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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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Instructional technology provides course content, as well as assessment mechanisms and opportunities for students to practice and apply the material. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform. Online videos (e.g.