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What is active learning?

What is active learning and why is it fundamentally different from passive learning? Learn about this powerful pedagogical method that increases students' learning potentials.

What is course design and why it can make the difference between learning and yawning in class?

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT | DIVERSE LEARNING

Course design is a fascinating but sometimes complex concept. Learn why well-crafted, and innovative, course design is best for students’ learning and the mistakes to avoid at all costs.

How is FeedbackFruits adapting to the COVID-19 crisis?

COVID-19 | ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING

Richard Machielse, CTO of FeedbackFruits gives insights on the effects of the pandemic on EdTech and how FeedbackFruits is managing the changing needs of higher education institutions.

4 ways to assess student performance with FeedbackFruits

STUDENT ASSESSMENT | INTERACTIVE TOOLS

With the current COVID-19 situation, teachers will continue delivering their courses online for the following semesters. After uploading courses online and going through remote teaching for weeks, one question still remains in teachers' minds: how are we going to assess our students this semester?

How to create interactive videos for your online classroom?

ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING | STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Studies have shown that allowing students to interact with the course material, other students, or the teacher during an online activity positively affects their learning. Discover how Interactive Video can help in achieving this outcome.

Automated Feedback: early release in response to COVID-19

DOTANK | ONLINE STUDENT ASSESSMENT

These times are challenging, but challenging times are a pressure cooker for innovation. This is why FeedbackFruits is releasing Automated Feedback on Writing earlier in response to COVID-19.

How to make your presentation interactive?

SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION | ACTIVE LEARNING

With the urgent need for distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of student participation and engagement in online classrooms has intensified. At FeedbackFruits, we believe that interactive study materials are key to keep the students connected to the subject throughout the course whether it is online or offline.

How to improve student engagement in online teaching during COVID-19?

INTERACTIVE COURSES | PEER-TO-PEER

Keeping students engaged during online learning is an issue that is yet to be solved. Teachers are required to rethink their existing course design to be able to engage and track students better in virtual environment.

Online Assessment: challenges and opportunities for distance education

ASSESSMENT VALIDITY | STUDENT ASSESSMENT

After many higher education institutions shifted to distance education, online assessment has become a challenge for many teachers. While applying traditional assessment types online with tech is difficult, this situation is also an opportunity to try new assessment models.

Assignment Review: easy online assessment tool for teachers to assess students

ONLINE EDUCATION | STUDENT ASSESSMENT

Assignment Review enables university teachers to assess student assignments with their own rubric online.

The rise of online classes after COVID-19: best practices based on literature

ONLINE EDUCATION | ACTIVE LEARNING

The rushed transition to online teaching after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has left many question marks in teachers' minds. We discussed online courses and explained how teachers can improve them based on existing literature.