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Online teachers should be open to learning new technology and be excited to provide individualized feedback to students.

Building engagement is one of the most unique and stubborn challenges for online learning, but it is achievable

Organizations are constantly looking for ways to upskill and improve team abilities and engagement. While methods such as employee development programs, mentoring, or self-paced training can increase engagement and participation in a team, this article centers around a long-standing and engaging learning methodology—communities of practice.

In Montana, 65% of the state’s population resides in rural areas, bringing many challenges in delivering an equitable education. Many students who live in rural areas are at smaller schools, and it’s common for schools to be hundreds of miles apart from one another.

Learning management systems are software that help HR leaders provide access to courses and training content in an easy-to-access, one-stop shop. Typically, these LMS options allow employers to create their own coursework and offer classes from third-parties. Learning management systems allow employers to administer, manage, and measure the performance of employees.

Colegio San Bartolomé La Merced, a school in Bogotá, Colombia, has chosen Open LMS’ digital tools to implement a virtual system that supports both students and teachers. The school focuses on holistic education. It uses a methodology that blends recreation with reflection to build knowledge in an interactive and meaningful way.

The academy was established in 2009 by the Montana state Legislature to provide credit recovery and supplemental online courses, primarily for grades 5-12, in subjects that weren't offered in rural school districts.

One of the reasons that I love working in EdTech is that for many, it is a project of passion, not just a career. So, you end up having friends and former colleagues reappear with new ideas and new companies. So, about 18 months ago, Michael Chasen called me to tell me about his new product he was working on…taking the power of the Zoom SDK, mixing in teaching and learning components from Moodle, and building a next generation synchronous classroom, I was so excited.

Major educational institutions are rethinking the way they teach in order to adapt to new teaching processes. These new processes have partly come about due to lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. An example of this is the Universidad Santo Tomás campus in Tunja, Colombia.