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What supports have you put in place in your school to help students develop the independence required for online learning?

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nlawrence
nlawrence2 years 1 week ago

Technology Prep Courses

Are there any other courses at your school designed specifically to prepare students to work in online settings or with technology in general?  I ask because teachers at our school say often that the students need a typing course.  Some assume the students will learn typing skills as part of their regular curricula, while other feel our students need the skills up front.

Supporting the transition to blended and online learning
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Published: 03/30/11
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Extending the Time and Place for Learning, Classroom and Online Student Management
differentiation, scaffolding

Problem of practice

How do we teach students to learn online?

Solution

iSchool Principal Alisa Berger explains the "How to learn online" course they implemented at the ninth grade entrypoint, in response to their discovery that students did not initially have the capacity to transition to online, self-paced courses with

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