Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list of the education technology events for the higher-ed community happening across the world in 2018. gathering hundreds of education leaders, thinkers, researchers around learning, equity and technology. On October 2-4, our Fusion conference returns to Burlingame, Calif.,

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2020

Moving instruction online and preparing teachers to use technology in their teaching is a massive undertaking. Their presence as leaders in districts’ remote learning strategies can help teachers feel more supported in facing their new challenges, and it can also help relieve stress by creating a sense of continuity in this transition.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

What’s the right balance of planning and serendipitous discovery when it comes to professional learning? On Tuesday, May 22 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate professional development reflections, insights and plans for Summer 2018 and beyond. DLNchat — Emma Zone (@DrEmmaZone) May 22, 2018.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In their eyes, blended learning is “an intermediate step between fully F2F and fully online learning environment”(p. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Blended Learning as a Potentially Winning Combination of Face-to-face and Online Learning: An Exploratory Study.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. Now is the time we all need to educate ourselves on effective online teaching and I recommend this course as a great place to start. Register for this free micro-course.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 19, 2023

The faculty survey asked the following question in 2018 and again in 2021: Which, if any, of the following open educational resources have you created and/or used in your courses? The authors then explain these results as follows: There has been a notable increase in the amount of faculty creating and using OER since 2018 (see Figure 39).

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techlearning

MAY 26, 2018

Beatriz Arnillas, senior educational advisor, itslearning (formerly the director of education technology at Houston Independent School District), and Lenny Schad, chief technology information officer, Houston Independent School District were awarded the 2018 William H. Bill) Graves Leadership Award.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity. Thu, 09/27/2018 - 15:46. As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S., more states, districts and schools are moving toward a competency-based education system that focuses on individualized learning and classroom equity. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Thu, 10/25/2018 - 13:07. Any professional development plan needs to focus on encouraging and enabling a basic and sustained change in how teachers view teaching and learning, says Amy Valentine, executive director of the Foundation for Blended and Online Learning. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Heather B.

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techlearning

MAY 31, 2018

a non-profit empowering schools with the industry’s most comprehensive online learning programs, today announced the winners of their 11th annual college scholarship program. The three winners answered this year’s scholarship question How did your VHS teacher or site coordinator impact your online learning experience?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It impacts: The rate of teacher turnover and attrition from the profession Teachers’ feelings of self-efficacy, or confidence in their ability to do their jobs well Burnout, or physical and emotional fatigue A teacher’s level of job satisfaction Student engagement Students’ academic performance (Bakker et al.,

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms. Thu, 09/20/2018 - 12:48. New learning. AI Tools and Personalized Learning Are a Powerful Pair. eli.zimmerman_9856. During back to school season, so many things are new. New students. New teachers. by Hilary Scharton.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Fri, 11/30/2018 - 17:11. Videoconferencing tools and online learning environments may be the answer. . At Loyola Blakefield in Maryland, administrators implemented Microsoft Office 365 and Surface Pro 4 devices to create a more collaborative online learning environment for its 1,000 students and faculty. .

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018). That requires less time to prepare for, while still giving students a choice. It is worth our time to prioritize student choice, even if that choice is fairly simple. Would You Rather?

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

a non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s most extensive variety of online and blended learning programs, has opened registration for its 2018 summer program. The program begins June 20 and offers more than 30 online courses for credit recovery and enrichment. is an online learning pioneer.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Because of this, access to and use of online learning software—particularly those that are not mobile-optimal—tends to be limited to time spent within the learning facility. While there is limited use of paid learning software, there is widespread use of free online learning resources.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

This school year marked the first “almost normal” school year since the 2018-19 school year. The fact remains that learning is forever changed. How are teachers blending and personalizing learning in post-pandemic education settings? on a 10-point scale, with 10 indicating the most effective model).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 17:46. As the growth in personalized learning initiatives has emphasized, students will exhibit differing aptitudes for subjects depending on their strengths. Accessibility Through Online Learning Programs. Technology Is Key for Boosting Classroom Equity. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

