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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on blended learning. In our previous posts, we’ve explored what blended learning is and delved into its strengths and weaknesses. We’ve also examined various models of blended learning.

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Students sat in cubicles using computers. It wasn’t popular.

The Hechinger Report

Carpe Diem schools, which rely on computer-based lessons and some in-person instruction, began in 2006 and opened five additional schools in Texas, Ohio and Indiana about five years ago. Many lessons can be gleaned from the Carpe Diem test balloon, and Sommers remains a supporter of blended learning. It wasn’t popular.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

The Hechinger Report

VLACS is headquartered in a former high school in Exeter, New Hampshire — a brick edifice used for a century until the town opened a new high school in 2006. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. Summing up what that’s done for her kids, she said, “They’ve learned to enjoy learning.”.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb. His paltry education was much like that of dozens of other children in the GNETS system whose experiences this reporter researched.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

The growth of “Course Choice” initiatives in various states was chronicled in depth by The Hechinger Report last year, in this story from our archives. — students will ever enroll in virtual schools full-time, the company is now working closely with districts to help them start online programs as part of Course Access policies.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Fortune (Reuters, really): “Why This Education Publisher Is Betting on Online Degrees.” In other Pearson news, via The Digital Reader : “ Pearson Shares Slump Following Poor Earnings Report.” ” Devschool did have four stars on Course Report , a Yelp-like review site for coding bootcamps.