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If there’s one big takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic for education, it’s that teaching well online is increasingly, and critically, important because online learning is here. For good. Last week at One Schoolhouse, we asked if you are planning to include online courses in your 2021-2022 course offerings? Only 58% of respondents have plans to so far. However, as you continue to continue to think ahead to the 21/22 school year, we encourage you to consider the place of online learning.  

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This spring’s emergency pivot online revealed that most schools had limited online and hybrid learning experience. Going forward, schools must place a greater value on online learning and incorporate aspects of it in their approach to teaching. How? For starters, ask yourself, "What have we always wanted to do?" and "What have we learned from the last 7 months than we can carry forward in our work?"

With online learning, schools have an opportunity to:

  • connect students globally in a diverse and changing world;
  • offer a greater breadth of elective offerings, language strands, and advanced math and science courses;
  • explore staggered scheduling, pod-learning and micro-school models;
  • take advantage of your campus and more place-based learning;
  • and think about their finances and funding differently. 

There isn't a downside to offering students more ways to engage with course content and material, whether the classroom is in-person or online. Simply put, if you want today’s — and tomorrow’s — students to learn and succeed, you need to embrace the opportunities that online learning provides rather than trying to simply "return to normal." 

Ways to Engage:

  • 2021-2022 Consortium School Survey: On Friday, we sent along our fall survey to consortium schools asking what courses we should offer for students and faculty in summer 2021 and the 2021-2022 school year. As you know, we build offerings based on their course needs. Not a part of the consortium and want to learn more about partnership? Click here.

Resources to Read & Watch:

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Did you miss Wednesday's Academic Leaders Webinar with Sarah and Brad on how schools should weave online learning into their curriculum in a post-COVID world? You don't want to miss this one. Watch a recording here.

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