Honor Education

A sense of belonging doesn’t just happen, particularly in an online environment. It must be fostered and encouraged. At Honor, we believe one of the keys to improving retention and churn is through belonging. And it’s working. 76% of learners said Honor increased their sense of belonging. We do this by centering human connection at the heart of the learning experience, with features that: ?? Create spaces for learners to easily share and discuss their thoughts. ?? Encourage learners to work together to overcome difficult concepts ?? Empower instructors to engage with learners when they need the most support

We learn better when we learn together??? Thank you to Ron J Stefanski for having us!?

One of the most common challenges instructors face in online education is a feeling of disconnection from their students. At Honor, we’re bringing it back. 80% of instructors said Honor increased their connection with their students. We do this by building tools that empower instructors to: ??? Bring their unique voice and perspective back to the learning content ?? Read the “room” to understand how their students are feeling about and engaging with the learning material ?? Add and adjust content to create powerful and engaging learning paths?

Thank you to Mark Leiter, Chief Digital Strategy Officer at Boeing, for highlighting our approach here at Honor!

In online education, it’s often difficult to tell whether learners are just consuming material or actually comprehending it. At Honor, we’re helping students learn for life. 90% of learners say that Honor increased their comprehension in course material. We do this by: ??? Encouraging learners to engage directly within all learning material through intentional highlighting. ?? Enabling instructors to easily identify learners requiring support through real-time analytics on progress, sentiment, comprehension, and more. ?? Empowering instructors to bring their unique voice and perspective back into the online learning experience.

September signals back to school season for our incredible higher education partners ?? ?? We’re Honored to work with a variety of institutions including Lehigh University, Northeastern University, The Wharton School, and Austin Community College. We’re wishing you the best this semester and can’t wait to see your courses come to life on Honor!

We learn better when we learn together. Our CEO Joel Podolny weighed in on the importance of peer collaboration in a Q&A with Inside Higher Ed's Joshua Kim. Drawing on his experience as a professor at Stanford and Harvard, the Dean of Yale’s School of Management, and the founding Dean of Apple University, he remarked: “Teaching has never been just about what I can put into students; it is what I can coax out of them collectively so that each individual is the beneficiary of the perspectives of the others with whom they are sharing their learning journey.” Check out the full article in Inside Higher Ed to learn more.

Shoutout to Honor’s very own VP of Customer Experience, modern day Wordsworth, Jeremy Dean, PhD, who is teaching a British Literature course at Austin Community College. His course examines everything from Willams Blake and Wordsworth to Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar. We love seeing the creative ways that instructors bring their courses to life!

At Honor, we think about online learning as more than just the transfer of knowledge. We think of it as an active experience that deepens engagement by: ? Encouraging students to react to material and share with their peers as they’re learning. ?? Tracking progress to ensure learners are actively engaging with the material, not just going through the motions. ?? Building in prompts and check ins throughout learning material to support comprehension. And it's working! 94% of instructors said that Honor improved student engagement in their course.

While online learning has made education more accessible and flexible for students to fit into their lives, it often lacks the one thing we love the most about our favorite summer activities: Community. Hear from Amy Baldwin, Senior Lecturer of Literacy and Academic Success at the University of Central Arkansas, on how Honor helps bring community to her students even when learning asynchronously. ??