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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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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

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Bethany Simunich A hypothetical future in which most higher ed institutions go hybrid raises questions about how they would distinguish themselves while trying to compete for students. This means institutions should communicate very clearly with students about what to expect from their hybrid programs, Simunich says.

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

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But declining student participation may also stem from the challenges inherent to remote and hybrid learning. It’s often said that online courses offer students increased flexibility—supposedly a positive quality. That’s a sharp contrast to how most residential colleges operate. Are we part of the problem?”

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The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage

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Many of you reading this article are online teachers and I would like to start by asking two questions: Are you a good online teacher? For example, when showing a video, use EdPuzzle to ask questions DURING the video to keep them engaged. Another option would be to allow students to participate in problem based learning.

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Supporting Student Well-being in Virtual Learning 

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This poses the question: How can we best serve our online students? Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole. Mental i llness. But what can faculty do to try to remediate this long-standing problem?

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The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage

Faculty Focus

Many of you reading this article are online teachers and I would like to start by asking two questions: Are you a good online teacher? For example, when showing a video, use EdPuzzle to ask questions DURING the video to keep them engaged. Another option would be to allow students to participate in problem based learning.

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Supporting Student Well-being in Virtual Learning 

Faculty Focus

This poses the question: How can we best serve our online students? Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole. Mental i llness. But what can faculty do to try to remediate this long-standing problem?

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