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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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?Can Online Teaching Work at Liberal-Arts Colleges? Study Explores the Pros and Cons

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When Jack Musselman taught his first-ever online course this past spring, he missed seeing his students’ furrowed brows. He had the opportunity to teach legal ethics online because St. For some students (45 percent of the respondents), the online or hybrid courses were somewhat better or much better than in-person.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

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An alternative way colleges can build capacity for teaching more students online is paying outside companies for support services. 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).

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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

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Bruce Robertson to completely redesign a classroom course to fit an online/in-class hybrid format—in just two weeks. Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone. See sidebar, “Robertson’s Content Options for Hybrid Courses.”)

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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

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And unsurprisingly, their reflections underscore dramatic shifts in teaching and learning either instigated or sped up by the pandemic. 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.