{"id":6071,"date":"2015-03-11T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:34:51","slug":"turn-distracted-students-into-engaged-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/turn-distracted-students-into-engaged-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Distracted Students into Engaged Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent<\/p>\n<p>It is hard for students to remain focused and engaged with all the digital distractions out there. This is especially true for students taking online classes. <\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/\">Edudemic<\/a> article, Rony Zarom wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is no silver bullet for keeping students engaged in the online classroom, there are many simple things educators can do to improve their chances of success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rony lists four ways educators can examine their online learning approach for student success. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assess skills early and set goals<\/li>\n<li>Give students a variety of ways to learn<\/li>\n<li>Prevent the \"zone out\" effect<\/li>\n<li>Establish flex class learning options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If this has piqued your interest, you can read more in his article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/turn-distracted-students-into-engaged-learners\/\">4 Ways to Turn Distracted Students into Engaged Learners<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent It is hard for students to remain focused and engaged with all the digital distractions out there. This is especially true for students taking online classes. In a recent Edudemic article, Rony Zarom wrote: There is no silver bullet for keeping students engaged in the online classroom, there are many simple things <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/turn-distracted-students-into-engaged-learners\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Turn Distracted Students into Engaged Learners\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-6071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-online","category-teaching","tag-digital-distraction","h-entry","hentry","h-as-article"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-1zV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9396,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/7-tips-to-motivate-millennials\/","url_meta":{"origin":6071,"position":0},"title":"7 Tips to Motivate Millennials","author":"Janice Florent","date":"March 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent Many educators feel frustrated that millennials are especially difficult to reach and to motivate, yet motivation is one thing that can drive millennials to succeed. 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