EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Click the image to see the full infographic of the Online Learning Report 2017. Today Thursday 23 rd of February is Digital Learning Day , so to mark this we are releasing the Online Learning Report 2017 that the GoConqr team has been working on. The full report looks at the behaviour of 2.5

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2017

“Students have always self-directed some of their own learning, but with the explosion of mobile devices, 24/7 connectivity and digital resources, students are leaving adults behind as they explore subjects that interest them in the ways they learn best,” said Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow.

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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. The free report , published by Monroe, Wash.-based

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2018

Schools that used the ADDIE model before integrating ed tech reported vast improvement. Other organizations, such as the Partnership for 21st Century Learning and the State Educational Technology Directors Association , are collaborating to provide districts with guides to determine what strategies work best for them. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, we’d like to call out nine of our contributors in particular, who’ve written the most popular articles of 2016. Investors and Entrepreneurs—From the 'Innovate' Newsletter This year was a busy one for the edtech industry from the standpoint of our AT&T State of Edtech report, which delved into funding deals and product development.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

If online weren’t in the picture, on-campus enrollments, as reported in the most recent U.S. Department of Education 2016 results, would have fallen by more than 1.5 Without digital, higher ed would be in far worse shape than it is now,” he adds. percent from 2015 to 2016 to reach 6.4 Distance ed is saving higher ed.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It should not be controversial in 2016 that there is a baseline expectation of access to technology in schools, just as there are baseline expectations for access to textbooks and desks. In 2016, this includes a statewide strategy for technology in K-12 education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2017

The data comes from the second annual State of the States report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which analyzed 2016 FCC E-rate data representing 10,499 school districts and more than 38 million students. Eighty-eight percent of U.S. Thirty-four governors across the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. Technologists are known by many names, but to some, they are simply “wizards.” We have taken the risk out of education,” Collier declared.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A decline in personal computer sales in the worldwide K-12 education market may be linked to faltering economies in other countries, particularly Latin America, a new report finds. 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.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Survey found that 86 percent of schools and districts expect to be spending more on digital curriculum in the new year. 56 percent of respondents say teachers already use 50-75 percent paid resources over free open-education resources for their digital learning objects.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 21, 2017

In fact, to close the Digital Learning Gap , we must recognize that all students everywhere need opportunities to engage in active, creative uses of technology that support lifelong learning. In Fall 2016, we recognized nine top films produced by students across the country. Perhaps in some cases.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

This post is part of a series of conversations with thought leaders deeply-rooted in dialogue about courseware for digital learning. Gates Bryant: Courseware is central to personalized learning, but the discovery and procurement process seems confounding. How is the Center for Teaching and Learning navigating the myriad options?

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report. Digital Promise , a California-based nonprofit organization, calls for increased emphasis on supports and resources designed for personalized learning with this more diverse student population.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2017

Gallup , a global research and analytic company, just released Gallup’s Top Education Findings in 2016, and the list includes a key data point uncovered in Making Assessments Work for All Students: Multiple Measures Matter, results of a national education survey commissioned by the nonprofit NWEA.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

However, there were some other things right from the start that bothered us about the report. We have taken issue with other reports for similar issues. Additionally, they surveyed “Digital Learning Leaders” to see how they felt about some (but not all) of the items in the survey.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

The report cites Richard Freed, a clinical psychologist and the author of Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age, as saying that “high levels of smartphone use by teens often have a detrimental effect on achievement, because teen phone use is dominated by entertainment, not learning, applications.” Barnwell 2016).

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2019

As more and more schools are implementing cybersecurity training programs, the role of IT leaders in the K-12 environment is changing from a technology focus to a more strategic focus on the enablement of digital learning and digital transformation. Related content: 5 best practices for starting a cybersecurity training program.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

And finding tools and resources to support and supplement learning becomes much easier with the power of an Internet search available to you. According to Census Bureau data from 2016, nearly 82 percent of all households in the U.S. Check out how digital learning coaching helps teachers create powerful learning experiences.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Part of Fallon’s job was to trim the legacy parts of the business and reorient the company around digital learning services. billion full-year loss—the biggest in its history—in 2016. In 2018, Pearson reported a profit of £546 million on £4.1 Digital is driving a bigger part of Pearson’s business. It posted a $3.3

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2018

We had to go into different websites, find different usage reports, talk to vendors,” says Matthew Raimondi, an assessment and accountability coordinator at U-46, a school district in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. They can also create reports for parents to see their child’s usage of and progress through different edtech tools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

million students earn credentials through more-flexible and affordable digital learning options. Department of Education shows that 30 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one online education course in 2016, up from 27.1 percent in 2014, Inside Higher Ed reports. The college would aim to help 2.5

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

MOOCs Rising China has come a long way from cinema-style instruction to adopt more common digital learning practices, often closely following U.S. In 2016, MOOCs claimed more than 10 million enrollments in the country. advances in online pedagogy, such as flipped classrooms and MOOCs. MOOCs have proven wildly popular in China.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Founded in 2016, the company aims to bring online courses to colleges, with a focus on those that haven’t yet launched any. While online education isn’t ubiquitous yet in higher education, a March 2019 report from conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute shows greater interest in these courses. million students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Images credit: EVERFI Lessons on The State of Financial Capability The FutureSmart Digital program has an ambitious goal of reaching 2 million students by 2020. We recently released an interactive report that examined financial literacy data across the country, on a state by state basis.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

EdSurge Independent was created in 2016 as a way to change that by providing college and university students a platform to share their ideas, concerns, excitement and frustrations with the way technology shapes teaching and learning in higher education. You can find the full report here , and a snapshot of highlights below.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Hobsons also reported a profit of £6 million ($8.4 He added: “Consistent with our strategy, the divestitures will increase the focus of the DMGT portfolio, resulting in the Group operating in four sectors, compared to ten in 2016.”. times that of Hobsons’ 2020 revenue of £85 million (approximately US $119 million).

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Those are among the findings of a new report from Ithaka S+R , a nonprofit education consultancy, that uses original and existing research to describe the landscape of prison education programs today and the challenges they face around quality, funding and scalability. Then, in 2016, the U.S. Only a tiny percentage of U.S. More than 1.5

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Video technologies’ continue to have a profound impact on K-12 and higher-ed classrooms as educators and students report increases in achievement, engagement and active content creation, according to a new survey from Kaltura. Seventy-three percent of higher education institutions use video technologies for remote teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Sixty-three percent of K-12 educators use edtech in their classrooms each day–an increase from the 55 percent reporting the same in 2016, according to an annual survey from the College of Education at the University of Phoenix.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As you know, Digital Promise is committed to closing the Digital Learning Gap -- ensuring that all learners have equitable access to technology, acquire the skills to fully participate in a connected world, and feel empowered to achieve their life and work goals. Thank you for your support.

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techlearning

MARCH 8, 2018

and Project Tomorrow in their latest trends report, Trends in community engagement: Text, Twitter, email, call—new expectations for school-to-home communications. Parents value email messages, auto phone messages and text messages for receiving non-student specific information such as announcements and alerts.

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