Paul Mitchell Raleigh: Streamlined Attendance In Hybrid Programs

Learn how Paul Mitchell Raleigh used a cosmetology school attendance software to streamline attendance in hybrid programs.   Paul Mitchell Raleigh prepares its Future Professionals for successful careers in the beauty industry through a three leveled Cosmetology program. In the program, students take on progressively advanced techniques and build real-world skills on their way to becoming… Continue reading Paul Mitchell Raleigh: Streamlined Attendance In Hybrid Programs

Five Tips To Gain Approval For Continued Distance & Blended Learning in Vocational Schools

Blended and distance learning programs helped vocational schools train essential workers throughout the pandemic, now many are looking to continue these programs. When the pandemic first hit the U.S., many career education institutions were granted temporary approval to offer emergency distance learning and blended (a.k.a hybrid) learning courses. Now, almost a full year later, many… Continue reading Five Tips To Gain Approval For Continued Distance & Blended Learning in Vocational Schools

How This Tool Significantly Increases Student Engagement Online

Leveraging a tool to increase student engagement online in blended and distance learning courses helps improve student comprehension while supporting compliance.  Engaging students is the biggest challenge for institutions administering online courses. Courses consisting solely of video conferencing presentations lack the group dynamics and calls to action necessary to keep students focused on, leading to… Continue reading How This Tool Significantly Increases Student Engagement Online

How To Create An Engaging Content Strategy For Blended Learning

Providing students with engaging content is the key to ensuring they can succeed in blended learning programs. Luckily, thanks to the abundance of information and content online, educators can think outside the box when creating engaging content for their students. In this post, we’ll cover methods for creating highly engaging content that you can provide… Continue reading How To Create An Engaging Content Strategy For Blended Learning

8 Advantages Of Blended Learning Programs

Through the advancement of digital education tools like web conferencing, eBooks, simulations, videos, games, and more, blended learning has become a truly effective and valuable approach to learning that many career institutions have started utilizing. By combining aspects of online and in-person methodologies, blended learning provides career college students and instructors with benefits of both.… Continue reading 8 Advantages Of Blended Learning Programs

How To Transition To Blended Learning With CourseKey

Career education institutions across the country are transitioning to blended learning models to best protect the health of their students, faculty, and staff while preserving the valuable hands-on instruction necessary for career training.  In this post, we will cover how CourseKey makes it easy for institutions to successfully set up and run blended learning programs.… Continue reading How To Transition To Blended Learning With CourseKey

How One School Transitioned To Distance Learning Pain-Free

Friday the 13th. That’s the date in March of 2020 that SFIEC completed their transition to CourseKey for attendance collection in their on-ground programs. But just two days earlier, the COVID-19 outbreak was classified as a global pandemic, leading to a widespread shutdown of schools with on-ground programs. In response, schools scrambled to find ways… Continue reading How One School Transitioned To Distance Learning Pain-Free

How Schools Can Easily Track Student Hours Accrued Online Vs. In-Person

With many colleges choosing blended learning to navigate the pandemic, accreditors and state boards have installed regulations for the ratio of student hours accrued online vs. in-person. To easily track student hours and distinguish between hours accrued online versus on-ground, some colleges have chosen to implement mobile attendance tools. With real-time insight into students’ attendance… Continue reading How Schools Can Easily Track Student Hours Accrued Online Vs. In-Person

Why Blended Learning Is The New Normal

Even as the pandemic slows, blended learning is the new normal across educational sectors, including trade schools.  With the United States recently surpassing 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the spread of the coronavirus has shown no signs of slowing down. As the summer comes to a close with students of all ages ready to… Continue reading Why Blended Learning Is The New Normal

Two Easy Ways To Improve Student Satisfaction In Online Courses

With distance learning becoming increasingly common, improving satisfaction in online courses is critical for student success.   Digital Promise, in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere and Tyton Partners, recently released the results of a new survey about students’ reactions and feedback to the move to online education following the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.… Continue reading Two Easy Ways To Improve Student Satisfaction In Online Courses