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Do Students Learn Better Online or in a Classroom: Statistics

eSchool News

Do students learn better online or in a classroom: statistics help shed light. What is the success rate of online learning? While some research suggests comparable outcomes between online and classroom learning, others indicate differences depending on specific contexts and methodologies.

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Signs of Hope and Progress in an Angst-filled Back-to-School Season

Edsurge

Last year, families left the public system in unprecedented numbers , as schools wrestled with developing their online learning muscle while trying to ensure that their most vulnerable students were fed and emotionally supported. Another key learning is that social-emotional learning has become the priority.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

Even as doors reopened to brick-and-mortar schools, administrators here saw the continued need for a virtual option in response to lingering concerns about Covid and to feedback from some parents that their children had thrived in online learning. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

This hands-on, authentic process re-establishes learners as active contributors of their learning environment by providing true agency through the connection of interest with impact. With very little first-hand experience with personalized learning, many teachers and education administrators have difficulty fathoming its power.

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Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The Hechinger Report

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In their eyes, blended learning is “an intermediate step between fully F2F and fully online learning environment”(p. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Blended Learning as a Potentially Winning Combination of Face-to-face and Online Learning: An Exploratory Study.

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PROOF POINTS: Graduate faster, learn less

The Hechinger Report

My friend’s son was wrestling with a modern college dilemma: Would it be better to take a prerequisite course online or attend the lectures in-person? His school had resumed in-person learning during the pandemic and so he had the option to take either version. Related: The online paradox at community colleges.