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Looking to Eliminate Dropouts? How Idaho Reached English Language Learners with a ‘Hybrid’ Course Experiment

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Our solution came about in the form of hybrid courses for students—a mix of asynchronous curriculum and regular, scheduled synchronous sessions. The Utility of Hybrid Courses. For those of you struggling to integrate fully online courses—or fully in-person courses—into your school models, consider this.

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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. It’s often said that online courses offer students increased flexibility—supposedly a positive quality.

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Up Next For Higher Ed? Cryptocurrencies, Political Battles and Hybrid Learning

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What’s on the horizon for higher education? Higher education likely will never be the same again,” the report says. The report says that institutions will need to focus on developing strong teaching practices for these modes of instruction and do more to support students learning online or in hybrid courses.

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Faculty Say Online Programs ‘Cannibalize’ On-Campus Courses at George Washington University

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The point is that [part-time instructors] are very attractive in the online programs because they are inexpensive.” That growing number of online and hybrid courses at GW was listed as a reason behind the need for the report, along with backlash the university has received about its online programs in the past.

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Supporting Student Well-being in Virtual Learning 

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And while these are all important factors in impacting student success, there are also many psychological challenges students may face in their online education: Isolation. Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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?Can Online Teaching Work at Liberal-Arts Colleges? Study Explores the Pros and Cons

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The findings paint a complicated picture of whether online teaching can work for humanities courses at liberal arts colleges, and how much effort they take to produce. For some students (45 percent of the respondents), the online or hybrid courses were somewhat better or much better than in-person. A “modified yes,” he says.

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