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Real-life experience suggests that game-based learning (GBL) techniques can be useful in reducing student anxiety toward technical and/or abstract concepts and in increasing class involvement.

Five pandemic-introduced innovative teaching adaptations can improve student engagement in the next normal for higher education.

LENOX — Lenox Memorial Middle and High School returned to fully remote learning Tuesday, because of damage from two recent windstorms.

Odalize Rivera said her 8-year-old daughter is thrilled to be going back to school  “At first I was a little worried, but I realized it’s better for her educationwise going in. There’s a lot more distractions at home than there is in school,” Odalize Rivera said. Pathrice Adair said her son has been learning remotely since October and was excited to return to the classroom.  “It’s challenging because I work at night so when I leave work I have to come home in the morning to homesc...

Updated Mar 18, 2021 The Virus Is Protecting Me: Remote Learning Is Keeping Many Sexual Assault Survivors Safe Some college sexual assault victims welcomed remote learning due to COVID-19 because it was the only form of protection they could get. By Alanna Vagianos Illustration:Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos: Getty The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hundreds of thousands of college students to learn remotely over the past year. Many have missed out on in-person classes, socializing with friends ...

Triad Students Reflect On A Year Of Remote Learning by David Ford 7:00am Mar 15, 2021 Whitaker Elementary School second grader Carter Shay busy at work during his remote learning unit. Shays spent most of the school year studying from home due to the pandemic. Photograph courtesy of Michael Shay.   Update your browser or Flash plugin One year ago, schools all across North Carolina began shutting their doors and pivoting to remote learning to slow the spread of the coro...

Public Schools And The Pandemic: Lessons Learned, Scars Remain by Keri Brown 6:00am Mar 15, 2021 A teacher at South Fork Elementary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducts a lesson using both virtual and face-to-face instruction. KERI BROWN/WFDD   Update your browser or Flash plugin It’s been a year since North Carolina public schools were forced to close their buildings as cases of COVID-19 began popping up in several counties. To this day, many students still haven...

New research could lead to a change in the six-foot rule of social distancing and allow schools to reopen

Payne Horning / WRVO News About one year ago, the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, and life around the world and in New York came to a screeching halt. March 9 was the first warm day in central New York last year and students at Syracuse University couldn’t resist the sunshine. Senior Josh Shub-Seltzer skipped class and spent the entire day on the lawn outside Psi Upsilon’s fraternity house and even watched the sunset from its step...

Although the remote learning to which students found themselves subject has hurt grades, superintendents in the area are looking for ways to improve performances.