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We've collected resources from Edutopia and the web to help you navigate the possibilities of blended learning, an approach that combines face-to-face instruction with technology-mediated learning.

Think back to when you learned how to ride a bike. You probably didn’t master this skill by listening to a series of riveting lectures on bike riding. Instead, you tried it out for yourself, made mistakes, fell down a few times, picked yourself back up, and tried again. When mastering an activity, there’s no…

These 9 strategies for blended learning are certain to help you engage students quickly and consistently.

Note: This post was originally called: Project Based Learning: Don't Start with a Question. However, through an excellent discussion below with Drew Perkins, I have changed the title to: Project Ba...

While I tire of the phrase "21st century" learning/skills, this chart at least presents a good starting point for reflecting on our teaching and for discussing which characteristics foster learning.

In May I finished a second edition of my Learner-Centered Teaching book. Revising it gave me the chance to revisit my thinking about the topic and look at work done since publication of the first edition ten years ago. It is a subject about which there is still considerable interest. The learner-centered label now gets attached to teaching strategies, teachers, classes, programs, departments and institutions. Like many trendy descriptors in higher education, with widespread use comes a certain definitional looseness. Active learning, student engagement and other strategies that involve students and mention learning are called learner-centered. And although learner-centered teaching and efforts to involve students have a kind of bread and butter relationship, they are not the same thing. In the interest of more definitional precision, I'd like to propose five characteristics of teaching that make it learner-centered.

This post is inspired by my new book, Learning by Choice: 10 Ways Choice and Differentiation Create An Engaged Learning Experience for Every Student. You

A study shows how teachers built their in-class technology integration around five conceptions: theory, creativity, public learning, life preparation, and contextual accommodations.

Looking for tools and strategies for effective assessment in project-based learning? To support you, we've assembled this guide to helpful resources from Edutopia and beyond.

I don't often repost other bloggers' content, so when I do...; Scott McLeod shared on his blog survey results from Gallup about the level of engagement in learning that secondary stu…

Key quote: " So instead of banning them, perhaps we should teach students how to live and learn with them."

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The social learning game that follows countries and world leaders as they compete for news headlines and development goals.

You're probably going to read this. It's a short paragraph at the top of the page. It's surrounded by white space. It's in small type. To really get yo ...

Tech integration is not about replacing the teacher, though the teacher's role may change.