Best Deaf Awareness Lessons & Activities — from techlearning.com by Diana Restifo
The following free deaf history and awareness lessons and activities highlight the accomplishments of deaf people in the arts, education, sports, law, science, and music.
On 03/26/2022,
in art, assistive technologies, Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), education, education technology, legislatures / government / legal, music, neurodivergent/special needs, science,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/17/2022,
in active learning, Alternatives, Canada, chemistry, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, digital learning, education technology, engineering, faculty/staff, higher education, innovation, instructional design, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, research, science, STEAM-related, tools, United States, universities, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Universities reimagine teaching labs for a virtual future — from edtechmagazine.com by Renee Morad
Schools are replacing take-home lab kits with more advanced virtual options that allow students to access industry-grade equipment.
Excerpt:
Soon after, engineering professors at Morgan State began using more advanced virtual lab options, which allowed students to access industry-grade lab equipment. The students could use an oscilloscope, a digital multimeter, a power supply and a function generator. The students logged on remotely to a cloud-based platform and followed the instructor’s video feed to get real-time guidance and feedback.
As the global pandemic forced professors and department chairs to adapt to a new learning frontier, it shined a spotlight on new methods to remotely replicate the in-person lab experience. It shifted the university lab from a traditional learning center to a futuristic innovation hub.
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- U San Diego Nursing Students to Learn Clinical Skills in VR — from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly
Excerpt:
The University of San Diego is rolling out virtual reality technology in its nursing curriculum to help prepare students for real-world clinical scenarios. The VR tools will enable students to learn and practice clinical skills in a low-risk setting, as well as reduce their anxiety when interacting with live patients, according to a news announcement.
On 01/19/2022,
in A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, art, Australia, interactivity, participation, science, STEAM-related,
by Daniel Christian
Inside Melbourne’s Major New Interactive Gallery, Where Art and Science Collide — from broadsheet.com.au by Liv Downing
The inaugural Science Gallery exhibition tackles mental health head-on, but with an out-of-the-box approach. Across 3500 square metres, there’s a kaleidoscopic human-sized hamster wheel you can step inside, a gigantic white balloon trapped in a pink cage, and a fake bedroom where two performance artists will live for a week.
On 01/05/2022,
in active learning, adjunct faculty, Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), collaboration, colleges, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, experimentation, faculty/staff, higher education, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning theories, pedagogy, project-based learning, psychology, science, teaching & learning, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Why the Science of Teaching Is Often Ignored — from chronicle.com by Beth McMurtrie
There’s a whole literature on what works. But it’s not making its way into the classroom.
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Yet, teaching reformers argue, the dangers of ignoring the expanding body of knowledge about teaching and learning are ever more apparent. Traditional teaching may have sufficed when college campuses were more ivory tower than lifeboat, educating future generations of scholars and other elites rather than trying to lift up a diverse group of students and prepare them for an increasingly complex world.
Studies have also shown that faculty members are more likely to try evidence-based teaching practices if they feel they have supportive colleagues and departments. Faculty learning communities can be particularly helpful, teaching experts say, because instructors meet regularly over a series of months to tackle complex challenges, often by exploring the research and experimenting with small changes to their teaching.
Reforming teaching evaluations so that they reflect the hard work of reading and reflecting on teaching scholarship is also a critical lever for change.
On 12/21/2021,
in animation, art, attention, Canada, communications, creativity, design, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, engagement / engaging students, Google, graphics, mathematics, media/film, more voice more choice more control, motivation, multimedia, music, online learning, online media, participation, pedagogy, platforms, play, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, remote teaching and learning, science, society, STEAM-related, story, storytelling, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools, vendors, youth,
by Daniel Christian
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Welcome to day 21 of the 2021 Appvent Calendar. It’s been so much fun sharing all of these amazing tools each day across the month so far. With Google featuring twice already on the calendar, it’s great to share again the awe and wonder of human history in the arts and within our cultures with the sharing of this amazing free app. Thanks to Gustavo Calderón De Anda for suggesting it!
