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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. ” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. 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. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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When using data to predict outcomes, consider the ethical dilemmas, new report urges

The Hechinger Report

Colleges and universities that use sophisticated data systems to analyze and guide students must be careful to avoid ethical dilemmas that can arise, like pigeonholing students unfairly or underestimating their abilities, according to a new report that analyzed common pitfalls of these systems. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. “We

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Molly Haley for 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. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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

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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. Most of them were dropouts.” “In This is very different,” says Brown, the new principal at Renaissance who came from a traditional middle school last May.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report. Sophia Jones-Redmond, superintendent of the district, which serves students from ages 13 to 21, said that a blended-learning model has been a major factor in this success. Some facilities seem to make blended learning work better than others.

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

eSchool News

PGA partners with Fuel Education (FuelEd), which provides personalized learning solutions designed to enable schools and districts to implement successful online and blended learning programs. Material from a press release was used in this report.