Learner Progress
Want a quick way to check on how your students are doing in your course? Visit the Learner Progress tool in Brightspace under the Course Resources menu.
CHLOE 10 | Meeting the Moment: Navigating Growth, Competition, and AI in Oline Higher Education
Every year, Quality Matters and EDUCAUSE collaborate on a survey and research report called The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE). Some key findings in the latest report released in August 2025:
Improving the YouTube Experience for Your Learners
When you share a YouTube video for learners, annoying ads can disrupt the viewing experience and detract from the valuable content you chose. While the video may contain useful information, these interruptions can break the flow of learning and distract from the material. You also can’t track whether they watched the video. Here are two effective solutions:
Create Interactive Learning Activities
From Lumen Learning, a new free platform that allows you to curate your own OER content and then use that to create interactive learning activities for your students: GenText Studio Website. You provide the content and learning outcomes, and the platform will create effective prompts that students paste into their LLM of choice and engage in a personalized learning experience. Try it out by clicking on Start Learning or log in to start authoring.
Improve Learning
Did you know that asking students to intentionally make a mistake and correct it can actually improve their learning? A recent study had students either restudy material by underlining key information, write down what they remember after a lesson, or create and correct plausible conceptual errors.
Use their names
Want a quick hack for engaging students, creating a warm classroom climate, and building connections with your learners? Use their names! Taking the time to learn them and pronounce them correctly can make a big impact on the student experience in a classroom.