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While hybrid teaching and learning rates have dropped considerably in the K-12 sector with more students returning to in-person classrooms, there is a lot to be gleaned from experiences during the pandemic. This article from Education Week (previously featured in the 10-16-2015 Scout Report) provides readers with a series of mini case studies that highlight what did - and just as importantly, did...

From the College of DuPage, An Introduction to Hybrid Teaching is a handy PDF guide to planning a hybrid learning course, a format many readers will likely become intimately familiar with in the near future. While hybrid teaching is not new to the educational landscape, it has risen to prominence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to ensure safe and thorough educational environments....

Led by Victoria Grace Walden at the University of Sussex, Digital Holocaust Memory explores the opportunities and challenges of preserving the history of the Holocaust in a technological age. The site begins by noting that we are transitioning "from an era dominated by face-to-face survivor testimony" to "an age characterised by mediated memory." To ensure that accurate accounts of the Holocaust...

The web series Say It Loud offers a joyful and comedic take on Black identity, history, and pop culture. Through 10-20 minute episodes, the series covers topics such as "Should you go to an HBCU?," "What Missy Elliot did for Afrofuturism," "Juneteenth: Freedom and the Fine Print," and "'Black sounding' names and their surprising history." A selection of recent episodes are available on the page...

Many educators and curriculum designers are familiar with Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which has grown in popularity in recent years. However, the means of incorporating and utilizing this educational framework may remain unclear. Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students, created by the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University's...