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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

I have tried to focus instead on actual case studies demonstrating the success of e-learning models in these environments. The pilot generated positive results with the average successful pass rate being 86% across topics. One of the challenges, from an African perspective is Internet access, as well as consistent power. Descomplica.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. Here are 12 ways to help students maintain the knowledge they learned over the year and avoid summer slide: Libraries often have plenty of fun activities to prevent summer slide, from read-alouds to book reading challenges. Green, A.M.,

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program. ” In 2011, the FCC updated CIPA compliance requirements.

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Skyrocketing Category 2 Form 470s

Education Superhighway

The E-rate Category 2 program has been a game changer for school districts across America looking to upgrade their internal networks. Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Current program set up.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Connaway, Lanclos, & Hood, 2013a; 2013b; White, 2011). The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Look for editorial ratings. M., & Hood, E. Lanclos, D., & Hood, E.

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One district’s innovative ideas to engage parents

eSchool News

Students with engaged parents traditionally have better attendance, a more positive attitude, and higher rates of graduation than peers with less support. These efforts led to the formation of the Guilford Parent Academy (GPA) in 2011, a multifaceted parent engagement initiative that is partly supported by federal Race to the Top money.

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. For all of us who have been in the e-Learning world for a while, talking about learning analytics is like calling an old friend by a new name.