Virtual Classrooms

To meet growing demand for flexible learning models without losing campus culture, NCCU is creating a model for “hybrid living,” with in-person and virtual homecoming events, student club meetings and faculty meetings.

The Campus Reimagined initiative at Florida State University has attempted to combine pedagogical best practices with simple tech tools to maximize student engagement whether they’re learning remotely or in person.

Commonwealth Charter Academy in Pennsylvania, which saw its enrollment skyrocket as regular school districts struggled with remote learning, has agreed to purchase an office building in Moosic with cubicles for teachers.

With a large snowstorm headed for Western New York, area schools are considering remote learning to avoid days off, but factors like Internet access and localized precipitation complicate the decision.

Educators from Stanford University shared lessons from their campus’ overall experiences with remote learning, including student struggles and academic innovations, at the virtual Educause Annual Conference last week.

At a Thursday webinar panel for the Educause Annual Conference, former U.S. Secretary of Education and Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan described technology access and degree completion as major issues facing higher ed.

Year-over-year data suggests students are becoming more comfortable with, and optimistic about, online learning, while educators and institutions are advised to track student outcomes after implementing new technology.

Although student proficiency scores and mental health issues worsened during remote learning, educators should try to understand other factors at work and see the game-changing potential in virtual instruction.

Amid declining overall enrollment, online tuition for PennWest University will be discounted by 20 percent for Pennsylvania state employees starting in January 2023 for both graduate and undergraduate programs.

School officials say technology and practices now in place for virtual instruction will help them deal with outbreaks when they occur, and minimize the need for closing schools and adding days to the end of the year.

At a webinar on Tuesday featured in the Aurora Institute Symposium, the Colorado Board of Education's Office of Blended Learning explained a two-year plan to gather research on hybrid learning to inform state policy.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress this year recorded the largest-ever declines in mathematics, with many school officials blaming learning loss on remote instruction and the upheaval of the pandemic.

With more than 25 years of IT management experience, Ed Clark comes to the nation’s largest university system with an eye on online classes, educational resources, student equity and other learning challenges.

A shared program between Burrell, Derry Area, Hempfield Area and Kiski Area school districts uses Google for Education and seven teachers to lead remote classes for 53 students learning from home.

Amid plummeting enrollment in community colleges, most students say they want online options. Administrators doubt the pre-2020 status quo will ever return, but concerns remain about the quality of the online experience.

With students turning to accelerated training as an alternative to traditional IT and information security degree programs, experts say the question of boot camps versus college depends largely on students' goals.

For the first time dating back to the fall of 2019, back-to-school time really does mean going physically back to school for students in local districts and nearby colleges — but with a healthy asterisk.

Drawing from ed-tech leaders’ insights, a Georgia State University report said ed-tech tools should be developed and viewed largely as a means to bolster traditional instructional methods rather than replacing them.