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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

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For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.”

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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

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Inspired by the breakout podcast Serial, four years ago two digital learning leaders at the University of Central Florida created their own podcast—focused on online learning instead of true crime. Murder mysteries and online learning. This is kind of separate from online learning. I don't know.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models.

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Designing Higher Ed: The Search for a Process to Innovate

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But the definition of design is much broader. And they have to do it in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment due to globalization, the increasing complexity of modern technology, the rise of online learning, and the economic climate and corresponding demands for higher return on investment on education.

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A major report on digital learning from Arizona State University

Bryan Alexander

tl;dr version: the report finds three benefits for colleges and universities that get online learning right. They save money, expand access, and offer the same or better quality as face-to-face learning. Enrollment – online learning grew the number of students at each campus or system.

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EdSurge Live: Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 1)

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More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Milliron: Higher education right now is definitely in the beginning stages of any kind of use of AI. I work in a slightly different level than the work that Civitas works on, though, with the Open Learning Initiative.

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Not Sure What Courseware to Try? This Tool Wants to Make Your Decision Easier

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But without proof, Monroe, vice president of academic innovation and support at Ivy Tech Community College, and her colleagues are searching in the dark to find the right tools that faculty can use to improve learning outcomes for the more than 200,000 students in the Indiana community college system. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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