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Online Learning vs. Classroom Learning Research

eSchool News

Advocates of online learning cite flexibility and access, while proponents of in-person instruction emphasize social interaction and hands-on learning. Advocates of online learning cite flexibility and access, while proponents of in-person instruction emphasize social interaction and hands-on learning.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Students can apply on a rolling basis throughout the year and complete coursework on their own timeframe. When students engage with Connect, their individual needs become clear.

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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

At a time when learning is getting more personalized for each student, there is added pressure on teachers to deliver against the odds. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a sudden shift towards online learning not leaving teachers and students enough time to adapt to the new platform and technology.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . LMS-related features.

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Now Williams and school staff are heading back out into the field, trying to relocate the siblings and other children who’ve gone missing and reengage them in learning this fall. Other districts around the country have reported similarly high numbers of missing students. Related: Is it finally time for year-round school?

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

Edsurge

We all remember classmates who sat in the back of the room, eyes glued to a comic or dog-eared paperback, anything to escape a learning environment that did not—or could not—engage them. Many valid questions have been raised about online schools. It’s true that not all of them are serving the best interests of their students.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

He misses being a student-athlete, and he’s still behind on credits, but he’s sure that had he stayed at his old school, he’d be worse off. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.” .

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