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New Report A Mixed Bag on Student Engagement with Online Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt shift to online learning, stakeholders expressed several concerns. Would students really be able to learn as well remotely as they had in-person? Now, more than three years after higher ed was thrown into upheaval, results are beginning to come in about the shift to online learning.

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National University Students Given Access to Work-Based Learning Via Online Platform

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NU's strategic plan involves pairing student-specific supports with the usage of “next-generation” technologies and practices – such as virtual reality and online learning models – that meet students “where they are and take them where they need to go,” Milliron said. “We

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How an IR-Led Outreach Experiment Boosted Student Persistence at Greenville Technical College

Civitas Learning

Make Advising Personal—at Scale To scale their impact, GTC aimed for every student to have an advising appointment. Using Civitas Learning’s Student Impact Platform , they built dashboards to track progress and prioritize outreach. to 58% , a stunning 25 percentage point gain.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. As in-person and hybrid learning resume, enrollment numbers have not returned to pre-COVID levels.

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Advising Diverse Online and In-Person Students with Dr. Jeffrey Taylor

Civitas Learning

While colleges and universities are optimistic about the future of online learning, certain challenges remain. One such challenge is how advising departments can effectively support their students in a digital environment. To mitigate this burden, UT Arlington adopts a hybrid approach to their advising.

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Where it all began

The Advisor That Cares

When I began the ADL Program , I was advising for a few online graduate Master of Education programs (including this one). Therefore, I intend to keep these in mind as I prepare to outline my plans for an online learning course’s instructional design. I keep hearing Dr. Harapnuik telling me to focus on the learning.

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Design – from the starting line

The Advisor That Cares

Everything I have been learning through the program on how to help develop my team through professional learning and ways that these resources can contribute to significant learning environments both equip me with resources and leave me overwhelmed at the reality of this authentic opportunity.