Active Learning Blog

I hope this Friday finds everyone enjoying summer so far (and for our readers in Australia and New Zealand – your semester break). I recently had the chance to hit the beach and decompress, returning recharged and ready to delve into the latest higher education and ed tech happenings.

Are there benefits to video-based learning? Students and faculty alike believe that there are. In a survey published on Avaya, students and instructors reacted to the potential benefits of video based learning, pointing to a need for continued development in this particular field.

A blended learning environment takes the best parts of technology-based instruction, face-to-face instruction, and hands-on learning experience and combines them into one classroom. This effective way to teach brings many positive outcomes for instructors and students, boosting learning outcomes while creating a positive learning environment. MindShift recommends that instructors use the acronym TRICK when implementing this model into their classrooms.

Over the past years, lecture capture cloud solutions have proliferated to the point that they’re as ubiquitous as those big white fluffy masses high in the sky. But just like the cirrus, cumulus and cumulonimbus structures you learned about in junior high meteorology, not all IT clouds are created equal.