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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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Testing the use of Canvas quizzes in seven online courses and five hybrid courses, the researchers designed quizzes for each student and for each quiz attempt. With LMS platforms set up for immediate administration of quizzes, students can have quizzes available to them directly after they consume course content.

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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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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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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. Those same questions prompted leaders at Georgia State to adopt some practices common to online-only institutions in spring 2020 when classes moved online. Are we part of the problem?”

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

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It’s the question that nonprofit association Educause poses annually to college faculty, staff, administrators and researchers from around the world. 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 question sparked an internal investigation at George Washington University, after a lawsuit last year raised questions about whether the academic quality of online programs was on par with their in-person versions. Who oversees online programs at colleges?