Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 19, 2022

Today’s case in point is an odd article in Insider Higher Ed. “ HyFlex Is Not the Future of Learning ” starts off by complaining about that form of teaching, then becomes a general complaint about online learning. Next he praises the on-campus experience, in contrast to online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Even before the global pandemic pushed many colleges and universities to teach students remotely, online learning had become an increasingly important part of higher education. Yet, as this spring’s pivot to online learning showed us, equity remains a significant challenge.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2021

They have partnered with Lincoln University, a Historically Black College or University (HBCU), to engage students of color from the “Boot Heel” region of Missouri. Technical College System of Georgia. Savannah Technical College and a consortium of the Technical College System of Georgia was awarded a U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Having worked at the intersection of education and technology for over 20 years, I never would have predicted that the first excitement at home over learning online would be the result of a teacher yelling at my 5th grader to stop using Zoom’s virtual background function to turn his shirt into a forest fire. I can’t read music!

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Neo LMS

JULY 15, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in University Business , on April 13, 2021. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

This fall, the first official cohort of 20 students will enroll at Outer Coast, an aspiring college whose campus is in the state’s southeast chain of islands, sometimes called the Alaskan Panhandle. It’s unusual to try to open a new college these days, in an era when it’s more likely for established colleges to shutter.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Online class growth has been consistent for the past 13 years, and more than a quarter of higher education students (or 28%) are enrolled in at least one online course. Also, Imo Education predicts that by 2019 at least 50% of all classes will be delivered online. Online courses deliver many advantages for students.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) serves thousands of learners of varied backgrounds and reaches residents statewide, including those enrolled in adult education programs. Savannah Technical College, a unit of the TCSG, was awarded a 4-year grant of $4.85 strengthening regionally specific industry-educator partnerships.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. I haven’t read many books that are focused strictly on online teaching. Books specifically about online teaching, despite having some appeal to me, generally wind up lower on my ‘to-be-read’ book stack.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. After all, in-person was seen as the gold standard, and the question was whether that could be faithfully reproduced online.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But are colleges paying attention to what online students want most? These days senior college leaders should be eager to find out, as enrollment overall is falling even while interest in online courses is on the rise. Surveys of remote college students show that their top priorities are convenience and flexibility.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? That’s the privileged question that officials at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have been mulling over for the last two years, and this month they announced some answers.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 20, 2021

Once technology became part of our daily routine and online learning solutions (MOOC providers, learning apps, learning management systems , etc.) In an Uber-like educational system, clients (students) have access to the best service providers (schools, universities, teachers, etc.), It sounds great, isn’t it?

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 19, 2020

How Linways AMS can be used to conduct online classes amidst the imminent CoViD19 crisis. Online learning has been a buzzword among the academic community. Schools, colleges and universities are temporarily closing to avoid the spread of Covid19, and promoting online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Universities still teach the same way they did in the Middle Ages!” Trustees at Wesleyan University, where I am president, have for years been singing the siren’s song to professors about the benefits of online teaching, and usually the answer they get is: “It just doesn’t work.” Well, things in academia are changing now!

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. And because it’s a pandemic, the event was online and the bell was virtual (perhaps fitting for an online-learning company). There are 1.3

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 18, 2020

Schools, colleges and universities are either locked down, or operating at a reduced capacity. Content is still king in their minds, and everything relies on their knowledge, and the ' delivery ' of learning. They had to. It was expedient, because lives were at stake. In a time of crisis, we all try to cope in any way we can.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2020

In today’s show, learn the ten principles (and a bonus) to help us encourage and help others as we work through this crisis together. Now is the time to learn online even as we’re teaching online. ET to talk about 10 Principles of Effective Distance Learning. So are teachers and parents.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Such are the tools developed and offered by Examity , a provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers. Today, more than 75 percent of Examity’s 500-plus customers are colleges and universities, including Indiana University and Texas A&M.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

When Paul LeBlanc began as president of Southern New Hampshire University more than 20 years ago, the institution taught about 2,500 students on its residential campus — and its future looked uncertain. That growth ended up exploding as the acceptance of online learning grew, then got an unexpected boost from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

After the Arizona State University Preparatory Academy announced on Friday, March 13, that it would shift its 11 schools to online learning because of the coronavirus crisis, teacher Theresa Ordell switched to high gear. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In the third blog in our series on higher education challenges (rising costs, declining completion rates), exploring how innovative colleges and universities are addressing them, we’ll look at funding. I’ll look specifically at the non-profit college sector that must increasingly seek out non? Scientific discovery costs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” Stueve started her online learning journey four years ago — first in community college, and then at the University of Florida. Demand is out there.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This used to mean enrolling at your local college or online institution. They have a huge catalog of K-12 education training classes that are offered online, on open schedules, and at affordable rates. All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

The pandemic has dragged on, prompting colleges to ricochet back and forth on mask mandate policies and rules about holding classes in person versus online. And college enrollments are down overall. And college enrollments are down overall. Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education at Stanford University.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Even before the pandemic, big-name colleges and universities were getting serious about online education. And that already-growing interest has ballooned since COVID-19 forced pretty much every institution to teach temporarily online. And what does it say about the future of online education, both at colleges and schools?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

When two Stanford University professors started Coursera in 2012, the focus was on building free online courses to bring teaching from elite colleges out to the world. But the pandemic has forced those selective colleges to embrace online learning like never before, and now all types of colleges are teaching online.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2023

Teaching Methods and Learning Tools Learning environment in the classroom can influence perception and comprehension on many levels. University professors must emphasize this fact. This way, college kids might get closer to understanding how to write cause and effect essay. Find the answers here.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 25, 2016

. In three years, no one will be able to explain why it was that colleges and universities continued to hand more than half of their tuition to companies marketing and supporting their online programs – the online program managers. We built fine online programs that ran a surplus for both schools and ourselves.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In the last on our series about the challenges in higher education, we will examine how universities and colleges are managing the fast pace of change in teaching methods and curricula. Traditional universities will find themselves obsolete, unless they adapt. Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2020

As colleges plan to welcome students back for the fall semester—while preparing for a possible second outbreak of the coronavirus that would force classes back online–one thing is for sure: Community is more important than ever. Colleges don’t need new platforms or technology to build community or welcome students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

Jasper Smith did not spend her freshman year at Howard University studying in the red-brick buildings on its campus in Washington, D.C. Now that emergency health measures have been lifted, Smith, who is currently a junior, does participate on campus in the life of the historically Black university. But college courses?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. And with so many people turning online, he said, “There’s a high demand” for people with knowledge like his. These types of online skills are much more respected. Credit: Raina Tung.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You pivoted, shifted and, let’s be real, maybe stumbled into a makeshift version of online education. So this summer might be the right time to learn a little more about online pedagogy. Or maybe you’re actually kind of intrigued by this whole online learning thing. Online classes are often recorded.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s the question that nonprofit association Educause poses annually to college faculty, staff, administrators and researchers from around the world. And unsurprisingly, their reflections underscore dramatic shifts in teaching and learning either instigated or sped up by the pandemic.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

With China muscling its way into the first ranks as a global power in science and technology— building vast new academic complexes, climbing to the top ranks of the world's elite universities, surpassing the U.S. Online Degrees On Hold China actually has a long history of distance learning—mostly at correspondence schools and on broadcast TV.

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