TEL Learning Blog
Resources for online learning success and updates on our courses.
On Being a Good Citizen: Foundations of U.S. Civics Badge
Pop quiz: What are the three branches of the U.S. federal government? In the late summer of 2016, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania released the results of an annual survey conducted on Americans’ civic knowledge. It found that only...
Finding Extra Challenges: Dual Credit Courses for Gifted and Talented Students
Students enroll in dual credit courses in high school for a number of reasons. Cost is a popular one. Dual credit courses are typically much more affordable than traditional college credit, so successfully completing one dual credit course can shave hundreds of...
Four Note-taking Styles To Make Online Studying Easier
For 99.9% of people, memory is infallible. Otherwise, a phenomenon such as the Mandela Effect wouldn’t exist. That’s why taking notes is crucial for academic success. All students know the struggle to find the balance between recording the main ideas of a reading or...
New Courses: Research & Composition and Old Testament
You have more options for earning college credit. TEL is launching two new courses this month as we work to build out our associate degree catalog. Research & Composition TEL is expanding our English catalog with a more traditional Composition II course. A great...
Why Dual Enrollment Courses Are Great For Homeschool Students
As a parent of a homeschool student, caring for your child’s education becomes more nuanced as they get older. When your student enters high school, there is more flexibility in how they approach subjects. They’ve moved from understanding concepts to applying them in...
Finding Motivation In Online Learning
There was a time when distance learning meant books were mailed to students, students mailed their papers and exams back, and the whole process took months longer than usual. This was long before The Easy Button. Online learning has come a long way. From video...
How Student-Led “The Next Step” Helped TEL’s Social Media Strategy
When we started building our courses, we knew we needed to do more than help students understand US History. We needed to give them tools that would be valuable in real-world situations. This year, we had the opportunity to provide those real-world experiences to a...
How To Set Online Learning Goals You’ll Actually Achieve
Goal setting is not a new concept. You probably have a few of them floating around in your brain right now. Save for a car. Graduate from college. Spend less than five hours a day on TikTok. Setting goals is easy. Achieving goals? Not so much. According to one...
Studying History: How Can We Know Something Happened?
As a student, you may wonder how it’s possible to determine what actually happened in the past. How do we speak with any kind of certainty about the existence of historical figures or the occurrence of historical events? Indeed, in a world where there are so many...