Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Since the university typically charges less for online courses than face-to-face ones, the students want a refund for the difference. As chancellor Micheal Amiridis said in a statement, “since UIC continues to teach all courses remotely, we have not considered a partial refund on tuition. Their demand is simple.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Educators and school leaders are scrambling to figure out how to regain ground next year in a course that often makes or breaks students’ life chances. A 2008 study in Los Angeles public schools found that those who didn’t pass algebra by ninth grade were half as likely to graduate as those who did. I’m very worried.

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STEM Report Course Study 126

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

During visits to two schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I was struck by how innovating where the alternative for students is nothing at all is still relevant, years after we wrote about the idea in “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008. I could never tell whether I was in a classroom with struggling or accelerated students.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I have blogged now since 2006… and looking back at February 2008 was quite interesting. Not wanting to bore you with too many details, I do want to share this little nostalgic journey with you… February 7, 2008 – What a way to turn the day around. The early heydey of Flat Classroom projects was exciting.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. million persons under the age of 18.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2015

A new paper by advocacy and policy org iNacol explores how blended learning is being used in practice and traces its history from 2008 to today. Students might rotate in the same physical classroom space, move to a computer lab, or independently switch activities based on personal learning goals.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2018

My visit to New Tech High School in Napa County, California, during the 2008-09 academic year was the start of an important journey for me that eventually would have an impact on students in my home state and beyond. Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

From Obstacle to Opportunity: Using Government-mandated Curriculum Change as a Springboard for Changes in Learning and Teaching: Jon Andrews. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt. Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. One Way of Introducing Heutagogy: Chris Kenyon.

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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

To help teachers with the transition to online instruction, an edWebinar hosted by SETDA featured educators sharing what is working for them as they teach students online during the COVID-19 crisis. Setting the Course for Secondary Students. Learn more at att.com/aspire.

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Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

I don't maintain the learning management system or the library management software. I don't help faculty move their courses online. No one ever hires me to say "everything's going to be okay,” of course. People can now see just how impractical and inferior it is to face to face classrooms. I don't teach.

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Khan Academy Course Conference Technology 126

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

With headlines like “ Virtual Reality Learns How to Get Into Classroom ,” which The Wall Street Journal ran this February, the hype cycle around VR’s potential in education has returned. The search giant is also working with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a major education publisher, to create content and lesson plans for classrooms.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

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Education Conference Technology Online Learning 61

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality of provision and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). 2007) Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

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Conference Technology Online Learning Strategy 51

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a way, that’s not surprising, given concerns about the safety of in-person instruction, the quality of online learning and the lack of clarity around whether jobs will recover from the economic crisis, and if so, which ones. We don’t want to lose a generation of people.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2010

In 1997, Julie Young pioneered the launch of Florida Virtual School with the goal of providing high quality, online courses to students throughout the State of Florida. She is a frequent national conference speaker and has played an important role in charting the course of virtual K-12 education.

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Elementary Course Conference Technology Support 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. The company has raised some $77.5

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 5, 2011

Thanks for your attention, and see you online! LEARN TO BE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Sun 6 Mar 07:00PM New York / Mon 7 Mar 12:00AM GMT / Mon 7 Mar 11:00AM Sydney Maria Droujkova. Learn To Be offers free tutoring online to economically disadvantaged students.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

The organization’s vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science. Code.org ® believes computer science should be part of core curriculum, alongside other courses such as biology, chemistry, or algebra. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Designing for differences: Cultural issues in the design of www-based course-support sites. A study of factors influencing students' perceived learning in a web-based course environment. A survey of current research on online communities of practice. Work-Based Learning. Vingerhoets, J., & Moonen, J. Johnson, C.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

Credit scores to boost student success Kona Jones, director of online learning at Richland Community College in Illinois, was brought on in 2008 to improve student success rates, which at the time were hovering around 65 percent—not “horrendous,” she says, but still not good enough. Teachers just don’t have the time to do that.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

In January 2015, Duggan enrolled in New Hampshire’s self-paced Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS), joining about 200 full-time middle and high school students and about 10,000 part-timers from brick-and-mortar schools statewide who take VLACS courses a la carte. A week later, there’s a follow-up call.

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Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. She has also taught courses at community colleges as an adjunct, and worked as director of learning design at an experimental public nonprofit college called Western Governors University. “In

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Known as “America’s Favorite Teacher,” Stephen is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world, which he has evolved into the National Health, Wellness and Learning Center. A replica of his classroom was installed in the US Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC.

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 2, 2017 Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms | New York Times → With Google products rising in popularity, Apple is losing its grip on American classrooms. At stake: "technology companies have long used to hook students on their brands for life." Should it be revisited?

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The Flipped Classroom". He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” ” It’s an inevitable move, or so the story goes.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” Devschool did have four stars on Course Report , a Yelp-like review site for coding bootcamps. Keep that in mind when you see Course Report’s data touted, cheerleading the coding bootcamp trend.). Via Campus Technology : “ Online Learning Consortium , Tyton Partners Launch Courseware in Context.”

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