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First generation university students need more guidance navigating education system

First generation university students need more guidance navigating education system | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it
Young people who are the first in their family to go to university are less likely to attend an elite institution and are more likely to drop out than those with graduate parents, according to new research led by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

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8 Types of Learning Events You Need to Have in Your Classroom

8 Types of Learning Events You Need to Have in Your Classroom | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it
A good eLearning course requires the right combination of learning events. But what are these exactly?

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june holley's curator insight, April 3, 2014 7:15 AM

Guide for virtual learning of network weavers.

Sue Alexander's curator insight, April 3, 2014 10:23 AM

eLearn or in the classroom, as we look for ways to engage with content, these events give us choices in the type of transfer we expect in a lesson. Valuable resource in my UbD journey.

David Baker's curator insight, April 3, 2014 11:36 AM

The infographic is a good summary but the blog is even better as a description. 

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Guidance Booklet – Open.Ed

Mental Health & Wellbeing Guidance Booklet – Open.Ed | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it
This resource is a booklet with a collection of strategies for improving mental health and wellbeing, a list of youth support agencies and a section with templates to aid the completion of some strategies.

The target audience for this resource is adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years.

This resource is aimed at adolescents and encourages small changes in the user’s daily life and promotes healthy coping strategies to improve their mental health and wellbeing. In addition, it also aims to promote confidence in reaching for help when adolescents do not feel able to deal with an issue on their own anymore.

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How A Simple Checklist Can Improve Learning

How A Simple Checklist Can Improve Learning | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

"From reminding us of what to pack for a trip to helping doctors perform surgery, checklists are crucial for projects that require sequential steps or a series of tasks. As Atul Gawande points out in his book “Checklist Manifesto,” checklists break down complex tasks and also ensure consistency and efficiency if more than one person is working on a project."


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Beth Dichter's curator insight, December 8, 2013 10:27 PM

How can check lists help students? Below are a few of the ways suggested by this post. Click through to read all of them.

* A task-based checklists allow students to follow steps providing guidance to successful completion of complex tasks.

* Checklists help with metacognition. They help students "become aware of their learning process."

The post also provides five resources to use checklists in your course.

* Wunderlist

* List Weaver

* Pinterest

* TeacherVision.com

* ReadWriteThink.org

Remember that your check lists may change as students use them...and to ask students for their feedback as they may have ideas that you have not considered.

Gary Harwell's curator insight, December 9, 2013 11:54 PM

Why don't we get our students into the habit of making a list?