24 November 2020Laura Nixon, Social Media Specialist
As teaching moves from the school environment into the home, parents and guardians are taking on the supervisory role normally held by teachers. In the last blog of our series on the Four F's of Distance Learning, we look at how we can make our distance learning family-friendly.
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24 November 2020Laura Nixon, Social Media Specialist
There’s few better ways to engage students than by making learning fun. Of course, that’s easier said than done! How do we make dry or difficult content into something that students feel motivated to do?
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24 November 2020Laura Nixon, Social Media Specialist
Feasibility goes hand-in-hand with flexibility. In this blog we'll look at why it's important to make our distance learning flexible for remote learners, and how educators can achieve this.
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24 November 2020Laura Nixon, Social Media Specialist
First in this blog series on the Four F's of Distance Learning is feasibility. The first and most important question we must ask ourselves as educators is this: is the work feasible? In other words, is it realistic to expect that students will be able to perform these tasks? These questions become even more important when it comes to distance learning.
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24 November 2020Laura Nixon, Social Media Specialist
On August 18th-20th 2020, our annual back-to-school event went virtual with a conference called ‘Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle’. The three-day conference was packed full of keynotes, panel discussions and sessions, all focused on helping teachers design and adapt teaching strategies for a distance learning environment.
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11 November 2020Ruth Scott, Content Specialist
On Tuesday November 10 we hosted a webinar to take a look at how education has changed over this past year, where things are heading and how students can move forward with rigor and without barriers. Lots of interesting points were raised about access to technology, key challenges for the future and supporting students throughout.
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