via Marta Torán
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June 15, 2017 3:21 PM
Los factores que influyen positiva y negativamente en el Aprendizaje que debemos tener en cuenta al diseñar nuestros contenidos: Lo cuenta Karla Gutiérrez.
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Competency based education focuses on a model aimed at allowing students to make progress ONLY when they demonstrate a desired competency or skill. Via Collection of First, Anzela Jurane-Bremane
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June 30, 2016 9:31 AM
Competency based education focuses on a model aimed at allowing students to make progress ONLY when they demonstrate a desired competency or skill.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Competency-based+Learning
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Competency
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An excellent online course for educators who have beginning or intermediate level skills in using Google apps for education. Self-paced and very well organized. -JL "The goal of this pilot course is to help educators use Google technology to enhance the efficiency, innovation and effectiveness of their instruction. We have divided the course into three units, each focusing on a set of applications.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Abreena Tompkins, instruction specialist at Surry Community College, has developed a brain-based online course design model based on a meta-analysis of more than 300 articles. In this study, she distilled the following elements of brain-based course design: Low-risk, nonthreatening learning environment Challenging, real-life, authentic assessments Rhythms, patterns, and cycles Appropriate chunking or grouping Learning as orchestration rather than lecture or facilitation Appropriate level of novelty Appropriately timed breaks and learning periods Purposeful assessments Learning that addresses visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners Active processing with mental models The use of universal examples, analogies, and parallel processing Via Patty Ball, Louise Robinson-Lay, Jim Lerman
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Robin Good: Course Hero is a platform which allows the creation and delivery of online video courses curated from the best existing published content on that topic.
There are already ready-made courses to access or you can submit a topic that you would like to video-curate into a course.
"You can learn just about anything from YouTube...if you're willing to dig through millions of videos."
From Techcrunch: "Luckily, Course Hero has done the work for you, offering coherent classes by hosting collections of the best educational YouTube videos and other content.
The newly launched courses section of the eduTech startup’s site now has classes in entrepreneurship, business plan development, and programming in a variety of languages. ... By drawing from YouTube and other openly available education, Course Hero plans to set up courses for anything it, or you, can think of. ... Each course breaks down into roughly 6 chapters of 6 concept YouTube videos, Justin.tv videos, articles, and more. Unlike Udemy‘s one-teacher-per-class approach, Course Hero courses are compiled from content by many teachers.
Rather than put you at the mercy of long-winded professors, Course Hero trims videos and articles down to their most important teachings.
Along the way you’ll answer quiz questions, take tests to complete chapters, and face a final exam to finish a course and earn proficiency badges..."
Full article: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/12/course-hero/ ;
Courses: http://www.coursehero.com/courses/ ;
More info: http://www.coursehero.com/ ; Via Robin Good, Let's Learn IT, Heiko Idensen, Gust MEES
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It turns out online teaching and learning aren’t inherently better or worse than the face-to-face variety — just different. Via Peter Mellow, Jim Lerman
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You’ve probably experienced the frustration of being distracted at work. Perhaps you were pulled into a never-ending Slack discussion, and when it finally ended you struggled to focus on the task you were working on. Or a coworker criticized you, and now you can’t stop replaying his comments in your head.
It’s totally normal to lose focus after a period of time (which is why you should be taking regular breaks). But if you find yourself easily distracted throughout the day, you might want to consider tweaking some of your morning habits. They probably won’t eliminate all distractions, but you’ll at least start your workday strong building a good foundation for the rest of the day. Via The Learning Factor
Kim Colwell's curator insight,
March 4, 2018 6:18 PM
6 Morning Habits - very interesting! I've never considered a couple of them. The "Eat a Different Frog" is one of them. I like the walking in the morning, although a really difficult one for me to do, while I'm a morning person the thought of walking in the rain really early in the morning is not appealing. The cold shower suggesting, hmmm, I may go for lukewarm perhaps that will help. 
Edwina Cooksley's curator insight,
March 4, 2018 10:09 PM
Everyone wants to be more productive. For me, morning habits are the most adaptable and useful habits to focus on. 
Best Blog Scoops's curator insight,
March 5, 2018 8:14 PM
You’ve probably experienced the frustration of being distracted at work. Perhaps you were pulled into a never-ending Slack discussion, and when it finally ended you struggled to focus on the task you were working on. Or a coworker criticized you, and now you can’t stop replaying his comments in your head.
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1. Learn something new, even if it's stressful: Mastering a new skill means more stress now but more happiness later.
If you are willing to push through a bit of added stress in the short term, you can experience huge gains in happiness for the long term.
So learn a new skill. Though you'll take on a bit more stress, research shows you'll be happier on an hourly, daily, and long-term basis.
The gains from this investment in time and energy were documented in a 2009 study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies. Participants who spent time on activities that increased their competency, met their need for autonomy, or helped them connect with others reported decreased happiness in the moment yet increased happiness on an hourly and daily basis.
The key, according to the study, is to choose the right new skill to master, challenge to undertake, or opportunity to get out of your comfort zone. The greatest increases in happiness come from learning a skill you choose, rather than one you think you should or feel forced to learn. Via The Learning Factor
Marcia Buxton's curator insight,
September 15, 2017 6:26 AM
Something to consider for the wellbeing of our teams.
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September 15, 2017 8:42 AM
When we were first married my husband and I played a game for married couples with some long married friends. One of the questions was, "How would you describe yourself in one word?", and your spouse had to choose the one to match yours in order to get a point in the game. I don't remember all the choices, but rose and book were the two that stood out to me. I recall hoping that my would know that I would instinctively choose book. Not because I love to read or that I think I'm smarter than everyone else BUT because I LOVE to learn new things. Thankfully, he didn't choose rose and we kicked the other couples butts!!! I enjoy attempting to master new skills like making kombucha, learning to ferment vegetables, making bread, baking something new, learning about how to keep chickens, gardening difficult to grow flowers or vegetables, figuring out how to fix my bike by myself. . . You see, I'm not afraid to get myself dirty. What my husband finds frustrating about these things is that though the habits become part of my regular routine I don't develop them to the point of perfection so I can make a business of it. There is a very good reason for this. I want to continue learning skills which will benefit my family and bring me joy and have the freedom to practice them without the stress of it becoming a burden. At one time I wanted to have my own business. Then I saw the reality of things. . . My husband has a cabinet shop. Really that is a misnomer - he has a manufacturing facility. He USED to be a cabinet maker. He USED to enjoy making things out of wood and took pride is the work of his hands. Now he is slave to his business. His entire life is his business - keeping customers happy and people employed so the business can continue to grow. He has employees who make boxes for his clients. His hands rarely ever touch the materials with which he once so loved working. What was once his creative outlet is now his living nightmare, his taskmaster, and the focus of all his attention. He has a wife who loves him and two beautiful, sweet, smart little girls who are growing so fast and he has little time to spend with them. They'll be grown and gone before he knows it and he'll have missed it all. Time will go by and I'll become more and more the stranger who is married to a house that he happens to sleep in.
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Harvard University is one of the most distinguished names in education. In addition to its brick and mortar classes, they offer a variety of online courses. In fact, a number of their courses are offered for free! If you would like to stoke your passions for Shakespeare, you can take a course on Hamlet. If… Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Javier Sánchez Bolado
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'In the past I have always said that a computer could never replace a teacher, because learning was based on relationships. Today, I am not so sure' Via juandoming, Mika Auramo
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Would you like to know why PowerPoint is a fantastic tool for outlining, or storyboarding, your e-Learning courses? Via Jenifer Rettler
Jenifer Rettler's curator insight,
August 8, 2013 12:39 PM
Snap is a plug in software enhancer for Microsoft's PowerPoint. The cost is $99.00 and it allows you to enhance and convert your PowerPoint slides/storyboards into e-learning content by adding: audio, video, flash animations, quizzes and surveys, attachments/documents, and/or a web window link to another website or blog. Your finished Snap enhanced product can then be uploaded to your e-learning site to be accessed by your learners.
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Gust MEES: A MUST READ ===> I love it as it reflects reality! Jim Lerman: Also an excellent example of how to use PowerPoint effectively, even over the web. Via Lia Sant, Paulo Simões, Yael Even-Levy, PhD (Second Life: JoelleYalin), Gust MEES, Jim Lerman
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