Many schools are increasingly using blended learning to free teachers up to spend more time working with students in project-based learning.

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Although universities provide individual and team project-based learning that are still difficult to replicate online, a Masters education can be taken anywhere.

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Open Educational Resources typically go beyond the textbook to incorporate interactive project-based learning methodologies that allow individualized, interactive engagement with subject matter content and personalized assessment of progress.

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Now, as Khan has himself said and the move into computer science demonstrates, the Khan Academy is likely to be a place in the future that actively facilitates games, simulations, and project-based learning.

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Without rehashing every point, in one example, as software increasingly handles direct instruction, this will create big opportunities for teachers to facilitate rich and rewarding project-based learning experiences for their students to apply their learning into different contexts and gain meaningful work in the so-called 21st-century skills.

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The third trend spans both digital learning, and project-based and personalized learning.

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Thus, teachers will not only be familiarized with a unique collection of open digital educational resources, but they will also be trained to link them with innovative pedagogical practices, such as using real world learning activities, implementing resource based and project-based approaches.

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However, particular emphasis is placed on action-based learning using the ADIDS model, whereby learners are encouraged to engage in simulated or real project activities that contribute to the overall development of the project.

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