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3 Ways to Overcome High Student-Teacher Ratios and Improve Personalized Learning

EdTech Magazine

VIDEO: See how K–12 educators are emphasizing personalized learning for the class of 2030. While innovation in learning technology can provide significant relief for oversaturated classrooms, it does not automatically fix the problem. Use Classroom Technology to Fill the Gaps.

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

The real power of digital technology to increase learning remains untapped. As for MOOCs, in 2012, the elites in higher education discovered online learning, which many others felt they had already invented and improved over the previous 15 years. However, we have approached learning solutions in a piecemeal fashion.

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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

Edsurge

Teachers are revered , most families spend about a third of their income on their children’s education, and most students spend at least an hour a day on some kind of online learning. And government leaders have been pushing entrepreneurship, coding and artificial intelligence, setting a goal of leading the world in AI by 2030.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist.

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Learning Revolution Events - AltEdFilmFest - Homeschool+ - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Open Letter from a Highly Creative Child

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Volunteering to help moderate sessions is a great way to get to know the presenters and to get better connected with our online learning communities. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Please sign up to volunteer here. Thank you in advance for all of your help!

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report visited schools in India recently and talked to experts about blended learning – which includes an element of online learning with in-class instruction – and the potential it has for helping both teachers and students in the world’s second-most populous country.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

While these children currently make up 10 percent of the total student population, researchers estimate that they could make up as much as 40 percent by 2030. With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs.