Ed. Customization Lessons Learned from Online Credit Recovery
Online education providers are finding that the customized strategies for credit-recovery students are working well for students in regular e-courses, too
One of the biggest struggles for students taking a course they had previously failed is making sure they understand the vocabulary unique to the subject. So when the online-course provider Aventa Learning was building credit-recovery courses, designers chose to preteach the pertinent vocabulary words.
Each section of Aventa’s online credit-recovery courses now features a list of key terms and definitions. Students can read the definitions in English or Spanish and click an audio button to have the terms read to them in either language.
Jim Kuhr, the senior director of curriculum development for the Anthem, Ariz.-based Aventa, which offers 19 different credit-recovery courses, says his company is now considering using the feature in...
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