MAY 18, 2018

The 2018 Innovative Educator Prize : The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning has opened the application window for the 2018 Innovative Educator Prize. Deadline: May 31, 2018. Or maybe you want to extend opportunities for conservation. Look no further.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2021

A 2018 report by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) said that 85 percent of the jobs that today’s students will do in 2030 don’t exist yet. But, the students of the time filled those new roles, many of them having to teach themselves how to effectively do the functions of each job. Well, it will.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2020

In the fall of 2018 our school made a big shift. After twelve months of planning we launched a new daily schedule based on brain science and designed to encourage deeper learning and student wellbeing. The brain, whether learning on campus, fully online or in a blended environment, is the organ of learning.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. Be active: Prioritize active digital activities, like online learning games or interactive lessons, over passive activities, like watching a video.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

ecrisp (@ecrisp) November 13, 2018. DLNchat — Richard Price (@rmp289) November 13, 2018. This approach improves access and learning as well when students play a role in the design of content, said some of the chat participants. Ed Garay (@garay) November 13, 2018. Build in meta-learning/21C.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

(Credit: Mike Zetlow) I know from my year teaching at VIPKid that students can learn online , a conclusion researchers have also reached. This online learning model doesn’t work for every child, but it is right for some. Invest in blended and online learning professional development.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

Technology helps educators give each student the attention he or she needs, through tools such as online learning modules, personal tablets and, now, virtual and augmented reality. . At the end of 2018, the U.S. For students who struggle with these areas, virtual reality modules can be a great place for them to practice. .

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2018

DLNchat — Jennifer Albat (@jenalbat) July 10, 2018. also provides opportunity to get more reps in, repetition with immediate formative assessment can shorten learning cycle time & be more effective (and safer in some situations) #DLNchat — Tom Grissom (@tomgrissom) July 10, 2018. So is the future of learning in AR/VR?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

After nearly two decades of the No Child Left Behind Act and standards-based, testing-oriented educational reform – and almost 40 years after the A Nation at Risk report – the 2018 and 2019 NAEP results showed that the bifurcation of American student performance remained “stubbornly wide.”

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon was confident that her team’s efforts would help.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The number of K-12 students enrolling in full-time virtual and blended learning schools continues to grow, despite research suggesting that students in these programs do not perform as well as their peers in traditional settings. Each report also offers suggestions for improving the state of the industry.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

calimorrison) October 9, 2018. It would be useful if there was more consistency across States, especially given the increasingly online/global or inter-state nature of the major providers #DLNChat — Dr. Sean Gallagher (@HiEdStrat) October 9, 2018. Davis Jones (???) (@pdavisjones) October 9, 2018. Cali Morrison, Ed.D.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Every year Matt Miller hosts Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit , a free online learning experience. This year I chatted with Matt about learning activities that teachers can make with Google Drawings, and it was published as a video for the summit. Lots of educators tweeted the things they learned.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

In 2018 it acquired a competitor in VeriCite , along with Gradescope , a Berkeley, Calif.-based According to Caren, the company brought in “well over $100 million but less than $200 million” in revenue for 2018, a number that has been growing around 15 percent year over year, for the last five years. billion purchase of Lynda in 2015.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. based online learning platform provider, raised $103 million in a Series E round. The chart below shows how the first half of 2019 compares to the averages posted for each type of round during the full years of 2015 to 2018.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Educators can upload their flight videos to POWERUP Toys’ FlightDeck online learning community between October 1-October 31. 28, 2018 . When students are ready to test their airplanes, clip on the POWERUP 2.0 Free Flight motor, launch it, and record. Deadline : Sept.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

entry to [the online education] market when many were dismissing it,” says Simon Nelson, CEO of FutureLearn. Today, FutureLearn bills itself as the largest online learning platform in Europe, with more than nine million users. million in revenues in the first seven months of 2018. it has its work cut out.

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Learning Confluence

JULY 1, 2018

Here are some essential artefacts to learn from in the meantime. When designing online learning consideration should be given to how a community can be built around subject content and objectives and how students will interact with the academic and with each other.

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