Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! With a free subscription teachers get 100 MB of storage and access to over standards aligned 8000 interactive lessons. You can even access Flocabulary lessons and integrate Flipgrid. This year video conferencing has been the way many teachers deliver instruction.

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Conference Video Tools STEM 370

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. Money is an issue.

Digital Divide 218

Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A recent analysis of federal government data by Jeff Seaman of Bayview Analytics shows that enrollment in on-campus courses fell nearly 11 percent in the past decade and almost 30 percent from 2020 to 2021. After all, about 70 percent of online students work , while in the wider college population, only about 40 percent are employed.

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Survey Broadband Course Analysis 204

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2021

As COVID made quite painfully clear, student access to reliable high-speed internet and engaging digital tools is essential. But many students don’t have access to these resources at school, at home, or both, leading to larger questions about the role of digital equity and student success during–and after–the pandemic.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Online Learning Report Accessibility 145

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! With a free subscription teachers get 100 MB of storage and access to over standards aligned 8000 interactive lessons. You can even access Flocabulary lessons and integrate Flipgrid. This year video conferencing has been the way many teachers deliver instruction.

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Conference Video Tools STEM 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Online learning efforts may remain even when the pandemic fades away. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. An appropriately titled RAND Corporation research report, “ Remote Learning Is Here to Stay ,” finds that one in five U.S. school districts plans to offer fully online learning even after the pandemic ends.

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Data Training Survey EdTech 186

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A version of this post was originally published on December 3rd, 2020, in Education IT Reporter. Hybrid (or blended) learning takes any classroom a step further towards the virtual learning environment while still allowing face-to-face interaction and communication, albeit less than in the regular classroom. Conclusion.

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EdTech Learning Adaptive Learning Online Learning 231

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs. For example, Gwinnett County Public Schools designed an online learning system (eCLASS) to support emergency online learning needs.

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Analysis Education Digital Divide Policies 201

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A version of this post was originally published on July 2, 2020, in Open Access Government. In the context of the pandemic, many schools and universities turned to virtual learning environments as the only way of ensuring some continuity of education during these times of crisis. Increase student engagement.

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LMS Strategy EdTech Learning 342

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In early March, 15 schools in the United Kingdom reported they were made incapable of delivering online learning for students after a cyberattack forced the education trust to shut down all systems to investigate whether the cybercriminals accessed the central network infrastructure.

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Industry Data Online Learning Accessibility 137

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

The Class of 2020 is graduating from a distance. That means we must prepare now for the potential that colleges and universities that swiftly shifted to online instruction as the pandemic swept through the country and forced campuses to shutter will have to continue, and even ramp up, those efforts in September. Schools get creative.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Libraries 110

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

It’s not surprising that most higher education articles published since March 2020 begin by calling to mind that year’s unprecedented move to remote instruction and online learning—and with good reason. And, finally, do students have access to a reliable internet connection to join lectures remotely or complete work online?

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LMS Guidelines Online Learning Course 193

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

So does lacking reliable access to a computer. One in 10 college students reported that their primary learning device was not equipped to perform a task required for a course during the previous week, according to a new report by EDUCAUSE based on a fall 2020 survey of nearly 9,500 students from 58 colleges and universities.

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Laptops Software Blackboard Report 178

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2024

But in 2020, when a growing number of children stopped showing up for schooltime classes during the pandemic, ourBRIDGE decided to expand its focus. Before 2020, the school attendance rate for English language learners across the country was high. In many schools, these students were more likely to show up to class than other groups.

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Groups Report Elementary Online Learning 103

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Axios reported that venture firms have cumulatively raised $100 billion over the past two years, and many are “ open for business ” and actively investing. Hundreds of other education companies are also offering access to their tools for free or reduced cost. According to PitchBook, private equity firms are sitting on $2.4

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Technology Education Company Industry 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning.

