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Last modified: July 22, 2024

6 Ways Managers Can Become Better Listeners (and Why It Matters)

Hear this, businesspeople: Odds are you aren’t so good at listening. This isn’t just conjecture by disgruntled employees. It’s a statement backed by research. One study including hundreds of businesspeople found most of the participants only remembered half of what they heard immediately after a conversation. Many participants were fidgeting or not even paying attention. Fast forward to...
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Last modified: July 22, 2024

What Is a Flipped Classroom?

“Technology will not replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational.” George Couros, Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultan The flipped classroom approach is being increasingly adopted by teachers, backed by advancements in ed-tech and owing to the remarkable results it is showing. According to a research, learners in...
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Last modified: July 22, 2024

How Online Classes Help Develop Critical Thinking in Learners

While the online classroom is a convenient method for instructors and trainers to reach a broader segment of learners, it’s often assumed that the format promotes cursory responses that fail to include deep critical thinking skills. It’s been said that without face-to-face interaction, trainers cannot probe learners to think beyond the simple answer by asking...
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Last modified: July 22, 2024

The Role of Social Media in Online Learning

                In the early 2000s, when Friendster and MySpace were introduced, these social networking tools were seen as the domain of young people – students who wanted to chat with their friends and to share music and other forms of entertainment. To say that since then social media...
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