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The 6 Issues That K-12 Publishers Face When Translating Materials
As school districts strive to serve a large community of ELL learners, educational publishers likewise must rise to the challenge. In so doing, K-12 publishers face producing engaging, accurate, consistent, and relevant educational materials. To accomplish this goal, they must be knowledgeable of cultural norms and overcome the barriers, translating for younger audiences. The following are six issues K-12 publishers face when translating educational materials and some strategies for overcoming them.
Webinar: Deep Dive into the Learner Experience for the Visually Impaired: Let’s Talk Accessibility!
Online courses serve a wide variety of learners. Their flexibility to mold to the individual needs of each learner is one of their greatest strengths. In order to meet these individualized needs, courses must be developed with consideration of various accessibility requirements. Creating accessible courses is key to being inclusive of all learners. Join us for an immersive experience as we explore courses and media elements from the perspective of a learner that is visually impaired.
2022 ASU+GSV Conference Notes by A Pass Education
Many great educational conferences happen each year, and one that happened recently was The 2022 ASU-GSV Summit, from April 4th to April 6th in San Diego, CA. Arizona State University and the Global Silicon Valley co-produce the event, held annually. The summit invites innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, and changemakers from around the country to address challenges like educational technology, climate change, and access. The virtual conference was free to attend, and these two sessions provided great information.
6 Amazing Points for College Leaders When Designing Media Literacy Courses
Americans spend on average 12 hours a day consuming media, ranging from television and advertisements to social media and video games. Yet, many people lack media literacy skills to discern fake news from real news. They do not understand how images may affect their emotions or opinions. Since college students are among this group, college leaders can prioritize these 6 components to teach media literacy.
How Higher-Ed Leaders Can Use Microlearning for the Curriculum Process
Well-designed microlearning solves several the curriculum process problems for higher-ed leaders and their teams. Corporate training departments have long embraced microlearning for its perks of retention, mobility, and more. Higher-Ed is beginning to see the benefits of this strategy, too. Still, does microlearning belong in Higher-Ed? Read on for how l higher-ed leaders benefit by using microlearning in their curriculum development process.
5 Top Features Publishers Can Include for Interactive WorkBooks
Many schools have been implementing interactive workbooks. Thus, this change is not just out of necessity. These workbooks present many advantages to both learners and educators. Interactive workbooks are the next innovative development coming out of the digital learning age. Therefore, publishers can include these top 5 features listed below.
Adult Learners: Higher Ed Leaders Consider These Points to Build Online Curriculum
Adult learners who enroll in online courses have unique needs. They often have to balance coursework with full-time employment, family responsibilities, and multiple competing interests. With that in mind, colleges, universities, and adult education publishers can make necessary changes to attract and retain adult learners. Therefore, higher ed leaders should consider the following strategies for building an online college curriculum for adult learners that succeed.
Instructional Design: 4 Things Leaders Should Know to Connect Faculty and IDs
Colleges continue to convert more courses to online learning. Classes could be emergency remote learning or re-evaluated curricula. With this transition, some faculty members experience hesitancy, moving classes they taught for many years to online courses. Professors guide their students to the course objectives; they do the teaching. As subject matter experts, these instructors may not understand the complete role of the instructional designer in the teaching and learning process. Instructional designers (IDs) are experts in course design and embed the best practices to produce courses effectively for online learning. IDs realize the differences between face-to-face and online learning. Yet, a disconnect continues to exist between these two groups. College leaders can employ these four points to build a stronger connection between the faculty and instructional designers.
Book Sales: 5 Key Strategies Educational Publishers Need to Focus On
The impact of COVID-19 on book sales is both subtle and profound. K-12 book sales thrived throughout the pandemic. Leaders face unusual headwinds in book sales – record number jumps in sales coupled with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions. First, leaders must get content creation teams back into the office. Then, publishers face the rising costs of materials, supply chain shortages, and a vast backlog of work. In this environment, leaders wonder how to keep growing books sales. Here are five key strategies to focus on to increase book sales.
Curriculum Development: Hiring a 3rd Party Vendor for Your Courses
Colleges, universities, and K-12 providers are seeing an increased need for curriculum development, especially for online course content. A majority of schools have been pushed into digital content to meet the needs of pandemic-related constraints. While these are positive transformations, they need to deliver content more quickly. Thus, schools face overworking current curriculum designers or hiring new employees. However, a more efficient solution is collaborating with experienced third-party content creators to design courses.
Hybrid Learning: 5 Strategies That Publishers Can Address
Educators work hard to keep students engaged and excited about learning. Publishing leaders help teachers and students grow and learn together as one class—no matter their physical location – with remote-ready products. Likewise, leaders urge their content teams to create products that transition seamlessly between in-person and remote classrooms. Leaders utilize these five strategies to leverage the pros of hybrid learning.
Course Planning: 3 Things to Know for Online Competency-Based Higher Education
As more institutions of higher learning move toward online learning options, they must create course planning that leads to successful student outcomes. Toward that end, utilizing online competency-based higher education (OCBHE) can help achieve these goals. Ideally, successful OCBHE has the following components:
Student learning is active and personalized.
Students learn through various types of instruction and media.
Students experience opportunities to process and apply information in a tailored way.
Learning experiences match real-world contexts where learning might be applied.
Colleges and universities will apply these 3 strategies for successful course planning in a competency-based online learning environment.