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Can A New Online Learning Platform Improve Employment For Those With Visual Impairment?

Edsurge

Despite being capable of working a variety of jobs, people who are blind or visually impaired tend to have low job placement rates, low salaries and an unusually high underemployment rate. The company describes itself on its website as the first e-learning platform built for and by the blind and visually impaired.

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5 things you don’t know about K-12 virtual learning

eSchool News

Online learning has come a long way since its early champions saw it as a supplement to classroom learning. And while online learning has more than proven itself to be both an alternative to and complementary offering for traditional classroom instruction, some misconceptions still persist.

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6 Essential educational trends to look out for in 2022

Neo LMS

Edtech tools have become a great asset for schools and universities worldwide, providing a delightful learning experience. Besides the learning trends that people are used to, there are a variety of rising digital trends that will revolutionize the learning space in 2022. DEI trends for 2022. Hybrid classrooms.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Through 2022, half of all planned cloud migrations will be delayed by two years or more due to the lack of trained talent. With two-thirds of U.S.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Leo , Tutor.com’s soon-to-come new academic support platform, is purpose-built from the ground up by learning experts, teachers, and web developers in collaboration with K-12 and higher-ed leaders.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

Rise in Education Expenses are Associated with the Cycle of Demand and Supply In the above graph, we can see a slight decrease in enrollment numbers in the year 2022. Universities and colleges are no longer just institutions of learning and teaching. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk.

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Interactive eBooks: The Reinvention of Reading and Interactivity

Kitaboo on EdTech

Online learning has become the norm now, with digital books and interactive eBooks are the ones that make learning possible. One of the major obstacles in online learning is keeping readers engaged throughout the course. Digital Publishing , eBook solution , ePUB Conversion / March 9, 2022.

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