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Will Online Ever Conquer Higher Ed?

Edsurge

If online weren’t in the picture, on-campus enrollments, as reported in the most recent U.S. Department of Education 2016 results, would have fallen by more than 1.5 percent from 2015 to 2016 to reach 6.4 Today, online students represent 31.6 Whatever growth is happening in higher ed is driven by online,” Seaman says.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Loveless noted in 2016 that: Equating NAEP proficiency with grade level is bogus. Yet, if students in other nations took the NAEP, only about one-third of them would also score Proficient—even in the nations scoring highest on international reading comparisons (Rothstein, Jacobsen, & Wilder, 2006). It’s significantly above that. ”

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Edsurge

Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. And “non-traditional” students appear more okay with remote online learning than their “traditional” peers. Its measurement gathered up “more than one million” fall screenings given using its FastBridge adaptive assessments going back to fall 2016.

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Rise Of Learning Platforms: Importance Of eLearning In Higher Education

Kitaboo on EdTech

Thanks to online learning platforms , they can now earn a degree from recognized institutions and enhance their skill sets while learning from the comfort of their homes. Summing Up The Structure of eLearning Courses eLearning classes are delivered through online learning platforms.

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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Blended Learning Examples Here are five examples of blended learning I uncovered from the research literature in this field: 1. Auster ‘s Study In an innovative approach to blended learning, Carol J. Blended Learning as a Potentially Winning Combination of Face-to-face and Online Learning: An Exploratory Study.

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PROOF POINTS: A crowdsourcing approach to homework help

The Hechinger Report

Neil Heffernan, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, came up with the idea in 2016 after a Maine middle school math teacher, Chris LeSiege, uploaded hundreds of hints he had written for solving textbook problems to Heffernan’s free online homework help website, ASSISTments.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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