Saturday, May 22, 2021

Flexibility key for universities' hybrid learning, researchers say - Emily Bamforth, EdScoop

The solution to student engagement in online learning isn’t picking the right way to deliver courses, but allowing students the flexibility to take the course the way they want to, researchers said during an online event this week. As higher education was forced to switch to online learning last March because of the coronavirus pandemic, educators gained an opportunity to experiment with new teaching techniques and see the results in real time. One major challenge higher education faced was fostering a sense of community while students learned remotely, said participants of the Wednesday symposium, which was co-hosted by learning centers at Duke University, University of Michigan, Stanford, Penn State and Princeton.

https://edscoop.com/flexibility-universities-hybrid-learning-researchers/