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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. This will matter for the week on AR/VR/XR, since Georgetown has good amounts of gear we can use in person, but I can’t assume all students will have access to same from their individual bases. Here’s the schedule: January 13, 2022 – Introductions. Some tech background .

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WCAG 2.2: The Next Step in Digital Accessibility

Kitaboo on EdTech

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), first published on 9 May 1999 by the Worldwide Consortium (W3C), are part of a series of Web Accessibility Initiatives (WAI). It focused on improving accessibility for three major groups: users with learning disabilities, users with low vision, and mobile device users.

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Government Funds Shielded Colleges From Extinction. In 2022, the Stakes Will Change.

Edsurge

Based on recent guidelines from the Department of Education, institutions of higher education generally must expend their HEERF grants within one year of the date when the department processed funds for each specific grant. That means for many institutions, HEERF funds will cease to be accessible in the year 2022.

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Crafting ethical AI landscapes in K-12 education

eSchool News

This framing of AI ethics in education considers the implications of AI’s decision-making capabilities, data usage, and potential biases, ensuring that AI tools are used to enhance educational outcomes without increasing inequities (Akgun & Greenhow, 2022; Hagendorff, 2020; Nguyen et al., AI Ethics 2 , 431–440 (2022). Greenhow, C.

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The Guide to Accessible Learning for Associations

Speaker: Dan Streeter, Vice President of Learning Strategy & Development at Blue Sky eLearn

You’re committed to ensuring the online education your association supplies is accessible to all your members and employees. Learning Objectives: By attending this webinar, you'll be able to: Apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (proposed WCAG 2.2) Acquire a set of eLearning accessibility evaluation tools.

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Changes to Federal Broadband Benefits in 2022

Education Superhighway

Under the previous EBB, households had to be at or below 135% of the federal poverty guidelines. Under the expanded ACP, households must fall at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. 18 million American households have access to the Internet but can’t afford to connect. ELIGIBILITY. AWARENESS & ENROLLMENT.

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OPINION: The charade of ‘test-optional’ admissions

The Hechinger Report

Students with access to college counselors and test tutors (read: wealthier students) know this, and many are still using ACT and SAT exams to stand out. Students with access to test tutors are aware that the eye of the admissions needle has narrowed, and they are being coached to use their test scores to thread it.