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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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Why combining assessments and LMS technology is essential

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The university used Canvas , an LMS in the K12 and higher education space, in an effort to enhance student learning by simultaneously decreasing their anxiety and increasing retention of important material. By augmenting the “testing effect,” learning can not only be assessed, but improved in the K-12 and higher education spaces.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

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Every college seems to define “online” and “hybridcourses a little differently (so much so that the survey spelled out definitions to make sure COOs shared an understanding while participating in the study). “It’s a dangerous assumption to assume that students are tech-savvy and so they don't need help online,” she says. “It

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

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Today, Robertson’s course consists of 150 to 200 online modules, each of which includes a video presentation , a section from his own book Marketing Fundamentals for Future Professionals , and—coming soon—an active learning exercise. See sidebar, “Robertson’s Content Options for Hybrid Courses.”)

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The Emerging Story of Burnout in Educational Design

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This is increasingly leading to burnout in the field—just as colleges seek more and more instructional designers to build online and hybrid courses. Yet despite the scope of instructional design, it is not typically considered a profession, and is frequently looked at by professors as mere tech support.

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

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And so the online and hybrid courses these institutions spun up during the pandemic came with little of the scaffolding that experts recommend. These techniques include human outreach, like employing teams of mentors and advisers who proactively check in on students, as well as automated tools that help keep learners on track.

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

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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.