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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

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Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. Generally, universities are doing very well financially, so they don’t feel from the data that their world is going to collapse. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design. Closing thoughts.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity. The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they’ve built up over a quarter century. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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Movie magic could be used to translate for the deaf

The Hechinger Report

Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Smart tools like lesson software that adjusts to students’ responses (and automatically provides more practice when they stumble) can enable increasingly specific levels of independence. Software can also integrate student data into teacher programs to help them track progress in ways unthinkable several years ago.

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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

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While this approach found some success in reducing the dropout rate of students who participated, there were no measurable improvements in achievement. At the time, teachers wondered if students were really learning or just remembering long enough to get the reward.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

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Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. Z-Space lab with AR/VR software ?

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. Initially, K-8 teachers were asked if they wanted to opt in to blended learning environments, which mix online and face-to-face instruction. Ending Social Promotion. They showed some trepidation.