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

Edsurge

It is top of mind for CEOs; the percentage of them who are “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about lack of available talent increased from 56 percent in 2011 to 79 percent in 2019. But as my colleague Ryan Craig likes to say, no one has ever gone broke betting against the pace of change in higher education. economy $1.2

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Freedom to Learn

User Generated Education

I was painfully bored during my K-12 education. My undergraduate education, except for a few bright spots, was just an extension of my K-12 education including more grill and drill with sages on the stages (literally since I went to such a large university); taking notes and taking lots of multiple choice tests. I was wrong.

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Preparing to Teach in Crisis

Connecting 2 the World

The Pivot Needless to say, my idea to restart my Blog went by the wayside as we were forced to pivot to online learning. Education, Communication, Government, Social Work, Criminal Justice). I myself had received a Phd in Curriculum and Instruction, with a focus on educational technology.

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Special Webinar - Live from the Middle East: Classroom Connections Amidst Political Changes

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join us on Wednesday, April 20th, for a very special live and interactive event with educators from Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Morocco. We''ll be discussing the political changes taking place in the Middle East, the impact of technology on both politics and education, and student-to-student interactions worldwide.

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Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The Hechinger Report

A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools. One journalist dubbed SNHU as the Amazon of higher education.

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How to Choose Your LMS: Canvas vs. Google Classroom

EdTechTeam

You’re going to have to choose some kind of learning management system before you move forward, and most of your decisions from there are going to depend on the choice you make regarding your LMS, anyhow. In this article, I’ve done my best to layout for you the two main choices for secondary LMS, since I myself am a secondary teacher.

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Video-Powered Professional Learning (The Pulse Podcast)

Edthena

” I haven’t covered K-12 educational technology very often, and this one really piqued my interest, as you’ll see. We discuss their video powered professional learning. It’s also used in higher education centers for teaching excellence. Of course, it can be used in the classroom or online.