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SCORM – Why does it matter and why do you need it?

Kitaboo on EdTech

You need an easier, more “interoperable” solution which everyone agrees on, and the content library publisher is able to give you content in a standard format at bulk rates. Most eLearning companies use the standard to develop SCORM- compliant content because it is interoperable. Just creating HTML5 interactivities won’t do.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

Over time, the need to quickly adapt led to heightened online student engagement, according to a CatchOn survey of 47 school districts from January 2020 to January 2021. Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar has worked in education since 2004. Student engagement suffered. Logged On but Logged Out: Are Students Engaged? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

Edsurge

A few years after John Boyer began teaching world geography at Virginia Tech , a survey revealed that 58 percent of college-aged Americans could not locate Japan on a map. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Boyer raced ahead undaunted.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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How Lifelong Readers Are Helping Communities Thrive

Digital Promise

1-4, 25-26) While children who visit the library to immerse in their favorite books may not realize it at the time, they’re building the skill of thoughtful reading—the foundation of critical thinking, academic success, and, eventually, a happy and productive adult life. (1, Krashen 2004. 20, 21, 22). What can be done? Atwell 2007.

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CRT debate repeats past battles about state history textbooks

The Hechinger Report

Richardson, who served as state superintendent until 2004, attributed the heightened scrutiny to a crackdown on school performance. A stack of Alabama history books at the University of Alabama McLure Education Library. Many are no longer used in Alabama schools. Credit: Rebecca Griesbach/AL.com.

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