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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

New learning. New school or district wide initiatives, including new software. . Thank you, adaptive software. . Adaptive Software Refines Personalized Learning. Adaptive” in edtech is, at its core, a way for schools to provide the right learning experience for each individual student at exactly the right time.

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Are We On Track? Part 2

Doug Levin

I revisited the central prediction of the first edition of Disrupting Class (2008), which was 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. For those without access to the original text, the Summer 2008 edition (Vol.

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

Edsurge

Many predict that the new wave of e-commerce triggered by shelter-in-place mandates will be here to stay, which will further drive demand for software engineering, data analytics, and digital marketing skills, which were already difficult to find. In 2008, it was global experience. With two-thirds of U.S. Employers have two choices.

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Teacher shortages bring to mind the saying ‘necessity is the mother of invention’

eSchool News

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. The practice is one in which the teacher of record delivers whole-class learning virtually, and an in-person monitor—often a substitute teacher—tracks behavior and ensures students do their work.

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Turnitin to Be Acquired by Advance Publications for $1.75B

Edsurge

based developer of software that uses artificial intelligence to scan students’ writing and code assignments to check for plagiarism, will be acquired by Advance Publications, a media conglomerate that also owns Condé Nast. In 2008, iParadigms was acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

As a free PC-based software, Second Life is unique in that it allows educators to create simulated learning environments from scratch. Once students have created their avatar they can engage in curated group experiences such as visiting other countries without leaving the classroom, or their homes in the case of distance learning.

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