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Higher Ed
What Are Hybrid Courses and Why Many College Students Prefer Them
Perhaps the perfect metaphor for blended learning is the opposite of an old saying, “You can have your cake and eat it, too.” Blended learning combines traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning.
5 Project-based Learning Strategies for Higher Ed Institutions
Since the advent of markers and poster board, classroom learners have created projects. Most adults have bittersweet memories of book reports in the form of book covers, dioramas of specific time periods, or posters demonstrating the water cycle.
What is The ‘Flipped Classroom’ Blended Learning Model
The flipped classroom blended learning model reverses the typical in-class and out-of-class learner responsibilities. The traditional model of a higher education class has learners listening to lectures in-class and completing mastery work at home. The flipped classroom asks learners to study the new information. Then, learners discuss the material or apply the material to projects in class.
Everything you Need to Know about the Flex Model of Blended Learning
In a typical course that uses the flex model of blended learning, learners interact with online components and the instructor during the same class period. Recently the word “flex” has come to mean having options and having control. Both describe the flex model.
K-12
5 Tips to Help K-12 Publishers Keep up with the Constant Changes in Educational Standards
The educational landscape is changing at an unrecognizable pace. Educational standards are undergoing rapid changes. Content creators fight to stay up to date. How can K-12 publishers keep up with the changes?
How the Digital Era Is Impacting K-12 Publishers
E-texts have advantages unparalleled by those of traditional textbooks that benefit K-12 publishers. This new-fangled model embraces digital textbooks.
What is Three-Dimensional Learning According to NGSS
The standards in NGSS are called dimensions because one is not subservient to another. Each of the three standards is equally important, and they all rely on each other.
10 Top Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Educational Publishers
To ease the transition from in-class instruction to online instruction, many educational publishers are moving their content online. However, these types of platforms don’t happen overnight. Educational publishers can use learning management systems that are currently available.
Curriculum Design
Finding the Right Curriculum Developer for You Isn’t a Fairytale
In the well-known fairytale “Cinderella,” a poor girl is visited by her fairy godmother. This girl was not given a choice of fairy godmother, nor did she have a chance to ask for references. In fact, the girl had never spoken to her fairy godmother before that moment....
How to Measure the Success of a New Curriculum
Designing new curriculum is not quite like the adage, “A journey of a thousand steps begins with the first.” Sure, the curriculum designing process has many steps. But at the beginning of designing a new curriculum, the last step is the focus: Measuring its success....
What Is Blended Learning and Its Advantages
Realize these gains by moving to a blended learning approach Blended learning is a mix of face-to-face instruction and online learning. Often modular in design, blended learning uses a range of learning items from video to online courses. One key advantage of moving...
Why Mobile Learning Continues to Grow
Mobile learning is more than a trend, it’s primed to grow. Don’t fret: your investment in eLearning is about to pay off. mLearning is a natural extension of eLearning. Here is why mobile learning primed to take off.