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This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

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Many students –– and instructors –– were abruptly forced to transition from traditional classroom learning to adopt a new remote format. It accelerated the emergence of a new dynamic learning environment, where students learn in innovative ways far different from how education systems were originally designed. Visual Learners.

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5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

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Survey reveals how school and districts leaders aim to use the digital curriculum transition to better serve students and teachers. School district leaders’ top objective in transitioning to a digital curriculum is to achieve greater instructor effectiveness, according to a survey from The Learning Counsel.

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Class Size Matters: Understanding the Link Between Class Size and Student Achievement

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Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors. This means they will stick around longer, giving every school or university the benefit of expert instructors. For a student, individual attention can make the difference between effectively developing skills and just coasting along.

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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

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I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. For educators who will read this article, what traits might they take away from your thoughts on what constitutes “a strong instructor”? I don’t want to be “school.” That’s a good question.

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Is Curriculum-Mapping Becoming a Priority for Online College Programs?

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The biggest change for Coursetune happened last week, when Academic Partnerships, a company that helps colleges set up online degree programs, acquired the curriculum-design company. We called it Coursetune because we wanted to get to the continuous improvement—the fine-tuning of curriculum—as it’s used and developed,” says Andersen.

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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

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There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice.

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Promoting AI-Enhanced Performance in the Online Classroom

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With the release of AI on a broad scale and the evolving procedural policies for policing and supporting its use in online higher education classrooms, instructor hesitancy to implement AI in ethical and effectual ways is shared by many. AI can considerably improve engagement in the classroom (A. Huang et al.