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In today’s educational landscape, instruction has many forms. What’s known as traditional, face-to-face instruction is alive and well. But, like most fields, the field of education continuously ...
Every learning modality has its limitations. Strictly classroom/in-person-based learning has come under increasing scrutiny over the last decade as the sophistication and availability of education ...
Online learning is sweeping across America. In the year 2000, roughly 45,000 K–12 students took an online course. In 2009, more than 3 million K–12 students did. What was originally a distance- ...
We all know that great innovations fail. A large reason for failure is because the innovation never reaches the point on the innovation curve beyond innovators and early adopters in the diffusion of ...
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As the name suggests, blended learning offers a blend of traditional face-to-face classroom teaching methods, such as lectures, group discussions, and group work, and online learning platforms.
Blended learning is not a new instructional approach, but it became more mainstream during and after the COVID pandemic, when educators and students elected to keep parts of entirely-online learning ...
One of the biggest complaints about blended learning is that educators don’t know if it really has a positive impact on student achievement, and if so, under what circumstances. Sarah notes that ...
When I first began blending digital and face-to-face learning, it was easy enough to create a flow between online learning spaces and offline learning. However, I noticed that sometimes my students ...
In the last two years, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $383 million in Race to the Top competition funds to districts implementing blended learning models. But amid the models of success, ...