EdTech 168

EdTech Survey Laptops Online Learning 168

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. OAKLAND, Calif.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Over the course of 2020, there has been plenty of discussion about what will and won’t return to “normal” once we’ve fought COVID-19 into submission. In fact, HolonIQ recently reported there are now 700 universities working with 200 partners to deliver high-quality online learning to students. That’s only going to grow.

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Education Outcomes Strategy Meeting 193

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When the coronavirus hit in the spring of 2020, student surveys indicated that four-year colleges would be hit the hardest this fall, with many students turning to cheaper two-year community colleges until the pandemic ended. Students are vanishing from community colleges during the pandemic fall of 2020.

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Report Survey Dropout Comparison 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But in other instances, institutions seized the unusual opportunity to encourage professors to redesign courses to be more accessible to people with varied needs. Lalor is the director of the Landmark College Institute for Research and Training, which studies education strategies and outcomes for students who have learning disabilities.

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Survey Accessibility Learning Report 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Broadband Learning Blended Learning Training 170

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While the full impact has yet to be determined, the fear is that the COVID learning loss experienced during the pandemic could widen achievement gaps for those students furthest from opportunity. Related content: Study shows major learning loss for grades K-2. Some schools provided packets for distance learning. Others did not.

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Data Learning Online Learning Accessibility 136

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Accessibility solutions that benefit all learners are built into the applications in Microsoft 365 for Education, including Teams, OneNote, PowerPoint, Minecraft and others. Las Cruces Public Schools is maximizing technology to increase equity and accessibility for all students.

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EdTech Microsoft Comparison Training 173

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs.

Broadband 156

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 156

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

based think tank New America , the three authors—an instructional designer and two former teachers—lay out four possible scenarios for what school will look like in the 2020-21 school year, based on present understanding of the COVID-19 virus and health experts’ advice for school re-openings.

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Blended Learning Online Learning Training Guidelines 218

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Even as doors reopened to brick-and-mortar schools, administrators here saw the continued need for a virtual option in response to lingering concerns about Covid and to feedback from some parents that their children had thrived in online learning. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

Elementary 97

Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 97

eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

10 most popular story of 2020. Schools across the globe pivoted to online learning within days as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across countries, shuttered physical learning spaces, and shed light on learning inequities. Related content: Moving remote learning from reactive to proactive. ”

Policies 105

Policies Online Learning Meeting Report 105

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. Online learning. Online learning is an all-encompassing strategy that doesn’t consist of only one tool. Most people don’t consider education technology to be such an important industry, but it’s actually gigantic.

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EdTech Gamification Tools Robotics 347

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Yoni Lotan performs as his captain character for a remote birthday party produced by Camp, in his apartment in Brooklyn on March 26, 2020. CAROLINE PRESTON. Credit: Pete D'Amato.

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Online Learning Learning Study Video 58

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Tameka is her middle name. Where did they go?

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 83

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. The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. March 2020.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media Adobe 265

MindShift

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A sweeping new review of national test data suggests the pandemic-driven jump to online learning has had little impact on children’s reading growth and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. But the report also includes a worrying caveat: Many of the nation’s most vulnerable students are missing from the data.

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Report Comparison Learning Data 39

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Countless media reports have detailed the struggles that many students of color have had since the onset of the global pandemic. Last November, a nonprofit research group expressed concern that racial inequities already in place prior to the pandemic might deepen as many schools continued with remote learning.

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Report Online Learning Personalized Learning Survey 136

Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It allows combining both online and in-person education’s strong sides, along with reducing the risk of spreading the virus in school settings. In fact, most US colleges have chosen the hybrid learning model for the fall semester of 2020. According to the survey, this approach even outruns the remote learning.

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Software Blended Learning Education Moodle 246

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? For more information, Del Tufo recommends the universal design for learning research of Anne Meyer and David Rose. Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

Company 146

Company Social Media Policies Student Data Privacy 146

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

Digital Divide 144

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 144

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Schools across the globe pivoted to online learning within days as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across countries, shuttered physical learning spaces, and shed light on learning inequities. When COVID-19 hit, educators wondered when–or if–face-to-face learning could safely resume. ”

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Policies Online Learning Meeting Report 92