Not exact matches
In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and
through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that
blends adaptive online
learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a
blended -
learning environment delivered
through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will
offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.
Finally, to the part that gives you the most satisfaction as an instructor -
blend your students
learning experience by mixing your self -
learning course with your instructor - led variant: In fact you may want to
offer the self - paced course for free to anyone who signs up for an instructor led course and push them to go
through it in tandem with your instructor led course.
In «Supporting Student Success
through Time and Technology,» the National Center on Time and
Learning offers six in depth case studies of school systems implementing blended learning and an accompanying implementation guide based on those schools» expe
Learning offers six in depth case studies of school systems implementing
blended learning and an accompanying implementation guide based on those schools» expe
learning and an accompanying implementation guide based on those schools» experiences.
Second, it is investing in instructional approaches that increase student and parental engagement — such as differentiated school
offerings for different student needs, as well as products and services for
blended -
learning environments, where the bulk of K — 12 online
learning will ultimately be — both for its own full - time managed schools as well as for districts
through its Fuel Education business.
For example, the large Florida Virtual School
offers additional courses to students in brick and mortar high schools mainly
through Web - based instruction, while Iowa
Learning Online
offers its courses
through a
blend of Web - based instruction and a two - way, audio - video interactive system.
ASCD also focuses on providing professional
learning through blended solutions,
offering face - to - face experiences integrated with its innovative PD In Focus ® and PD Online ® digital products.
Amplify Fractions is a digital math program that
offers a new, highly engaging approach to
learning fractions
through a
blend of adaptive
learning and interactive storytelling.
Single Seed School is a proposed public charter school that
offers competency - based education
through a
blended learning approach.
Innovations High
offers students the ability to take courses as they choose whether in a
blended learning environment using digital textbooks, or in a traditional «brick and mortar» class, or
through courses that provide industry certificates that demonstrate employable skills.
Focused on computer science, the school will
offer the opportunity to complete high school requirements
through a combination of
blended (online and face - to - face)
learning, integrated coursework, and project - based
learning.
This
blended learning course will be
offered through a series of on line «sessions» which will deliver the core material, paralleling the existing course which uses traditional teaching methods.