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The Mobile Professor

Connecting 2 the World

The Mobile Adjunct Currently, I am involved in #adjunctchat, a community that meets on twitter at Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, New York time. In addition, Rettie''s (2008) research suggests that there are different ways in which devises are used depending on the level of intimacy between people using mobile devises.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

Analyzing data from Burning Glass , Wharton professor Matthew Bidwel found a diminishing number of entry-level jobs requiring a degree. In 2008, it was global experience. But for others, providing work-integrated learning that is tied to opportunities for jobs and upward mobility can make the difference between surviving and folding.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Use of data analytics. That’s good.

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions. As of 2008, 100% of U.S. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US. Source: LEE RAINIE ).

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

Edsurge

Worse, preliminary data of a meaningful reduction in the emotional connection between new mothers and babies during the pandemic means there may be a long-lasting impact on our youngest generation, especially as it accounts for 25-50% of school readiness. There is little data on the number of “trauma-sensitive classrooms” in the U.S.

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Data unavailable for Oklahoma. Data source: Thomas J. Little is known about what has happened to adult learners seeking high school degrees since the old GED exam disappeared because annual data is no longer published as it used to be every year. Source data: Center for an Urban Future).

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

“ FY 2008 $267,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). National Educational Technology Trends Study: Local-Level Data Summary (SRI International, 2008). FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). ” How would the program operate?

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