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Podcast: BackyardBio & iNaturalist with Jesse Hildebrand

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Imagine bringing citizen science to your students & contributing your images of local wildlife globally in an effort to help educate and inspire the next generation of wildlife explorers! We chat with Jesse Hildebrand from Exploring by the Seat of your Pants to learn more.

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Gamification To Enhance E-Learning Engagement

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The rapid rise of e-learning offers educators the challenge of making online classes engaging. Find out how gamification can enhance students’ engagement.

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Podcast: Science teaching in isolated communities with Jacqueline Monteith

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We chat with Jacqueline Monteith who helps teachers & students across Manitoba with engaging in science, no matter how isolated they are.

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2020 AMP Tomorrow Maker Win

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Ben Newsome was named one of the 2020 AMP Tomorrow Makers! This will help his non-profit organisation Virtual Excursions Australia develop a range of distance education training packages.

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Podcast: QLD Virtual STEM Academy

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Discover the QLD Virtual STEM Academy, an initiative Queensland Government’s Advancing Education: An action plan for education in Queensland. After only a couple of years, it has been making a massive difference in providing deep STEM enrichment for highly capable Year 5 to 9 rural and remote students across Queensland. 

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Fizzics Education wins 5th CILC Pinnacle Award

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The CILC Pinnacle Award 2020 acknowledges provides rated >95% on teacher evaluations. We're very proud to be included amongst these leading providers!

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Podcast: IVC at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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We chat with Lee Gambol, an extraordinary science educator and Distance Learning Coordinator for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Their interactive virtual learning programs are fantastic and we get to hear some of Lee's thoughts on how to make distance learning classes both authentic and engaging.

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Podcast: Teaching archaeological science at the Penn Museum

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Bringing science, history & culture together can be so rewarding for learners! In this episode, we chat with Allyson Mitchell who is the Outreach Programs Manager for Penn Museum

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Inspiring Australia Training: Virtual Excursions

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Fizzics Education has partnered with Inspiring Australia & Virtual Excursions Australia to help organisations deliver engaging online STEM events. The developed courses are free to all those who deliver science engagement programs as part of Inspiring Australia’s national network, delivered in partnership with State Governments!

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Global distance learning opportunities

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Global distance education opportunities abound! Meet our colleagues from around the world who for many years have run distance education programs. Award-winning, engaging and highly experienced distance educators from multiple key learning areas.

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What does authentic virtual learning look like?

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'How can you engage my remote learners?'. Fair question! Authentic virtual learning is achieved by ensuring that participants are actively involved. In this article we explore how to identify if your virtual class is truly engaging.

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Student Equity – Landline phones & virtual classes

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One of the troubling situations whilst online classes is that not all kids have access to the internet. Even if devices are rolled out to these kids, if they simply cannot connect because their family cannot afford the internet they will not be able to participate in live online classes....

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Podcast: Virtual Excursions Australia

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Sadly distance education is now the new normal for at least the next few months. We chat with Karen Player, co-founder of Virtual Excursions Australia and founder of Sydney Science Education, to find out just what is available for schools, libraries, community groups and more in terms of live interactive...

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Timezones & cultural differences matter for online classes

Ben Newsome

Lately, I received a few questions about how to convert timezones for online classes. Now, it seems a straight forward thing but it's not when you start thinking about cultural differences, not just time zone differences. We look at common mistakes that happen when creating virtual classes between countries.

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