High Quality Ed at Scale
The title of this week's academic paper is "Can a High-Quality Education Be Provided at Scale?" written in the Inside Higher Ed this week. The author, Executive Director of the University of Texas System's Institute for Transformational Learning and Professor identified a number of strategies to improve outcomes, which include:
Augmenting existing lecture classes with technology-based instruction outside of class and active-learning activities within the lecture portion of the course.
Introducing an emporium model where students use interactive software in a learning resource center where they also receive help from tutors and facilitators.
Replacing a face-to-face model with a fully-online courses in which students receive automated as well as personal feedback.
Offering linked workshops to provide targeted academic support.
The author suggests the following ten approaches to enhance teaching, which we would be happy to provide further information and assist in implementation:
Creating Shared Instructional Content, Learning Tools, and Teaching Resources
Self-Paced, Self-Directed Learning
Utilizing Interactive, Personalized, Adaptive Courseware
Team-Based Learning
Course Sharing Arrangements
Scaled Online Courses
Tiered Support
A Modularized Approach
Meta-Majors
Expanded Experiential Learning
