The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Founded in 2009 and based in American Fork, Utah, the company has amassed 1,500-plus games, quizzes and templates to sell to corporate clients in search of more compelling digital learning materials for employees. The other acquisition, Edulence, was founded in 2002 and is based in New York. This is a big leap for us,” says Scivally.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Bruce Robertson to completely redesign a classroom course to fit an online/in-class hybrid format—in just two weeks. Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. How do we hold their attention, develop their abilities, and engage them in the online forum?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It’s difficult to learn and to trust information if we’re not aware of some of these ways information is manipulated,” West said. There’s limited research on how best to teach students to interpret information they come across online, however, said Wineburg. We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said.

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Social Media Data Course Report 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

I’ve always assumed that students who were happy at school would be more receptive to learning lessons that day. And if they were sad, or having a bad day with classmates or the teacher, well, then they might not learn so much. The role of emotions in learning is getting a renewed interest from scholars.

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Nik Peachey

JULY 31, 2014

Moodle is a magnificent free product and has the potential to enable schools and teachers to build wonderfully unique interactive online learning courses in which learner interaction can be tracked, measured and responded to. Given the state of many of these courses, it’s no wonder that drop out rates for online learning are so high.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. How do we hold their attention, develop their abilities, and engage them in the online forum?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 12, 2012

Join me Tuesday, June 12th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and executive producer of LearningTimes , the "global leader in creating innovative, interactive online learning solutions." psid=2012-06-12.1711.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Wages climbed for college grads in the 1970s and 80s, says Mishel, but since 2002 wage growth for people with a bachelors has been stagnant. With this in mind, more school districts and local governments are trying to identify lower-cost learning opportunities that can still vault students into well-paying careers.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 9, 2011

Despite the misconceptions held by the general public regarding online learning, several comparative studies have determined that there is no significant difference in the outcomes of online classrooms when compared to traditional face-to-face classrooms. The key is determining the attributes of a successful online student.

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Online Learning Industry Outcomes Study 53

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

Since 2002 we have been on a path of evolution to becoming the New American University , an institution characterized by academic excellence, broad demographic access, and maximum social impact, through a process described by many as one of the most radical redesigns of higher education. But What Is Design?

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Online and blended learning continue to trend upward in higher education institutions across the U.S. Although these investments can take many forms, they typically include software programs that are designed to deliver curriculum content through educational learning applications. An evaluation of adaptive learning products by.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. My main recommendation however, was one grounded in the technology mediated learning approach.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Instructional Designers, technologists, and online learning specialists are in high demand across all levels of education as it shifts online. He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, textbook affordability, higher education, design thinking and user experience.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The school’s aim is to foster an environment in which student and teacher together are jointly responsible for learning. That heightened sense of ownership, which some research suggests could strengthen students’ desire to learn, is one of the many facets of an educational approach called “personalized learning.”

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. My main recommendation however, was one grounded in the technology mediated learning approach.

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Conference Technology Online Learning Strategy 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Instructional Designers, technologists, and online learning specialists are in high demand across all levels of education as it shifts online. Dr. Bryant is an active member of Educause, and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC); she also served as an Exemplary Course Program reviewer for Blackboard, Inc.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. Current organizational learning and knowledge literature identify and categorize 12 different types of knowledge depending on the location in which the knowledge is created and the depth of knowledge.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The classroom pilots, funded by 21st Century Learning Environments, have had "tremendous success" and are gaining much attention at the state and national levels. She attended Grand Valley State University from 2002 to 2006 with undergrad in Elementary Education, emphasis in Integrated Science.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Activity-Based Learning. Blended Learning.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Hapara

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Strategic use of digital tools can help educators who are teaching during uncertain times by providing structure and space for effective learning. There are many technology tools available that can help educators provide clear instruction and foster relationships regardless of when and where students are learning.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 25, 2022

Developed by Martin Dougiamas in 2002, Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. The Moodle LMS is today amongst the most popular learning management systems used in higher education and the corporate world to deliver learning, development, and training initiatives.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit is in its final week. For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). See all of the speakers here.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims. Still, learning news literacy skills is one thing, and the motivation to use those skills is another.

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