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- 14 measurement apps for teaching math & science — from teachthought and Glenda Stewart-Smith
Glenda Stewart-Smith of Surrey School District #36 in Canada, along with TeachThought staff, helped put together this collection of iPhone and iPad apps that offer all of these measuring abilities and more.
On 12/02/2021,
in Africa, Asia, Canada, education, Europe, global / globalization, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, India, K-12 related, Michigan, participation, passions, political science, real-world assignments, science, society, sociology, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, UK, United States,
by Daniel Christian
Top Resources For Students To Discover Real World Problems & Issues — from edtechreview.in by Saniya Khan
Are you looking for ways to help students learn about world issues: climate change, cultural diversity, biodiversity, education, water crisis, [homelessness] and more to build awareness about global issues and develop global competence?
On 11/10/2021,
in animation, art, assessment, collaboration, communications, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, drama/theater, education technology, homeschooling/homeschoolers, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, library / librarians, mathematics, metacognition / metacognitive skills, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, music, presentations, reading, science, story, storytelling, vendors, writing, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Inspire, Create & Celebrate: 6 Steps to turn your Library Learning Commons (LLC) into a place where students want to be! — by Mira Campbell
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On 10/07/2021,
in love of learning, mathematics, multimedia, music, parents/guardians, programming, science, teachers, teaching & learning, tools, United States, vendors, vision/possibilities, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Sites and apps to enjoy with your kids — from wondertools.substack.com by Jeremy Caplan
Check out Jeremy’s list of sites and apps to review with your kids re:
- Making music delightful
- Bringing joy to science, math, and coding
- Other fantastic resources for kids and families
On 10/04/2021,
in attention, colleges, community colleges, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning theories, memory, pedagogy, professional development, research, science, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Resources from “The Science of Learning” — from deansforimpact.org
Excerpt:
The Science of Learning summarizes existing cognitive-science research on how students learn, and connects it to practical implications for teaching. The report is a resource for teacher-educators, new teachers, and anyone in the education profession who is interested in how learning takes place.
Deans for Impact believes all teacher-candidates should know the cognitive-science principles explored in The Science of Learning. And all educators, including new teachers, should be able to connect those principles to their practical implications for the classroom.
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There are six major takeaways from our first administration of our Learning by Scientific Design assessment:
- In general, future teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science – and they struggle to connect these principles to practice.
- Encouragingly, future teachers recognize the critical role that background knowledge plays in learning.
- Future teachers struggle to identify effective forms of practice – and they appear to conflate student engagement with learning.
- For the most part, teacher-candidates hold beliefs about teaching and learning that align to principles of learning science –- but there are clear areas for improvement.
- Teacher-candidate understanding of learning science does not vary based on key categories we might expect.
- Teacher-educators in the LbSD Network do better at identifying learning-science principles in practice than just the principles in the abstract.
Better Questions in the Classroom Lead Students to Think Harder—and Learn Deeper [Bradbury & Berlin]
On 07/02/2021,
in adjunct faculty, blended learning, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, corporate universities / corporate training, distance education, education, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, heutagogy, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning theories, liberal arts, lifelong learning, love of learning, memory, online learning, pedagogy, physics, productivity / tips and tricks, remote teaching and learning, research, science, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, United States, vendors, vocational / trades,
by Daniel Christian
Better Questions in the Classroom Lead Students to Think Harder—and Learn Deeper — from edsurge.com by Staci Bradbury and Rebekah Berlin
Excerpt:
The takeaway here is that teachers should ask questions and design tasks that require students to engage in effortful thinking. This “teacher action,” as we like to call it, is one of the ways in which Deans for Impact has operationalized the vast body of research about how people learn in a way that teachers can use.
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Before providing evidence to support that claim, a quick recap of our organizational journey. Two years ago, we launched the Learning by Scientific Design (LbSD) Network to begin the vital—albeit challenging—work of redesigning how teachers are prepared. This effort is informed by principles of learning science and taking place in what is now a network of 10 educator-preparation programs across the country. More than 70 faculty are working with us to change the arc of experiences that teacher-candidates receive as they prepare to become teachers.