Inside Higher Ed hosted a free webinar on Tuesday, June 10th – “Retention in Online Courses,” brought to you by Academic Partnerships and featuring Patrick Lowenthal, assistant professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University.
Online learning continues to grow and make up a larger percentage of enrollments in higher education.
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Loading...As we wrap up our series on retention, we turn to Dr. Clayton Christensen, senior advisor to Academic Partnerships.
Clayton Christensen on The disruption of higher education
An interview by The Economist Intelligence Unit
December 9, 2013
Harvard Business School
What causes successful companies or institutions to stumble and fail?
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In light of our focus on retention, Ed Tech du Jour hosts, Dr. Melissa Kaulbach and Dr. Heather Farmakis share factors contributing to attrition rates originate from a variety of sources, many that are beyond your control. As an instructor and course designer, you do have control over your course’s environment, which can influence students’ choice to remain enrolled.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In light of our focus on retention, we wanted to provide practical tips you can apply to the course building process and the visual design aspect of it.
Maintaining student retention can be challenging, and no one factor determines whether students complete or leave an online program.
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In light of our focus on retention, we ask, Have you designed your online course to promote student retention? Factors contributing to attrition rates originate from a variety of sources, many that are beyond your control. However, as an instructor and course designer, you do have control over your course’s environment, which can influence students’ choice to remain enrolled.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...At Academic Partnerships, one of our main foci is student retention. What does this mean exactly? Jason Elliott, Director of Student Services states,
“Retention programs that work in the online environment are those where an emotional attachment is created between the students and their university.
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Research suggests that making online learning fun has an effect on the learning that occurs in an educational environment. Learners retain more information when they are ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Guest post written by Dr. Heather Farmakis, author of iLearn: Tips and Tricks for Online Learning. Building rapport and establishing relationships are critical to the success of an online course. This practice promotes learning, engagement, and retention. I understand the importance of community first-hand from the perspective of a student.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Gregory Ferenstein uses Udacity’s recent partnership with San Jose State University (part of the California State University system) as evidence of the beginning of the end of higher education (and said teaching profession) as we know it. The post is everything that drives me crazy about 21st Century journalism: anecdote as proof, charismatic author as authority, grounded theory and research be damned. …
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