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What I Wish Everyone Knew About Making Individual Connections With Online Students

In the absence of meeting your students in a face to face course, how can instructors make individualized connections with their students in the online course environment? Introduce yourself and demonstrate to the students that you have a passion for the subject of the course. Provide a video introduction. Provide your professional biography and a…

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Decision Based Games

How Gaming Might Be the Solution to Increasing Student Retention

While elearning has been on the rise in recent years, there are still many challenges that the online education world faces, often based on student retention. Between the busy schedules of people who often choose to pursue a degree online to maintaining the motivation to keep up with lessons, there is often a sharp attrition…

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Focus EduVation

A Focused Look at ADDIE

Focus Eduvation is taking a look at the ADDIE instructional model. We are always exploring how learning theory and motivation can be applied to the instructional process to make it more engaging and practical for diverse learning audiences. Focus Eduvation is taking a look at the ADDIE instructional model. We are always exploring how learning theory and motivation can be applied to the instructional process to make it more engaging and practical for diverse learning audiences.

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Focus EduVation

The 10 Gold Standards of Ensuring Online Course Quality

Online courses represent some of the most accessible and potentially comprehensive learning available. Whether they come in the form of free online courses or classes from a university, online learning is extremely popular. However, online classes are meant to be more than assignments and reading without interaction; they need to be personal. Taking these steps…

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What Are the Security Risks of Not Converting Flash Content to HTML5?

One of the biggest advantages that HTML5 has over Flash is its greater security. However, if you already offer a lot of digital learning materials, such as Flash animations, you may wonder just how significant are the risks of delaying your Flash to HTML5 conversion. Here is an overview of the security risks of putting…

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Remediation

5 Important Trends in Higher Education Remediation

According to Education Next, more than 50 percent of freshman in the United States are ineligible for university-level courses and must take some form of remediation. Higher learning remediation is necessary for several reasons. Sometimes students in high school don’t receive or aren’t able to finish the courses necessary to prepare them for college. It’s…

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