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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

"Face-to-face instruction is no longer the gold standard." — Steven Goss, chair of Management and Technology in the business programs at NYU’s School of Continuing Studies Actually, the phenomenon predates the pandemic. It’s a message I’ve been arguing for a while.

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APRIL 19, 2017

In fact, when the option between taking a course online or in-person is provided, studies show students are more likely to stay in college. The goal of increasing online and blended course offerings is closely aligned to campus goals of improving student success.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Only one in eight programs give elementary school teachers enough time to learn the math content they teach, according to a recent study by the National Council on Teacher Quality, which reviewed more than 1,100 teacher prep programs around the country.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

“I would love to ask faculty, ‘Do you know of any research on traditional education showing the efficacy?’” Lectures, for example, are not holding up well in some studies.) HyFlex is not the only way to make courses flexible, however.

Teaching 206

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JULY 17, 2018

Then came several new studies concluding that low-income students at U.S. One headline in The New York Times summed-up the findings: “Online Courses Fail Those Who Need Help.” Is online the educational and economic game changer I thought it was? community colleges may not be as well served online as their residential peers.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people." That’s his explanation for how he thinks about the role of education in the 21st century. What does it mean to be human in a digital age?

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APRIL 28, 2017

They are not good for fostering meaningful interactions and authentic assessment of learning, which is why more and more faculty turn to third-party tools to enhance their students’ learning in online and blended course settings.

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