The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Today’s students see themselves as digital natives , the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets and e-readers. Teachers, parents and policymakers certainly acknowledge the growing influence of technology and have responded in kind. But we’ve found that’s not necessarily true. reading time).

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Powered by ever-changing technology advances, digital portfolios serve as hubs for a variety of media to more fully illustrate the learning cycle. It’s not vanity that drives this athlete; studies show that the mirror provides in-time feedback that actually enhances muscle development 8. Mirror Training. Citations. [1]

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. MOOC providers will keep on refining them.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

I have had experience with “Going Virtual School” three times in my career and every time it was similar and yet different due to the technology we had. 2009 – In Bangkok, I helped to train, facilitate and oversee Virtual School due to flooding and H1N1 in Bangkok we used WordPress blogs as teacher websites. Last but not least….

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Most future-of-work studies rightfully concern themselves with the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the job market and society. Data from prior recessions shows that this is a clear historical pattern : after layoffs occur, firms are more likely to replace human jobs with technology.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Few other districts had embraced the promise of technology as enthusiastically as this Long Island district. Each student already had a device that all but the youngest took home every day, and some spent hours a day working online in school. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching.

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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. was often the best choice given the resources and technologies of that time in history. Learning Environment.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 11, 2015

There is a growing need for today’s pre-service teachers to be equipped with skills and competencies for blended, online, and technology-rich teaching and learning environments. These courses include blended methods and technologies for blended learning environments.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. MOOC providers will keep on refining them.

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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. This time, a medley of new players—especially technology magnates—are jumping in the fray: Facebook. But it didn’t happen.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 9, 2011

Despite the misconceptions held by the general public regarding online learning, several comparative studies have determined that there is no significant difference in the outcomes of online classrooms when compared to traditional face-to-face classrooms. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 38.4

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This makes Byju’s one of the rare unicorns in education technology and the fourth most valuable privately held company in India. By March 2009, Raveendran’s reach had grown to seven cities, and the company’s website from that time said it had taught 3,500 students. billion, per TechCrunch. The couple have a 6-year-old son.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. "I don't even know why we study history. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow."

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist. Related: Students who counted on work-study jobs now struggle to pay their bills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Today, as the president and chief executive officer of Florida Virtual School, she directs the work of more than 1200 faculty and administrators, courseware developers, web design specialists and technology support personnel. In 2003, she was inducted into the USDLA “Hall of Fame.”

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Two moms launched Little Passports in 2009, and since then, the company has become an international brand with exciting choices to keep kids entertained and engaged. Supplemented with online learning resources for curious children who want to know more, your little explorer isn’t limited to the contents of this month’s kit.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 11, 2011

In early February I wrote about the positive aspects of obtaining a master''s degree online , and although I feel very accomplished in my studies and I''m very glad that I completed my master''s degree, I think it is only fair to also write about the parts of the experience that I wish had been different.

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IT Bill

JULY 3, 2018

Whether or not students should be required to take proctored exams in an online course has been debated for as long as there have been online courses and I suspect it will not be resolved anytime soon. A recent study compared proctored and non-proctored student outcomes in online courses. Online Learning, 22(1), 131-145.

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Online Assessments Course Study Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The Hechinger Report visited schools in India recently and talked to experts about blended learning – which includes an element of online learning with in-class instruction – and the potential it has for helping both teachers and students in the world’s second-most populous country.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 10, 2011

Note: While research regarding best practices for online learning is difficult to obtain due to the relatively infancy of the industry, four key areas of focus critical to program success have been identified. This week I will be posting four keys to student success in online courses. online learning' 29 Apr 2011.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Her passion for smart entertainment has lead her around the world, speaking on the role of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) programming on television. He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. Yong Zhao, Ph.D He received his B.A.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

If every child had a computer or iPad, she could log into a customized cyberclassroom and learn at her own pace. Anxiety over the influence of technology in schools, as in our lives, is an old story — but one made painfully acute by the glowing smartphone on which you may be reading this article. The George W.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” Via Campus Technology : “ Carnegie Mellon to Offer Undergrad AI Degrees.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As states around the country try to prepare more students for college and careers, they are working to provide more students with access to advanced classes, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They want them at school learning. But Grover said he doesn’t expect to see a spike in numbers.

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