This practical and related-to-real-life type of learning is the result of the combination of traditional classroom-based learning with activities outside the school which do not only include conventional homework, but also several opportunities for learners to involve their community members in the learning process.

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This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain.

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Apex, a provider of computer-based learning tools, began by targeting a specific type of low enrollment offering: advanced placement (AP) courses.

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Blended-learning models that create time for teachers to provide this type of meaningful and actionable feedback are vital.

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The downside is that the process to arrive there can waste a lot of time and energy in reinventing the wheel, when, depending on the problem a school is trying to solve, the level of freedom it has to solve it, and the type of team it deploys to attack it, there is some predictability to the blended-learning model it is likely to adopt.

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