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Data literacy skills: what they are and how do we teach them to our students?

Neo LMS

We have access to more information than ever before. As the world has dealt with transitions in how we live, learn, and work, everyone has had to adapt in one way or another. They will need to understand how to navigate a highly digital world and carry out various tasks that, in years past, were done without technology.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases). For many districts, the relief funding was significant.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

As educators, we craft learning experiences based on the pedagogical foundations set by those who came before us. In higher education, the student persistence and retention strategies used by institutions all over the world are built on the seminal works of great theorists such as John H. All of that is now in jeopardy.

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Blockchain Misconceptions and the Future of Education

Doug Levin

Recent events have crystallized my sense of the misconceptions that even blockchain advocates bring to conversations about the future of education. I’ve participated in the dialogue being hosted by BadgeChain and read about – and even test drove – the blockchain work of the MIT Media Lab and the Open University.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

As American child care experts call for more federal investment to salvage a struggling industry, Canada’s experience may hold the most relevant lessons on how to make universal child care palatable to politicians and how to design a program to meet the needs of a diverse, geographically sprawling nation.

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TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR

Edsurge

the publicly traded online education provider. The company works with education, government and industry partners to design and deliver simulated training in middle-skill jobs—those requiring more education than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree. and the people need to be able to do that.”

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Is college enrollment among older adults increasing? Depends who you ask

The Hechinger Report

More than 19 million undergraduate students are enrolled in colleges and universities for fall 2018, according to a report this week from the National Center for Education Statistics , and many of them are adults aged 25 and older. But higher education experts and other federal data tell a different story.

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