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DECEMBER 19, 2022

A strong, unified classroom (in person and virtually) is possible when you foster conversations, encouraging innovation, and establishing a safe and open learning environment. Use hybrid learning to enhance educational experiences. Students like to feel seen and heard.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2018

One person pushing to put learning science into practice on college campuses is Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They give instant feedback on exams. You have been researching learning science and digging into that. And what do professors do with it?

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

When you think about that in an educational context, it … really opens up the opportunity to give more students the kinds of things that are better supporting their learning.” Also, the kinds of questions and feedback that they're giving us is helping us better improve the course materials.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This year, the list of colleges with “open learning initiatives” of various kinds has boomed, and much of that has been part of an essential drive to modernize their classrooms and push the cost of education down. That happened in 2017. For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

She referenced three examples of creative uses by IDEO U students, from Jess in Melbourne, who formed her own in-person local learning circle to employees at an architecture firm in Italy who used a prototyping leader’s guide to help them work on a common project during their weekly happy hours.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

In other words, students aren’t just passively watching videos—they’re doing projects, and they get instant feedback from the software. There’s this sort of feedback loop between the two [MOOC and in-person versions of the course], which helps me help students figure out their problems,” says Bell. “I

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Students receive individual feedback on their progress and their learning experiences change based on their performance. These neatly packaged courses also raise questions about the role of faculty, and who decides what students need to learn. “We Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem.

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