Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap.

Secondary 300

Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

Education 217

Education Learning Software Knewton 217

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. He’s seen students go to great lengths to avoid paying for books, sometimes to the detriment of their learning. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

E-rate 144

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 144

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. billion drop in worldwide revenue from 2015 to 2021.

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

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. This problem has only been exacerbated by the coronavirus, as widespread school closures have forced districts to turn to online learning. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

Company 145

Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Today we are excited to announce the release of our first annual 2015 State of the States report on Internet connectivity in America’s K-12 public schools. Since then, thanks to the modernization of the E-rate program that made an additional $2.5 Provide every classroom with robust Wi-Fi.

Broadband 40

Broadband Report E-rate Digital Learning 40

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. Learning Spy - David Didau 4. Learning with 'e's - Steve Wheeler 5.

E-rate 52

E-rate Education Social Media Company 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 They turned to E-rate, the $3.9

Broadband 60

Broadband E-rate Tools Data 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

For the past decade, schools have invested millions of dollars in technology. But there’s another side to the story of print vs. digital , one that is at the core of why 2015 e-book sales dropped in the United States and the UK. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

eBook 182

eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 182

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

Microsoft 107

Microsoft Accessibility E-rate Company 107

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. They are more interactive and intuitive, and keep the students engaged in the learning process.

eBook 64

eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 15, 2016

On November 16, Governor Brownback and Education Commissioner Watson announced the launch of the Kansas Connect and Learn Initiative in partnership with EducationSuperHighway. The 2016 Kansas Digital Learning Report indicates that 26% of Kansas school districts believe their network infrastructure is not digital learning ready.

E-rate 40

E-rate Analysis Learning Digital Learning 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They may intend to earn two years’ worth of general education credits at more affordable rates before transferring to a four-year college or university. In 2015-16, community colleges enrolled more than a third of dependent undergraduate students whose families earned less than $20,000 a year.

Policies 169

Policies Course E-rate Examples 169

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

E-rate 52

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The problems with privacy range from fundamental questions of definition and scope, to questions of equity and inclusion, to intensely technical questions about law and technology. Her research examines the intersection of archives, technology, and law. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

Libraries 85

Libraries Conference Data E-rate 85

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. Asia has the world’s highest regional growth rate for e-learning, and an e-learning market projected to be worth $12.1 billion by 2018.

Company 79

Company Coursera EdTech E-rate 79

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

.” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

If your understanding of the Compton area in Los Angeles is based on hip hop songs and a 2015 movie about young people growing up there, you’re likely to be surprised by the tech-focused students and schools in the neighborhood now. The district’s digital focus helped it make the transition to distance learning during the pandemic.

E-rate 57

E-rate Professional Learning Elementary Robotics 57

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 million students still don’t have access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning, down from 6.5 Since 2015, the amount invested in Wi-Fi nearly doubled to $2.9

E-rate 56

E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Meeting 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The problems with privacy range from fundamental questions of definition and scope, to questions of equity and inclusion, to intensely technical questions about law and technology. Her research examines the intersection of archives, technology, and law. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

Libraries 71

Libraries Conference Data E-rate 71

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

In late 2015, Education SuperHighway received a $20 million grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, the charitable group of the chief executive of Facebook and his wife, a pediatrician. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. million more students that now have the minimum connectivity they need for digital learning.

Meeting 40

Meeting E-rate Broadband Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

It was a last resort, there were not many options, and he seemed to love technology,” said Beal’s mother, Jill Huennekens. Towards the end of 2015, he dropped out. A study published in 2015 by Stanford University showed a consistent rate of low achievement from online students across 17 states.

E-rate 79

E-rate Policies Report Analysis 79

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. During the 2015-16 school year, teachers began using STEMscopes Texas as their primary science curriculum. What changed?

CMS 65

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 65

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The total volume of PC sales in that market fell by 12 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, despite solid numbers in the U.S. Similar forces are said to contribute to a tightening in the global, self-paced e-learning market.). percent in all of 2015 and only 0.2 million shipments from 5.7

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Microsoft Tablets 40

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Our final #EDENchat of 2015 focused on new learning environments, namely MOOCs, flipped classrooms and blended learning methods. Those who participated shared their experiences of MOOCs and flipped learning both as teachers and as learners. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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MOOC E-rate Blended Learning Flipped Classroom 28

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Just when many school districts were starting to feel good about their wireless coverage and internet bandwidth, they face yet another question about technology infrastructure: how good are their defenses against hacking, or what’s more formally known as “cybercrime”? Wireless, once a frustration for many teachers, has largely improved.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Most of them won’t, however, attend neighborhood learning programs; Ashmore does not have summer school for its students, even the lowest performing ones. This means the potential for summer learning loss is great. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Most of them won’t, however, attend neighborhood learning programs; Ashmore does not have summer school for its students, even the lowest performing ones. This means the potential for summer learning loss is great. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The results also detail the impact of changes to the E-rate program, as well as the growing issue of digital equity for technology access outside of the classroom. Yet school system technology leaders face many challenges as they plan their education networks for the future. Impact of E-rate Changes.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Survey System 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Most of them won’t, however, attend neighborhood learning programs; Ashmore does not have summer school for its students, even the lowest performing ones. This means the potential for summer learning loss is great. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Secondary 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. Their answer was CAST (which stands for Centers for Applied Science and Technology). Gifts to CAST schools since 2015 have totaled $10 million, including a $3.6 Weekly Update.

E-rate 101

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 101

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Technology is wonderful. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

Google 290

Google Twitter Data Tools 290

Education Superhighway

JULY 10, 2015

We have also seen that information sharing and price transparency between school districts has a significant positive impact on ensuring all school districts receive enough bandwidth to support digital learning. The districts were able to make mid-contract upgrades while taking into consideration E-rate stipulations to maintain eligibility.

Broadband 40

Broadband Data E-rate Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

This kind of connectivity is necessary, the authors note, to help connect students to high-quality digital learning opportunities. It also highlights state leaders who have helped their states put these digital learning opportunities directly in front of teachers and students. State leadership for infrastructure. ”

Report 40

Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

Want to learn more about connecting learning to career skills? The use of technology brings a job seeker to life and provides a connection point between employers and job candidates. Check out our guide, Bridging Education and Work: New Models for ‘Skilling Up.’. Yet despite. Integrating Digital Portfolios into the Classroom.

E-rate 98

E-rate Course Outcomes Survey 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2016

Through Compare & Connect K-12, school district technology directors and superintendents can easily view broadband pricing and bandwidth information for school districts across the country. The nonprofit EducationSuperHighway on Jan. We want every school district to see how much bandwidth they can get for their budget.”.

Broadband 40

Broadband Tools E-rate Digital Learning 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning in 2015. If you’re interested in the possibility of video games for learning–that is, teaching and learning with video games to master both academic and non-academic content–than the following collection may be of interest to you. by TeachThought Staff.

Video 40

Video E-rate Learning Mobility 40