eSchool News

JULY 4, 2018

With many schools now practicing blended learning, it can be helpful for educators interested in blended-learning programs to know which edtech tools are being used. For over five years, we at the Christensen Institute have been collecting data on blended-learning schools from around the world.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Digital-based learning benefits students. Blended learning and flipped classrooms. When teachers leverage technology, learning outcomes improve. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. Increases student engagement in learning (75%).

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. 2016 Brightspace Awards for Excellence Winners.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Indeed, many rural districts have turned to online offerings as a fast way to increase college-level courses and either fill in for teachers they don’t have, or make better use of the teachers they do have.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. If our student data is hacked, it might just be a test score, but it could also be their social security number, or their disability information,” she said.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2016 so far has been a very challenging year, yet also very rewarding. One very good thing of 2016 was that the ed tech world never stopped evolving, not even for a second. This is a more in-depth approach to personalized learning, and many educators are still testing the waters surrounding it.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A coordinated, intentional program of blended learning is changing teaching and learning in the Nation’s capital. note : This year the editors selected ten stories we believe either highlighted an important issue in 2015 and/or signaled the beginning of an escalating trend or issue for 2016 (look for No.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

In both K12 and higher education options for students to take whole courses, blended courses and—in some places—entire degree programs online are more prevalent than ever. Then they will mention taking one online course and hating it. Then they want to talk to me for 45 minutes about how bad online learning is.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

train future educators to teach online, experts say. A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.”

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Online learning is on the rise. Preconference workshop.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. Prior to that, he founded Provost Systems an online learning platform acquired by Edison Learning in 2008. Through a 2010 collaboration with Gisele Huff from the Jacquelin Hume Foundation and Michael B.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Online credit recovery programs were a big driver of improving high school graduation rates, which soared from under 70 percent in 2007 to over 84 percent in 2016. Just putting a kid in front of a computer is not the best way to learn. But we still need to develop these blended learning models and evaluate them.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

With many schools now practicing blended learning, it can be helpful for educators interested in blended-learning programs to know which edtech tools are being used. For over five years, we at the Christensen Institute have been collecting data on blended-learning schools from around the world.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, May 22, 2018 — To keep students actively learning over the summer and to help prevent summer learning loss, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), with the help of Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), is launching its sixth annual Alabama Summer Learning Challenge. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning. Ramping Up Online Programs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Achieve3000 offers innovative new ways to empower blended learning and accelerate student literacy gains through differentiated instruction in the 2016-2017 school year. The program continuously evaluates each student’s exact skill level, learning temperament and learning pace. Rostering and Data Integration.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Many school districts are now going through a process of determining which pandemic-related practices should be kept, improved, or discarded, and the use of remote and blended learning technologies is frequently being raised during these types of discussions. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. Initially, K-8 teachers were asked if they wanted to opt in to blended learning environments, which mix online and face-to-face instruction. Their job is challenging enough without having to learn a whole new approach, Eastwood and Creeden recall hearing.

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edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

In an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate and Battelle for Kids , school administrators emphasized pandemic-triggered changes are lessons learned that can frame effective educational practices moving forward. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 17, 2020

Will online learning continue? Use evidence of student learning (multiple data sources, emphasized Mabry) to adjust instructional planning that is central to formative practice, and that drives academic equity. She now serves as a strategic content design coordinator of the Professional Learning Design team.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia program caught the attention of the Department of Justice, which launched an investigation that lasted several years, and resulted in a 21-page letter of findings in July, 2015, and a lawsuit in August, 2016. We’ve asked — ‘Where are your data to show that what you’re doing is meaningful and effective?’ ” said Zimring.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. Politico looks at some of the data for-profit universities are disclosing about how they might fare under the “ gainful employment ” rules. ” Some of New Markets Venture Partner’s investments include BetterLesson, Credly, Civitas Learning, and Mashable.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 4, 2017 State auditor introduces legislation to protect students' personal information | The Turner Report → Missouri Senate Bill 478 would require school districts to notify parents or guardians of a data breach involving student information. The article puts a positive spin on it, but this is not ok.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The students using the program in Texas are wealthier and whiter overall than the public school population as a whole, suggesting that gaps in access persist online. Data on the Florida Virtual School show a similar trend; in Utah, a stunningly low 6.15 They want them at school learning. They want them at school learning.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec. More about the politics of education data – particularly regarding undocumented students – in the data and surveillance section below. More via Bloomberg.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” From the organization’s press release : the NAACP “ratified a resolution Saturday adopted by delegates at its 2016 107th National Convention calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion and for the strengthening of oversight in governance and practice.” Imagine Learning has acquired Think Through Learning.

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