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Who wants to join me for a course on leadership during a crisis or leadership for social justice?

Dangerously Irrelevant

I have a little room in my teaching schedule so I am offering two online Master’s-level courses this summer: EDUC 5001 E50. We will do a pre-assessment at the beginning of the course to see what you already know and what you’d like to learn! Class Meetings. Class Meetings. Every Tuesday, June 9 through July 28, 2020.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

This, and what they perceive as a crackdown on the toughest teachers, they say, coerce them into trying to keep students happy by making courses less demanding and awarding higher grades that aren’t deserved. “I An appeals court in April dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university brought by his widow. I do it myself.

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9 case studies reveal secrets of successful blended, online learning programs

eSchool News

Evergreen Education Group, in cooperation with FuelEd, has published an executive summary and nine full case studies, “ Outcomes of Blended and Online Learning Programs in Schools Using Fuel Education Curriculum.”

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How Micro-credentials Can Support Social Mobility in Rural Communities

Digital Promise

In partnership with four innovative postsecondary institutions that are using micro-credentials, we conducted case studies to create real-time career pathways for rural learners. I think that part of it is great and new. I know for me and traditional classroom settings, when you talk about a semester, that’s a long time.

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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

Dangerously Irrelevant

We meet virtually every Monday for a couple of hours, in addition to our other activities. Our course textbook, Equity Visits: A New Approach to Supporting Equity-Focused School and District Leadership , aligns closely with that commitment. What would you include in a Master’s-level course on Leadership During a Crisis?

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Building a specifications grading course, part 2

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

This is the second part of a two-parter where I am going into detail about how the grading system in my current course, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, is set up. The first part, where I described the big picture of the course, its learning objectives, and what a "C" and "A" semester grade should mean, is here.

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The Digital Transformation of Healthcare Education

EdTech4Beginners

These disruptive shifts promise to increase access to medical education, ease skills shortages and better prepare the healthcare workforce to meet future demands. Fast-paced programs, like those offering an accelerated nursing degree online , pack courses into 12-18 months. They access libraries of interactive video case studies.

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