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

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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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What Students Are Doing Is Remote Learning, Not Online Learning. There’s a Difference.

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Around the world, the media is touting an online learning “revolution” as hundreds of millions of students from kindergarten through grad school now learn virtually, including over 70 million in the U.S. Remote learning, she said, is a “ quick, ad hoc, low-fidelity mitigation strategy.”

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Here’s the Syllabus for Your Summer Crash Course in Online Education

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Or maybe you’re actually kind of intrigued by this whole online learning thing. Either way, if you think it’s time to improve your online teaching game, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to your summer crash course in online education. And you won’t be graded for this course—at least not by us.

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edWeb Resources for Online Learning & Collaboration

edWeb.net

We’ve gathered edWeb resources, that are all free, to help you with online learning and collaboration, as we all cope with the spread of the coronavirus. You can use edWeb.net to create free online communities for your staff, schools, and districts that can be public or private, and include many tools for collaboration.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

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MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. These design choices have noticeable implications.

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How to Build an Online Learning Program Students Crave and Employers Want

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What’s made the work possible, Schneider says, is a special combination of online learning tools that is helping NAIT educate students so they are prepared for the complexities and responsibilities of real world situations from the day they graduate. Using Digital Tools to Make Learning Fun , by Mark Schneider.