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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

The challenges of online learning are real, but there are some basic steps teachers and families can take to encourage educational success. Examples could include encouraging the student to enjoy a break after an assignment or to change locations by studying outside on a nice day.

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Revolutionize Learning: Interactive Textbooks for Enhanced Engagement

Kitaboo on EdTech

In fact, studies show that there are several other ways in which interactive content revolutionizes learning: Enhance Student Participation Introducing interactivity into learning content is an excellent way to get more students to participate in a lesson. Content like maps, charts, graphs, etc.,

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

Using the metaverse can assist greatly with this by providing the opportunity to invite students with different needs to participate in positive and engaging learning experiences. Many immersive learning experiences are difficult or impossible to access for students with physical disabilities or impairments.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

In 2020, Nidhi Hebbar, a former education lead at Apple who later studied racial bias in ed tech at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, co-founded the Ed Tech Equity Project. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools.

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COVID-19 Is Costing Visually Impaired Students Time That Can’t Be Made Up

Edsurge

Their report , titled “Access and Engagement to Education Study,” surveyed over 1,400 parents and professionals in the U.S. The challenges faced by most students and families reeling from the shift to online learning was heightened for children with visual impairments, says Rosenblum, many of whom have additional special needs.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

Noble takes online classes in the evenings and weekends with Reach University as she studies to be a teacher and as part of the agreement, her district allows her 15 hours a week of classroom time. Her 24 classmates smile and wave as they log on from different states. You are in your own class right now,” Eckert says.