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Hybrids Rule

By Ann York

Yes, I do truly love my Prius, but here I am discussing another kind of hybrid: a course that involves both online and classroom learning. An Inside Higher Ed report of new research from South Texas College indicates that 82 percent of students in hybrid courses were successful (that is, that got an A,... »

Back to the Future

By Ann York

Following up on a theme discussed in a recent PowerProfs post on the evolution of educators from a stand and deliver classroom teachers to a supercharged E-mentors using a variety of online tools, I read this article in the NY Times with interest: “SINCE the 16th century, the ideal of education has been the tutorial... »

Will this be on the test?

By Ann York

An Inside Higher Ed blog Demand and Supply By Joshua Kim asks questions we here at PowerProfs have pondered: “Why do students seem content with a lecture based class system? Why aren’t students asking for creative course projects that use media and multiple intelligences, rather than the traditional end-of-term paper?” In our research on best practices... »

New literacy/Old literacy

By Ann York

In my last post on alleged generational differences, I concluded by saying we as educators should pay less attention to generations and more attention to both traditional and digital literacy. A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education resonated with me, and seems to reinforce this approach. We can not turn back the... »

Wiggle Room

By Ann York

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. There are a couple of reasons for this: 1) I like to set myself (and others) up for success and most resolutions fail. 2) Resolutions are too absolute—I prefer a little wiggle room. That is why I just loved this bit from Bob Sutton’s Work Matters blog: ... »