Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

UD aims for inclusive access to architectural spaces for all users. These principles of Universal Design have transitioned into the educational sphere through various models, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL; Rose & Meyer, 2000), Universal Design for Instruction (UDI; Scott et al., To start with, Courey et al.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages from Certell, provides rich content to teach the importance of Memorial Day, including material on the U.S. Poptential is available via a digital platform that allows students to access lessons even in poor bandwidth environments.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

UWorld , the worldwide leader in online learning to prepare for high-stakes exams, today announced the launch of AP ® (Advanced Placement ® ) Learning Tools , a new College Readiness solution to help educators enhance instruction, improve student performance, and effectively prepare for AP exams. Pemmasani, M.D., UWorld’s founder and CEO.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kameshwari Shankar watched for years as college and university courses were increasingly taught online instead of face to face, but without a definitive way of understanding which students benefited the most from them, or what if anything they learned. Related: How higher education lost its shine.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Textbooks are written by academics and historians, of course.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2017

Nearly 40 percent of students starting at 4-year public institutions took at least one developmental (or college-level readiness) course while enrolled from 2003 to 2009. We want to rebuild the whole education culture, start at the beginning,” he says. Colleges have taken different approaches to the issue. Michael Bourdukofsky.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Many working on an elementary education degree are given free rein to take whatever general education course interests them, and one called The Sexual Revolution of the 1960sno doubt proves more compelling to the average college student than a course entitled From the American Revolution to the Civil War.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

51Talk is China’s leading online English education platform. The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. Can you tell us about your education background? Inkeri, you’ve been teaching for 15 years.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 13, 2023

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Several scholars and educators have profusely discussed these characteristics and some of these discussions have even made it into peer reviewed academic journals and books.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

As colleges move into online education, they’re finding themselves in learning mode. That issue came up when EdSurge sat down with Donna Kidwell, who is the chief technology officer of Arizona State University’s EdPlus, which coordinates much of the online education done by the university. We’re an education company."

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

More and more, community colleges are offering bachelor’s degrees – using the appeal of more online courses, competency-based progression and greater flexibility in hours to attract more people. The program is competency based, which Miller said attracts students interested in moving through their education at their own pace.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Educators and others are experimenting with new ways to address students’ mental health needs — or reinvent old strategies. We see colleges and universities as being a critical leverage point for facilitating access to mental health care,” Hansch said. “If Read the series. READ MORE. “We

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The general theme of the conversation has been a concern that a focus on open textbooks confuses the means of open education with the end of open education. The overall criticism about ends / means confusion may or may not be true – it depends entirely on what you think the end or goal of open education should be.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

It looks like COVID-19 has one in the education sphere. ESSER II has encouraged educational leaders to creatively and strategically design programs to support school communities over the long term. Tech access and connectivity topped the list of equity issues, especially in communities already lacking in critical services.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 2003, when Parag Pathak was a graduate student at Harvard, he helped design the computer algorithm that matches some 80,000 eighth-graders to more than 400 high schools across New York City each year. Economists who built the algorithm are skeptical that school choice is improving school quality. Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

One alarming trend is that the overwhelming majority of 21st-century shooters were adolescents, suggesting that it is now easier for them to access guns, and that they more frequently suffer from mental health issues or limited conflict resolution skills.” But why is connectedness so important?

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices (2003), Belinda Williams identified four needs of students. 1. Access to challenging curriculum and instruction. Barbara Blackburn was named one of the Top 30 Global Gurus in Education in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Needs of Students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability. Higher education has long been viewed as the key to higher earnings and financial security. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

From 2003 to 2016, the average combined student and parent debt for Parent Plus borrowers was nearly $38,000, according to an analysis by the policy group New America. As the cost of public education rose, more low- and middle-income families began seeking the loans, desperate to give their children a shot at a secure future.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2017

This is part three of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As an education technology writer, I’m often chastised for considering student loan companies as part of my analysis. So that’s also a business opportunity , of course. Education and Indebtedness. percent to 11.5

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Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

Law school app # 1: Black’s Law Dictionary It’s the most widely-used law dictionary in the United States and a trusted staple of any law student’s education: Black’s Law Dictionary. per month for unlimited access to vast flashcard collections made by top law students and professors.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

This story about preschool was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA and the Naples Daily News. million from the foundation since 2003. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. NAPLES, Fla.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. And that is saying a lot. ” This is terrible and will hurt poor people.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Board of Education school-segregation decision, Williams saw a post on Facebook shared by an old high-school friend she knew from her days playing trumpet in the Gardendale marching band: The newly empowered Gardendale Board of Education would be meeting in a few hours. Board of Education opinion.

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Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Yesterday I had the absolute privilege to join thousands of amazing educators learning and sharing their learning as part of the Google for Education on Air Event - If Takes A Teacher. I learned so much from watching fellow educators share their insights into teaching and learning throughout the day.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Education Politics. From the Department of Education’s press release : “U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Chief of Staff and Additional Staff Hires.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “DeVos Withdraws Obama-Era Memos Focused on Improving Loan Servicing.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2003, Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler conducted an experiment at Best Buy headquarters , where they worked in human resources. There may be some limitations in education. As much as possible, teachers can make sure everyone has the same tools and resources to access learning. Accountability. How can this be fun?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Will jobs go begging? Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. The politics overlap with privacy. The US Presidential Campaign.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Information becomes content when there is a situation to apply it (Nonaka, 1999, Yaklief, 2010), but does not require a depth of understanding to access or transfer. Once created, individual, groups, departments, or the organization can control the dissemination and access to a larger number of people.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

Krislov was vice president and general counsel at the University of Michigan in 2003 when the Supreme Court ruled in Gratz v. But the greater number of applications (also spurred by the elimination of supplemental essays and application fees, spun as “increasing access”) makes holistic review tougher. We are not Harvard.”.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

Photo Source It''s summer in the northern hemisphere, which is a great time for educators to take a break from the daily bustle of teaching. Depending on where you work, your professional development may be proscribed for you, or you may have a lot of freedom to choose courses or sessions you would like to attend or work through online.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. Considering that community college students oftentimes have access to fewer resources, it seems at first that this would be counter-intuitive. ANDERSON, T (2003). References: Brooks, D.C.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2013

James Popham, author of (among many other books) The Truth About Testing : An Educator''s Call to Action and Unlearned Lessons : Six Stumbling Blocks to Our Schools Success. Why is it," Jim writes, "that today''s educators seem almost compelled to replicate their predecessors'' blunders?"

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