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The Digital Campus: 6 Points to Know for Directors of Online Learning
What is the digital campus? Why would leaders push their institutions in this direction? The benefits can be rewarding for directors of online learning. Still, the barriers can distract leaders, moving the digital campus to the back burner. This decision can harm the institution down the road. Below are 6 points directors need to know to create a vibrant digital campus.
Gamification for Learning: 6 Strategies for K-12 Publishers
Gamification makes the curriculum more engaging. Research shows students and teachers enjoy playing together as they learn about content. Also, gamification helps improve problem-solving and work skills. With remote learning, gamification is the way students interact with classmates. Most importantly, parents and teachers can view and track student progress toward understanding skills. Here are six diverse ways publishers can gamify content for the K-12 classroom.
Procurement Managers in Higher Ed: The 5 Points to Know for Hybrid Learning
Procurement managers choices help drive the college towards fulfillment of its vision. Hybrid learning is part of that future for many institutions. Yet, how hyflex learning grows depends on the investments universities make today. Leaders can guide teams to buy quality products, software, and equipment that supports the institution. Also, leaders ensure to stay current on trends that impact purchasing decisions. Today, leaders can lay the groundwork for flexible teaching. Procurement leaders can help their schools by paying attention to these five points.
6 Digital Badging Strategies Provosts Should Know
Higher education has entered a new frontier. Traditionally, students seeking professional careers have pursued degree programs. But now, digital credentials are becoming the desired path. After all, they cost less, take less time, are more accessible, and prepare new students and life-long learners for many industries. Therefore, to remain competitive, institutions of higher learning are adopting an attitude of not if, but when to offer alternative credentials. Here’s what provosts can do to help their schools make the change to digital badges successful.
Lifelong Learners: 6 Ideations for K-12 Publishers
Instilling the love of learning into K-12 students is key for a lifetime of learning. Skills fade fast. Scientists make new discoveries. History rewrites itself. New developments happen daily. Six ways K-12 publishers can lay the bedrock for lifelong learning are below.
Webinar: Helping Higher Ed Leaders Move Beyond Emergency Remote Learning
You're invited to register for our upcoming free webinar on October 28th at 2:00 p.m. (ET). This educational webinar will be led by Meghan Garfield and Dr. Johnny Orr. We'll be focusing on how Higher Ed leaders can move beyond Emergency Remote Learning...
Transcreation: 5 Skills Content Directors Can Review When Hiring for Translation Projects
When publishers expand to a new global market, they need to ensure their brand stays intact, and the message does not get lost in the mere translation of languages. Thus, they need their content to engage with their new target audience, not just inform. That is where transcreation becomes a valuable asset to publishers. Therefore, transcreation goes beyond word-for-word translation by infusing the local culture into the content. It’s a creative art form, and the best transcreators possess the following five skills that content directors can review when hiring a professional translation service.
5 Hybrid Learning Ideas That College Leaders Must Know
Why invest in hybrid learning? Eighty percent of undergraduates say their online learning lacks the engagement of in-person learning. Yet, higher ed institutions that have invested in hyflex course offerings experienced increased enrollment and revenue. Furthermore, trends show this mixed modality as a force beyond the pandemic crisis. So, here’s five hybrid learning ideas college leaders should know.
Learning Loss: How Publishers Can Meet the Needs of K-12
Students entered school this fall unprepared for grade-level work. Besides that, educators must identify solutions to bring students up to grade level. Below are steps K-12 publishers can do to drive learning loss recovery.
Chief Online Learning Officer: 5 Trends to Lead Online Learning
The demand for chief online learning officers (COLO) has risen dramatically over the past two decades. The result is almost all institutions of higher learning now have a COLO, COO, or another professional with a similar title.
Therefore, the top responsibility of today’s COLO is to help academic departments coordinate online services. Other duties include curriculum design, LMS administration, and online policymaking, and budgeting. Many COLOs are also in charge of student/faculty training. Most importantly, institutions that require instructors to collaborate with curriculum designers experience higher student-faculty interaction. In the future of online learning, chief online learning officers can expect the following five trends to shape their roles and responsibilities
DEI: What 5 Methods Can College Leaders Implement?
Many underrepresented faculty members feel invisible in their departments, especially women in STEM fields. At the same time, people of color may feel hyper-visible as diversity and inclusion programs roll out. Still, leaders face entrenched historical obstructions. Below are five ways leaders can encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on campus.
Inclusive Design: 8 Points Content Directors Can Utilize to Lead Their Staff
Content directors who use inclusive design reach a broader audience and provide optimized learning experiences for a wide diversity of learners. They can utilize these eight aspects of inclusive design to create and lead your design team.