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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. .” Almost half of all Ontario secondary school teachers report using YouTube or video elements in their classrooms. Are universities adapting quick enough to this demand?

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Much of the pre-pandemic research into online higher education concluded that students in online programs did worse than students in in-person courses, with lower grades, higher dropout rates and poorer performance in subsequent classes. That has resulted in “a much bigger leap than in the normal course of evolution.”.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Zaire Wallace, 17, a student at The Charter School of San Diego, answers questions about Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” while watching a YouTube video of someone narrating the poem. 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.

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

For students attending the school virtually, all lessons and activities are done online through recordings, live videos and guided readings. The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

Edsurge

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning. How do you know learning is happening?

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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). Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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For anxious students, a teacher who comes to your house might be the answer

The Hechinger Report

At Threshold, program staff get to know students through an extensive initial interview process, learning about their backgrounds, previous academic experiences and what kinds of requirements they still need to graduate. Then they communicate through email, phone and video chat, in addition to home visits. I’ve seen focus.

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