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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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Mississippi Partners with AIM Institute for Customized Literacy Training

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The opportunity for AIM Institute for Learning and Research to collaborate with Mississippi teachers and leaders as they continue on their path to reading excellence is thrilling,” said Dr. “AIM Pathways courses have extensive opportunities for teachers to apply their knowledge of the science of reading with their students.

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3 Ways to Help Teachers Feel Comfortable with Technology in the Classroom

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Technology is no longer limited to online and hybrid courses. Many classrooms are using a Learning Management System (LMS) and digital course materials even with traditional face-to-face learning. Here are some ways to help teachers feel comfortable with technology in the classroom. Get them to embrace reality.

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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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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? Teachers learned quickly how teaching online is very different from teaching face to face. This fosters mutual understanding and strengthens the teacher-student connection.

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Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?

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After all, chances are students taking these courses are not as well-prepared for college as residential students at four-year colleges, and they are commonly drawn from the most economically-challenged populations. The report also showed that in other outcomes, too, online students were not as strong as their residential peers.

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Incorporating Your LMS into Learning Spaces

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More often than not, teachers utilize a Learning Management System (LMS) to incorporate an online component to their course. And while an LMS can be very effective in an online or hybrid course, you want to be careful not to forsake the notion of classroom design.